Every day I would harvest blue ternatea flowers and usually give them to our neighbor who air dries them. Her daughter wants to bring them back to the US. she said when she came here that dried blue ternatea flowers are so expensive in their area. Early this morning, I harvested more and gave them to our neighbor. Lucky me, I saw a dried ternatea fruit and gave it to her too. It’s hard to see if there are more fruits because the plant is so robust and healthy, you could see flowers every day. It rained yesterday so there were more.
Last Saturday, I gave some to my friend who came over for my birthday. She was so happy, made them into juice and mixed them with rice for that lovely blue rice look. And yes, it is an anti-oxidant. She sent me this picture of the flowers that…
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Seeds, flowers, etc even dried ones are not allowed into US…. the person might be fined over a thousand dollars if caught with the plants.
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I don’t know about that Ren. Sorry. Maybe they’ll have it canned or something. They’ve been living there for so long, perhaps they know about it.
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Especially fruits and meats….. they are a no-no. The fine is huge. Baked products are okay. But why buy there ? There are already franchises here. Goldilocks, Red Ribbon, etc.
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My sister-in-law used to buy Goldilocks products here and bring them over there when the former didn’t have branch yet in the States. I googled about the dried fruits Ren, there are those that you cannot really bring in there and for some, you have to declare them first. Will tell our neighbor about it, they might not be aware of it.
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I had never heard of blue rice until i saw it on your blog, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It has no other taste Pete but it looks nice and the blue ternatea is healthy.
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