{"id":47,"date":"2008-06-16T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/202.60.70.40\/~australi\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2010-01-11T21:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T11:08:59","slug":"guava","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/exotic-fruits\/guava\/","title":{"rendered":"Guava"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/guava02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-83\" title=\"guava\" src=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/guava02.jpg\" alt=\"guava\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/guava02.jpg 200w, https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/guava02-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>GUAVA<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nPsidium guajava<br \/>\n<span class=\"subhead\">Other names:<\/span> Guyava, kuawa<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Intro:<\/span> Apart from the commercial plantationsit can be commonly found in backyards and on road sides across Far North Queensland. Guavas should not be peeled because the edible rind has a high concentration of Vitamin C.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">History: <\/span>Guava is native to the warm regions of the Americas stretching from Mexico to Peru.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Shape:<\/span> Round to pear shape.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Weight\/size: <\/span>Weight may range from 150 to 400g with an average diameter between 2.5 to 10cm\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Colour:<\/span> The flesh contains edible seeds and varies from white to salmon-red in colour depending on variety.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Taste:<\/span> Crispy sweet and slightly sour.<\/p>\n<p>The assertive flavour of the guava can be surprising.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Buying\/storage:<\/span> Select fruits free from blemishes. Keep at room temperature until ripe and then store in the fridge for a few days.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Preparing\/serving:<\/span> Ripe guavas are delicious eaten fresh. They can also be poached in syrup, pureed for ice cream and sorbets, made into jam, juiced and used as a flavouring for other foods. The Thai white variety can be eaten like an apple. When green it can be cooked as a vegetable.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Variety: <\/span>Thai white, Common and Cherry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUAVA Psidium guajava Other names: Guyava, kuawa Intro: Apart from the commercial plantationsit can be commonly found in backyards and on road sides across Far North Queensland. Guavas should not be peeled because the edible rind has a high concentration of Vitamin C. History: Guava is native to the warm regions of the Americas stretching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4116,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/4116"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}