Cosechando flores de Topocho / Harvesting Topocho Flowers [ESP/ENGL]

¡Hola nuevamente a toda mi hermosa comunidad de Natural Medicine! Hoy les traigo un post algo particular. Como algunos de ustedes saben, tengo varias plantas de musáceas en mi solar, específicamente del tipo topochos y cambur manzano (lady’s figers), de las cuales cada mes obtengo una cosecha de frutos, ya que están plantadas en sistema de macoyas, con un total de cuatro macoyas de cuatro plantas cada una (total: 16 plantas). Ahora bien, siempre cosecho el fruto, y hago uso de sus hojas, ya sea para preparar mi alimento como para fines medicinales, (mi esposo sufre de cálculos biliares y la cocción de las hojas ha resultado ser un remedio muy eficaz); no obstante siempre pasaba por alto la punta de la bellota, que es la que contiene las flores que no son viables, pues ya no darán frutos; así que simplemente dejaba que el Sr. Morrocoy y su familia se alimentasen de ellas, aunque en ocasiones, simplemente caían y se volvían parte del suelo o se las daba de comer a los ovejos de mi vecino. A continuación te comparto los post en donde hablo del uso de estas plantas:

Hello again to my entire beautiful Natural Medicine community! Today I bring you a somewhat particular post. As some of you know, I have several musaceae plants on my site, specifically of the topochos and cambur manzano (lady's figers) type, from which every month I get a harvest of fruits, since they are planted in a macoya system, with a total of four macoyas of four plants each (total: 16 plants). Now, I always harvest the fruit, and use its leaves, either to prepare my food or for medicinal purposes (my husband suffers from gallstones and cooking the leaves has proven to be a very effective remedy); However, he always overlooked the tip of the acorn, which is the one that contains the flowers that are not viable, since they will no longer bear fruit; so I just let Mr. Morrocoy and his family feed on them, although sometimes they just fell off and became part of the ground or fed them to my neighbor's sheep. Then I share the post where I talk about the use of these plants:

However, the harvest of these flowers requires certain considerations: First, be sure that all the acorn fruits are already formed, because in this way we do not lose the opportunity to harvest more fruits in the future. Second, verify that there are other acorns with flowers, so that bees and hummingbirds can feed on them, which is why I harvested this week the tip of the acorn that was more formed, which is this. Third, make sure that the bees that are sucking the flowers at harvest time are not there to avoid killing them; that is why it is necessary to scare them away before. Fourth, the liquid that it expels indelibly stains fabrics and surfaces, so be careful when harvesting it, as it will damage your clothes if it falls on them.

Como pueden ver en las fotos, los colores de las puntas de las flores, como de los pétalos más grandes que las envuelven son alucinantes, preciosos. Las punta de las flores de un amarillo intenso por el polen, y los pétalos del envoltorio, de un color púrpura vibrante.

As you can see in the photos, the colors of the flower tips, as well as the larger petals that surround them are amazing, beautiful. Flower tips bright yellow from pollen, and envelope petals are vibrant purple.

To extract the flowers that we require, it is necessary to remove those that were already exposed, since they have been in contact with a diversity of insects, not only bees, but flies; the ones inside are completely clean, so you don't even need to wash them, they can even be eaten raw. I understand that these flowers offer a large amount of vitamins, microelements and fiber; so it is ideal as a complement to stews, Although they have a bitter taste, which may be somewhat unpleasant on the palate, I think that by bleaching them previously, this flavor can be extracted, I will tell you later, when I do.

The purple petals, along with the flowers that were exposed, I remove them and give them to Mr. Morrocoy, who tastes this delight with pleasure.

Cada día me sorprendo más y más, y agradezco más y más todo lo que me da Madre Tierra, realmente su amor por nosotros es infinito. Aquí finalizo mi publicación de hoy, espero que haya sido agradable para todos ustedes. Un gran abrazo.

Every day I am surprised more and more, and I appreciate more and more everything that Mother Earth gives me, really her love for us is infinite. Here I end my post for today, I hope it was pleasant for all of you. A big hug.

• Estas fotos son de mi autoría y fueron tomada con un teléfono Xiomi REDMI 8 A / These photos are my own and were taken with a Xiomi REDMI 8 A phone .