Crystalline Ice Plant (via Colorfood Daidokoro Gourmande in Osaka)

About Ice Plants, see how they are cultivated on Shizuoka Gourmet’s blog

Ice Plants & Tomatoes in Yaizu City: Ooba Garden (via SHIZUOKA GOURMET)

Mr. Hiroyuki Ooba/大場弘之, growing ice plants and tomatoes at Ooba Garden/おおば農園 in Yaizu City/焼津市 "Looking forward to diversify!" Meeting 100 students in my classes at University does prove useful when I wish to discover new producers and farmers as in Shizuoka Prefecture some of these very students are bound to be the sons and daughters of local farmers! One such student was kind enough to introduce to her father, Mr. Hiroyuki Ooba (51) growing ice … Read More

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"Puttina", on toasts (made of wanton skins) with cream cheese, pepper mix and anise seeds. The ice plant comes from South Africa. The leaves are edible and naturally salty. On them, those pearls of gel that look like ice. In Japan, they are sold as "puttina" pronounced プッチーナ, "ice plant", "queen's vegetable". 8 toasts : Cal 81.8 F5.2g C7.4g P2.0g Fr : Cette plante ( ficoïde glaciale ? plante de glace ? plante crystalline ?) vient d'Afrique du Sud … Read More

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