Chinese Gooseberry is a somewhat lesser-known name for the small, fuzzy fruit known as kiwi. This fruit is native to China but is now grown around the world.
Dried star fruit gives you the opportunity to enjoy the flavors of the tropics. This small fruit has a flavor palate that includes hints of pear, plum, and pineapple.
For early settlers, drying apples was the only way to preserve them for an extensive amount of time. Their method of drying was simple and required about 2 weeks.
Names can sometimes be confusing. For instance, black beans, sometimes called turtle beans, are a legume. Black eyed peas are a variety of cowpea and are also called black eyed beans.