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F Is For Fruit

 


F is for fruit, and also for five a day.  In order to stay healthy it is recommended that we eat five portions a day of fruit or vegetables.  Many people use breakfast as an opportunity to have their first portion, with fruit forming part of their breakfast meal.  Just fruit, fruit on cereal, or even smoothies are all palatable at this time of the day.

Mixed varieties of fruit are often eaten in desserts in dishes such as fruit salad, which is healthier than fruit cocktail as this is made from canned fruit and includes added sugar, syrup and many additives that preserve the canned fruit.  Fruit salad is made from fresh fruit and the fruits natural juices, although some people do sprinkle suagr into the mix but it really is not needed.

To make your own fruit salad follow the steps:

  1. Choose any varieties of fruit you would like, cut them into bite sized pieces, put them in a bowl and add a little water or fruit juice. 
  2. You really don’t need a lot of liquid. 
  3. I usually put mine into the fridge for a few hours before serving. 
  4. It’s great with fresh cream or for a more healthy option you can serve it with natural yoghurt.


Words beginning with ‘F’ not always associated with food and eating include:

  • fool, not an idiot but a pureed fruit dessert made with whipped cream or custard,

  • flute, a similar shape to the musical instrument this is a long stick of bread from Paris,

  • fat rascals, a fun name these are a Yorkshire tea cake served hot and with butter, but are actually considered a biscuit and were first served in Elizabethan times,

  • figgie hobbin, another fun name these are from Cornwall and are a plain pastry made with suet and lard with raisins added.  The name comes from the Cornish word for raisins and currants as they were known as ‘figs’,

  • fitless cock, a chicken shaped oatmeal pudding from the Scottish Highlands, this dish is cheap to prepare with no meat as it contains only suet, oatmeal, onion, salt and pepper and egg,

  • frumenty, a medieval dish made from steeped wheat ears, cooked on a low fire until soft then boiled with milk and spiced or sweetened.  Bonneted women brought this dish to the market at Weston-super-Mare in pie dishes, and it was bought and eaten on mid Lent Sunday.  It is still served for Mothering Sunday in Devizes.

What’s your favourite fruit?

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