In most countries where goldenberries are grown, they are considered fruits only for backyard gardens or for children to pluck and eat, in Europe, however, goldenberries carry prestige and are of particular interest among up-scale restaurants and bakeries.
NORTH AMERICA
The exquisite flavor of Goldenberries makes them an excellent jam fruit, here in north America goldenberries are usually canned as whole fruits or conserved in the form of jam, they are mostly known as preserves under the Hawaiian name poha. Also dry goldenberries are often mixed with nuts and eaten as snacks, in few states including California, where they can be found fresh, people like to add them to salads as a variant to cherry tomatoes. Since goldenberries are a useful small crop for the home garden, their landscaping value tends to be more appreciated, the goldenberry plant fruits grow well in a pot or may be used as a border plant where the soft grey-green foliage can be used to offset other species. The plant also makes a nice looking border filler, where the fruit can be accessed and freely eaten.
The exquisite flavor of Goldenberries makes them an excellent jam fruit, here in north America goldenberries are usually canned as whole fruits or conserved in the form of jam, they are mostly known as preserves under the Hawaiian name poha. Also dry goldenberries are often mixed with nuts and eaten as snacks, in few states including California, where they can be found fresh, people like to add them to salads as a variant to cherry tomatoes. Since goldenberries are a useful small crop for the home garden, their landscaping value tends to be more appreciated, the goldenberry plant fruits grow well in a pot or may be used as a border plant where the soft grey-green foliage can be used to offset other species. The plant also makes a nice looking border filler, where the fruit can be accessed and freely eaten.
EUROPE
Europeans are by far the number one lovers of goldenberries, they often pay premium prices to dip
whole fruits in chocolate or toffee and eat them along with a cup of coffee. Goldenberries have many
culinary applications; people use them to decorate cakes and cookies, make tart fillings, pies, puddings, ice creams and they also consume them fresh by incorporating the berries in fruit salads and fruit cocktails. The British have even found a use of the husk, which they use as a handle to dip the goldenberry fruits in icing and chocolate. The fruit is also used in a wide variety of sauces; in France for instant, people love to eat fish toped with goldenberry sauce; Hungarians on the other hand preferred smoked pork toped with goldenberry sauce. Up-scale restaurant chefs love fresh goldenberries; their piquant aftertaste goes perfect with wines and cheeses (the husks are often used as a fork when they are serve for fondu); they also enjoy using the husks for decorating purposes.
SOUTH AMERICA
Goldenberries are native to South America people usually eat them in abundance, wild and fresh,
Colombians like to stew or cook goldenberries with honey and consume them as dessert. The leaves of goldenberries are said to possess therapeutic value, herbal medical practitioners in Colombia
recommend the use of a decoction prepared with the leaves of the goldenberry plant as a diuretic as
well as an anti-asthmatic. Meanwhile in Peru, the native Indian women perfume the goldenberry fruits and often used them as jewelry, also they like to reduce them into compote and feed their babies and interestingly their parrots.
AFRICA
In South Africa, goldenberries are canned in syrup, and then exported, also in Africa as in Colombia people heat the plant's leaves and apply them as a poultice on inflamed areas of the skin. The native Zulu tribe in Africa uses an infusion prepared with the goldenberry leaves as an enema (a procedure used to clean the bowel of feces by injecting a liquid through the anus) to alleviate abdominal disorders in children.
Goldenberries are native to South America people usually eat them in abundance, wild and fresh,
Colombians like to stew or cook goldenberries with honey and consume them as dessert. The leaves of goldenberries are said to possess therapeutic value, herbal medical practitioners in Colombia
recommend the use of a decoction prepared with the leaves of the goldenberry plant as a diuretic as
well as an anti-asthmatic. Meanwhile in Peru, the native Indian women perfume the goldenberry fruits and often used them as jewelry, also they like to reduce them into compote and feed their babies and interestingly their parrots.
AFRICA
In South Africa, goldenberries are canned in syrup, and then exported, also in Africa as in Colombia people heat the plant's leaves and apply them as a poultice on inflamed areas of the skin. The native Zulu tribe in Africa uses an infusion prepared with the goldenberry leaves as an enema (a procedure used to clean the bowel of feces by injecting a liquid through the anus) to alleviate abdominal disorders in children.
OCEANIA
In Australia and New Zealand, goldenberries are commonly made into jams and pies, people love to eat them fresh alone as a dessert (the papery covering can be peeled back into tissue-thin flower petals that stand out around the berry like a crown). Some people like to garnish meals with the goldenberry’s husks, especially in the fall season since their yellowish color resembles fall leaves.
ASIA
In India and China goldenberry is classified as a medicinal fruit.“Rasbhari” how the plant is commonly called in India, is often use in traditional folk medicine to treat malaria, rheumatism, dermatitis, asthma, hepatitis, leukemia and even cancer. In Chinese medicine, goldenberries are called Chinese lanterns and are used as homemade remedies for such conditions as abscesses, coughs, fevers, and sore throat.
In India and China goldenberry is classified as a medicinal fruit.“Rasbhari” how the plant is commonly called in India, is often use in traditional folk medicine to treat malaria, rheumatism, dermatitis, asthma, hepatitis, leukemia and even cancer. In Chinese medicine, goldenberries are called Chinese lanterns and are used as homemade remedies for such conditions as abscesses, coughs, fevers, and sore throat.
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