Day 16:
Juice: Black Orchard Berry Buster
Black Orchard Berry Buster:3 Apples
2 Handfuls of dark berries (such as blackberries, blueberries, blackcurrants)
Black Orchard Berry Buster.
Black Orchard Berry Buster.
Black Orchard Berry Buster.
Nicely done.
Berry or Berries are defined as "a fleshy or pulpy indehiscent fruit with the seed embedded in the fleshy tissue of the pericarp." (Biology-online.org) What does that mean?
Well, indehiscent means "not opening at maturity" (Biology-online.org) like say, a flower.
Berries are in fact the plant's ovary, which has an edible pericarp.
Pericarp is "the wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary wall" (Biology-online.org) and it is composed of three layers:
Outer Layer - Exocarp
Inner Layer - Endocarp
Botanically speaking, not only is a tomato a fruit, but it is also a berry. Most citrus fruits are also considered to be berries. So, the health benefits of berries is a lot of what we have covered and will cover in this blog.
Of course, this particular juice recipe specifies the type of berries to use, but just know - technically - there is leeway. Get creative with it. Personally, I blended Blackberries and Blueberries and added them to apple juice. I couldn't find blackcurrants, but they are not native to North American and thus less popular here.
Blackcurrants are "a temperate fruit crop native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia." (Source) The first time I ever had Blackcurrants or any currants for that matter, since I had Redcurrants too, was when I visited England for the first time when I was a teenager. They are delicious and used to flavor all sorts of deserts and juices in Europe. Black and Redcurrants are members of the Ribes family, which is where the juice Ribena (a popular juice in Europe) gets its name. So, if you can find them in your neighborhood. Give 'em a try.
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