Kitchen Garden

A TASTE OF THE ORIENT

Imagine if Willy Wonka had been in charge of fruit trees, rather than confectionery. The flavours and textures he would have created. Instead of Everlasting Gobstoppers, Hair Toffee and Magic Chewing Gum, we might have had Self Cubing Pineapple, Chocolate Orange trees or even straight bananas (I’m writing this pre-Brexit!). However, Mother Nature is more than a match for Roald Dahl’s fictional hero and the subject of this month’s article is one of her stranger, but also one of her more delicious creations – the nashi pear.

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