From Gisborne Herald
Published 15:37 16/05/2018
After worries that the dry summer would impact on this year’s feijoa crop, Gisborne growers have enjoyed the biggest crop yet. … They have produced some of the biggest feijoas in the district – one weighing in at 325 grams when The Herald called and, since then, an even bigger one weighing 330 gm. … The Mills first planted feijoas in 2002 over 0.75 of a hectare.
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Another twist on a firm favourite
The recipe is aat the original article – here
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• BLEDISLOE CUP – Awarded for an outstanding and meritorious contribution to the New Zealand horticulture industry.
• HORTNZ PRESIDENT’S TROPHY – To celebrate inspiring leadership within the horticulture industry.
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Nominations close at 5.00pm on Friday 8 June 2018 – nomination form available from the HortNZ website
From Wanganui Chronicle
Published 15:35 25/05/2018
On top of the usual feijoa-flavoured delights and competitions, Whanganui’s fourth feijoa festival will feature some fruit-themed music and dancing. … Lyn Pearson, of Sustainable Whanganui, said this year’s event will feature a piano accordion player who has adapted some songs to include feijoas in them and there will be a “hokey tokey with feijoas”. … People are invited to take a feijoa dish to share, along with the recipe.
From Bay of Plenty Times
Published 06:08 29/04/2018
My world was rocked this week when I discovered that a colleague – someone I trust, someone I respect – eats feijoas like an absolute psychopath. … The correct way to eat a fresh feijoa has been passed down through generations of New Zealanders. … You take a knife (a spoon will do in a pinch) and slice the feijoa in half widthways at its fattest point.
So many ways to eat feijoas – must try them all!!!
Click here for a light hearted look at the subject
From Newstalk ZB
Published 11:41 24/03/2018
Allegedly super easy, quick to make and irresistible to eat!
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From New Zealand Herald
Published 17:40 22/04/2018
An Auckland family is ‘peeved’ after bucket loads of fruit were stolen from feijoa trees in their backyard. … A resident in Massey, Jody Middleton, said she was appalled when she received a call from her neighbour late last week, who said her feijoa trees had been stripped of fruit. … “They’ve gone for the feijoas, but left the other trees.
I admit – this story brought back memories – from a long time ago!!
For the full article – Here
The Green Kitchen: Feijoa manuka chutney, a friend to meat, fish and chicken
From Waikato Times
Published 13:36 20/04/2018
Feijoa manuka chutney, aka, party in my mouth. … This feijoa chutney is an exotic, divinely-flavoured taste sensation that is wonderfully addictive and plays around on your tongue with wonderful sweet, sharp, hot and sour notes. … Use your abundance friends (or ask for your neighbours surplus, in return for a jar of goodness) and bottle this baby to use fabulous feijoa throughout the year.
Recipe and article here
From Radio New Zealand Audio
Published 07:18 13/04/2018
Southern Belle Orchard is a family-run business in Matamata in Waikato with about 3000 feijoa trees, exporting up to half of the fruit. … Family member Emily Meese says prices for feijoas usually start dropping in April but she says at the moment the fruit is selling in the domestic market for about $1 more than at the same time last year, sitting at around $9 a kilo.
The recording of this article is available here
From Stuff.co.nz
Published 16:19 10/04/2018
For half of NZ, feijoas are definitley a kiwi icon, as this article reports
Hailing from South America, where it’s also known as pineapple guava, the feijoa is objectively a weird fruit. … The texture is gritty, then soft and slightly jelly-like, and the flavour is distinctively feijoa: it’s perfumey, sweet and sometimes sour. … The great thing about feijoa is its versatility, making great chutneys, jams, cakes and crumbles, as well as the fact so many people have a tree in their backyard.
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