Been Thinking About Expanding The Old Vocabulary
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Tabbooma
, May 01 2012 11:37 AM
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Posted 02 May 2012 - 12:09 PM
Buddha's Hand
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This strange-shaped fruit is a citron variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections. It grows in Asia, usually on a shrub or on a small tree on the thorny branches. It could be used in a variety of salads and other cooked foods, due to its taste, which is not bitter like other citrus. The fruit also may be used as religious subject in Buddhist temples. It’s believed that Buddha prefers the “fingers” of the fruit to be in a position where they resemble a closed rather than open hand, as closed hands symbolize to Buddha the act of prayer.
www.extension.umn.edu This strange-shaped fruit is a citron variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections. It grows in Asia, usually on a shrub or on a small tree on the thorny branches. It could be used in a variety of salads and other cooked foods, due to its taste, which is not bitter like other citrus. The fruit also may be used as religious subject in Buddhist temples. It’s believed that Buddha prefers the “fingers” of the fruit to be in a position where they resemble a closed rather than open hand, as closed hands symbolize to Buddha the act of prayer.











