Charming comfort - Los Altos Town Crier

Charming comfort - Los Altos Town Crier Charming comfort - Los Altos Town Crier

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Continued from Page 24 what to do with it. The fruit isn’t ripe until it drops to the ground, but it stays firm. The olive-green ovals, approximately the size of a small, elongated plum or apricot, yield a soft fruit that does not turn into mush. i didn’t notice them until quite a few had dropped from the tree, and then i was outside picking them up every day or so for six weeks, starting in early october. of course, toward the end, the harvest tapered. i probably processed, ate and gave away nearly 100 pounds of pineapple guavas from that single mature tree. i cut them in half and froze some with the peel, scooped out the Artistic Garage Doors, Inc. Page 26 | Home & Garden | August 29, 2012 FeijOas TAnyA KuCAK/sPeCiAL To THe Town CRieR It’s easy to cut off the blossom end, cut the feijoa in half and scoop out the pale-yellow fruit with a spoon. If you don’t have time to scoop, freeze the fruits with the peel, for a slightly different flavor. insides and froze some pulp, incorporated feijoas into hummus, ate bagsful of them with a spoon, added some to my morning muesli, cooked them with sweet rice, made feijoa applesauce (some with cranberries) and used fei- joa-ginger syrup with everything from brussels sprouts to plain soy yogurt. i didn’t get tired of them, but i couldn’t process them all, so i took some to every potluck and Continued on Page 28 Custom Garage Doors are our Specialty 1200 Industrial Road #6 San Carlos, CA 94070 (650) 594-1183 (650) 413-1660 FAX (650) 594-9912 Lic# 717735 www.artisticgarage.com email: artisticgarage@msn.com

Home & Garden | Agust 29, 2012 | Page 27

Home & Garden | Agust 29, 2012 | Page 27

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