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                                Watermelon, grapes, bread with peanut butter and hot cocoa.

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Johnny Dog

Hubby and I went to Port Huron today. It is where one of the bridge from Michigan, called Blue Water that link us to Canada. The weather was good and I had a good time taking picture of the bridge and the surroundings. Here are some of the the photos.

           
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Fuji Buffet

Last year we didn't go out for Valentines date because of the weather. But yesterday hubby and I choose to go somewhere for that special day. He let me choose the place  and so I choose my favorite place and the name is Fuji Japanese Buffet. I love that place because I am Asian and I missed eating Asian food. Thankfully, hubby agree to the place and we had a good time yesterday.

                                           I hope everyone had a good time last Valentines day.

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Fish minus chips

I discover that in one of my fave grocery store they have a bag of 9 or 11 pieces of perch which only cost $9.00, yup the cost is not that bad after all.  Come to think of it, if hubby and I will go to a restaurant (as we always do on Fridays for fish and chips) it cost as $9.99 each. Okey with this frozen perch that I discovered we will consume the whole pack for 3 meals or 4 depending on how many fish me and hubby wants. I am a fish eater, I came from a country (Philippines) that is surrounded with sea water and every day  our  market always has fresh fish. The other day I recreated the fish and chips minus the chips ^_^ I see to it that we eat at least once a day green leafy vegetable and here is what I come up.

                 Perch fish with cherry tomatoes, lettuce and my favorite vlasic bread and butter spear

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Strawberries......

It's Ruby Red Tuesday and Rednesday once again and this weeks entry of mine is about strawberries. This photo was taken last year at our neighbors strawberry farm. It was my first time to picked strawberries and be at  a strawberry  farm. When I was there I couldn't contain my happiness ^_^ I was very excited. The people in the farm assigned a patched for us to picked the strawberries. And what I discovered when you picked fresh and ripe strawberry they are very sweet and huge, I like to stay there forever lol!  This year I am planning to be back again  in the farm and I'm planning to make strawberry jellies this year, will see. ^_^

 

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Ruby Tuesday: Red book

Here is my red book on this theme of the week. I hope this is right hehe. Thanks to MaryT for being a great host.

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Ruby Red Tuesday and Rednesday: Macopa

MACOPA... also known as Malay apple or Tersana rose apple. When I was young we used to visit my maternal grandparents in the country side and at the back of their house this fruit tree was located. As soon as we touched our feet on the ground we ran like crazy going to the backyard just to climb up the tree and ate this fruit right on top. My parents would holler at us to climb down since we haven't pay our respect (by kissing the hands of our grandparents) first to our grandparents ^_^. I remember one time me and my brother agreed to have a climbing race going to the top of the tree of course I won but my pants got ripped hehehehehe. Those were the days. 

Botany

A tree reaching a height of 10 meters. Leaves, pinkish when young; older leaves are large, drooping, elliptic-oblong to broadly oblong-lanceolate, 15-30 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, narrowed and pointed . Flowers are large, crimson, 5-6 cms diameter, clustered on racemes aboout 6 cm long. Fruit is shiny, oblong or pear-shaped, 5-7.5 cm long, white splashed, striped with pink, or crimson to purplish, seedless or one-seeded. Flesh is white, pithy, juicy. Although rather tasteless, some varieties have a pleasant flavor.

Distribution
Cultivated for its edible fruit.

Parts used and preparation
Leaves.

Constituents and properties
• Leaf oil largely composed of monoterpenes (30% sesquiterpenes, 9 % caryophyllene).
• Considered diuretic, emmenagogue, abortifacient, febrifuge. 
Uses
Folkloric
Not known in the Philippines for its medicinal properties.
In other countries, the astringent bark is a mouthwash for thrush (dapulak).
A root-bark decoction used for dysentery and amenorrhea.
Powdered leaves used for cracked tongues.
Root-bark used as abortifacient.
In Hawaii, juice of salted pounded bark used for wounds.
In Molucca, decoction of bark used for thrush.
Malayans use powdered dried leaves for cracked tongues. Root preparations for itching.
In Cambodia, decoction of fruit, leaves and seeds used for fever. Juice of leaves used for baths and lotions.
In Brazil, used for diabetes, cough, headaches.
In Malaysian Borneo, Malaysian Bornea, decoction of stem and bark for diarrhea.
Nutrion / Culinary
Fruit is eaten raw but may be prepared with flavoring.
In Puerto Rico, used for making of table wines.
In Indonesia, flowers eaten in salads. Young shoots and leaves eaten, raw or cooked.
Others
Wood is used for construction, bowls and boards.

Studies
• Antiinflammatory: Flavan-3-ols isolated from some medicinal plants inhibiting COX-1 and COX-2 catalysed prostaglandin biosynthesis: S malaccense was one of four plants tested that were traditionally used for inflammatory conditions.
• Antioxidant: Study of 58 underutilized Malaysian fruits of 32 different species, included syzygium m

Availability
Cultivated
source:http://www.stuartxchange.org/Makopa.html

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