Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ohio River region of western Kentucky, Daviess, Henderson and Union counties (the area centering on Owensboro and Henderson) has developed a unique style of pit barbecue, featuring a heavy dose of vinegar-based sauces, often served with pickles, onions, potato salad and coleslaw. The three main meats used are chicken, pork and mutton.
BBQ and Barrels, previously known as the International Barb-B-Q Festival, is an event held in Owensboro, Kentucky, every second weekend in May. Locals and tourists come together to celebrate barbecue and bourbon, two important staples in the Owensboro area.
The Ficus thonningii tree is widely regarded as a holy tree among the Agikuyu and Mount Kenyan tribes. When praying for rain, an elder performs a sacrifice to Ngai (God) by fanning the smoke of a roasted, fattened lamb up the tree (Mugumo), inviting Ngai (God) to descend from above the clouds for the feast.
Ficus petiolaris, commonly known as the petiolate fig and rock fig, is a fig that is endemic to Mexico from Baja California and Sonora south to Oaxaca. It grows from 10 to 20 feet high. It grows best with moderate water and partial shade. A unique feature is white hairs on the vein axils. [2]
The common fig tree has been cultivated since ancient times and grows wild in dry and sunny locations with deep and fresh soil, and in rocky locations that are at sea level to 1,700 metres in elevation. It prefers relatively porous and freely draining soil, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla), a tree with buttress roots that can reach 60 meters (200 ft) in height; Rusty fig (Ficus rubiginosa), also known as Port Jackson fig or little-leaf fig; Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), also known as Benjamin's fig, and often sold in stores as just ficus
Ficus pseudopalma is a species of fig, (subgenus Sycamorus) in the mulberry family . [1] It is known by the common names Philippine fig, dracaena fig, and palm-leaf fig. [2] In nature it is endemic to the Philippines, especially the island of Luzon. [2] It is known elsewhere as an ornamental plant.
Ficus palmata, the Punjab fig, [2] or "Bedu" is a plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to southern Egypt across to north-eastern tropical Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula. It is native to southern Egypt across to north-eastern tropical Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula.