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Watermelon is a sweet, commonly consumed fruit of summer, usually as fresh slices, diced in mixed fruit salads, or as juice. [53] [54] Watermelon juice can be blended with other fruit juices or made into wine. [55] The seeds have a nutty flavor and can be dried and roasted, or ground into flour. [9]
Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Asia and Europe countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan. There are many fruits that can be used in this process; the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes.
The oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) is a group of Cucumis melo cultivars that are produced in East Asia. [1] [2] Phylogenetic studies tracing the genetic lineage of the plant suggest that it may have originated in eastern India, having then spread to China over the Silk Road, from which it was introduced to Korea and Japan.
China: Fuzzy kiwifruit: Actinidia deliciosa [14] Cuba: Mamey: Pouteria sapota [15] Denmark: Strawberries: Fragaria vesca [citation needed] Egypt: Banana: Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, or Musa paradisiaca [citation needed] France: Pear: Pyrus communis [citation needed] Germany: Apple: Malus domestica [16] Greece: Olive: Olea [17] Haiti: Mango ...
China is by far the world's highest lime-producing country, using or exporting some 310 million metric tons annually. India comes in second at 16 million metric tons, and Russia, Brazil and Mexico ...
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
China has a large livestock population, with pigs and fowls being the most common. China's pig population and pork production mainly lie along the Yangtze River. In 2011, Sichuan province had 51 million pigs (11% of China's total supply). [33] In rural western China, sheep, goats, and camels are raised by nomadic herders. [34]
What causes watermelons to foam and explode? Keith Schneider, Ph.D, professor in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida, tells TODAY.com this isn’t the ...