Kiwi fruit (Chinese Gooseberry) come from China and grows wild. Kiwis are rich in nutrients and have a high content of Vitamin C, they also contain Vitamin E, potassium, fiber and various antioxidants which help remove free radicals from the body. Free radicals are unstable molecules that the body produces during metabolism and other processes. A build up of too many free radicals can cause cell damage and may lead to heart disease or cancer. Antioxidants help to protect the body by removing these free radicals.
Kiwis have a brown outside skin that is kind of fuzzy and should be removed before eating. The inside of the kiwi is green and has black seeds and an inner core, all of which can be eaten. They are soft and very juicy and tasty, but have a subtle tartness to them. Kiwis, once cut into have a very nice aroma.
Kiwis are good by themselves or added to a fruit salad or used as a decoration on a platter of other foods. Here are some recipes you may want to look up online and try yourself: strawberry kiwi smoothie, kiwi lime pie, fruit salsa with kiwi, chocolate covered kiwi pops, kiwi sorbet, and kiwi lime soup.
My personal experience with kiwis is when I was younger my uncle would grab a kiwi and just bite into it, without peeling it. He would do this quite often and one day he gave me one to eat with the peel still on it. He said go ahead just try it, so I did. It was awful, it felt like I had a hairball in the back of my throat. Let’s just say that was the first and last time I did that. Yup I definitely prefer to eat my kiwis peeled. They really do taste much better that way.
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