Post XII - Culinary

Amaranth is a food that is believed to have been consumed for a long time, but only recently has started to be present in the European/American life style, due to recent discovers about its use back in the time. It's believed that Amaranth was present in the basin of the Mediterranean time of the Greeks and Romans, but it isn't confirmed that it is the same plant of our days from a genetic point of view. Amaranth was also a part of the Mayan and Aztec daily diet who ate even the leaves. With the grains of amaranth they was also prepared a nutritious drink called Atole amaranth.


Amaranth is one of those rare plants whose leaves are eaten as a vegetable while the seeds are used as cereals. The red dye from amaranth leaves is used to color alcoholic beverages in Bolivia (chicha) and northwestern Argentina, to color maize dough in Mexico and the southwestern United States, and to dye foods and beverages in Ecuador.

Raspberry derives its name from raspise, "a sweet rose-colored wine". The name may have been influenced by its appearance as having a rough surface related to Old English rasp or "rough berry". Raspberries are usually planted on winter and even though the most known color of it is pink/red, they can also be black, purple or yellow. These fruits contain more vitamin C than oranges, are super high in fibre, low in calories and supply you with a good dose of folic acid.

Cherry derives its name from the Latin cerasum, which referred to a Greek region (todays Giresun, Turkey) from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. Cherries are native to Eastern Europe and Asia Minor regions. Cherries are one of the very low calorie fruits. Nonetheless, they are rich source of phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals.