Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Sometimes frozen fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than fresh!
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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For clean fruit, fill a bowl with water (or, for bigger batches, use a clean sink), add 1 cup of vinegar, and stir. Add fruit and leave to soak for 10 minutes. The water will be dirty and the fruit will be sparkly clean with no wax or dirty film.
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Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
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