Monday, 25 September 2017

4. Mixed Pepper and Baby Spinach Spaghetti with Iced Kumquat Vinegar and Pink Pear


Slurpingly scrumptious, this spaghetti makes for a nutritious dinner. Something like the bell pepper and hot peppers have been cultivated for more than 9000 years, with the earliest cultivation having taken place in South and Central American civilizations. The earliest fossil traces so far are from southwestern Ecuador, where families grew their own peppers about 6100 years ago. Vitamin C in red and yellow bell peppers shields your system from viruses and bacteria, thereby increasing your immunity. 

Spinach was successfully cultivated in the hot and arid Mediterranean climate by Arab agronomists through the use of sophisticated irrigation techniques probably as early as the 8th century AD. The first references to spinach are from Sasanian Persia (226 - 640 AD). Baby spinach contains high amounts of Vitamin K to be synthesized into much needed calcium in the body.

Around 5000BC the Babylonians were using the fruit of the date palm to make wine and vinegar to be used as food and a preservative or pickling agent. The first written history of vinegar in China dates to 1200BC. Since then, many versions of vinegar have cropped up, some distilled from fruits while others are distilled from alcohol. Icy kumquat vinegar soothes the throat and nourishes the lungs, providing a highly coveted songbird sweet voice.

Pears are one of the world's oldest cultivated fruits. In 5000BC, Feng Li, a Chinese diplomat, abandoned his responsibilities when he became consumed by grafting peaches, almonds, persimmons, pears and apples as a commercial venture. In the 17th century a great flourishing of modern pear variety cultivation began taking place in Europe. The phytonutrients found in pink pears are associated with preventing stomach cancer.

Enjoy a simple, early dinner...

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