Magazine Editorial
Eat & Travel Weekly June 2008
Eat & Travel Weekly June 2008
Made with over 300 tea rose, this rose petal preserve is worth trying, it's used by a lot of high-end restaurants. Apart from consuming it the usual way, it can also be added into tea in lieu of sugar, and it is just as nice to accompany lamb or desserts.
Looking rather home-made, but as soon as the lids have popped open, the aroma of sweet strawberries and rose just disperse from these 2 jars of Harvest Song preserves.Over flown with strawberry meat and sweet strawberry juice in just one mouthful, without the usual syrupy sweet or chemical taste, this is like eating fresh fruits! Harvest Song is an American brand, and the fruits come from the farms near Mount Ararat, Armenia. Close to the border of North East Turkey, this is the place where Noah's Ark came to rest when the Great Flood receded, and there, Noah planted the first grape tree.Because Mt. Ararat is a sleeping volcano, the soil is fertile and full of minerals naturally. Surrounded by natural spring water and grown at an altitude of 1,400 - 1,800m, the fruits are pure and succulent.The fruits used by Harvest Song are hand-picked and prepared in the traditional Armenian way. The ingredients are simmered to preserve their texture, nutrients and natural flavours. Without adding preservatives such as pectin, colourants and chemicals, by using just fruits, natural cane juice and citric acid, every jar has a fruit content of 70%, and low in calories. Because of that, this healthy product received a gold award from NASFT. I would pick Wild Strawberry as my favourite flavour, its freshness reminds me of the unspoilt farmland where this product comes from. Best accompanied with cheese and biscuits to make it the finest combination of afternoon tea.