Andean Blueberry: the fruit of the dead.

in #food7 years ago

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There exists in the Andes a little known little wild berry, the Mortiño (Vaccinium meridionale), a plant of the family Ericaceae to which different varieties of blueberries belong. Mortiño is a berry that grows wild in the moors and is collected by the locals, therefore no toxicants are used in its production.

Throughout our history, mortiño was used mainly as an ingredient of the traditional 'Colada Morada' (Porridge of purple corn), this is a drink that is prepared in Ecuador in the month of November to commemorate the deceased. Some indigenous communities in the Andean region today continue to make their offerings in the cemetery itself, along with the tomb of the deceased family as part of the rite of reunion with the ancestors.

This fruit that has been hidden for centuries in the mountain range to be offered to the dead today is also revealed as a gift for life: it has a high content of vitamins, antioxidants and anthocyanins that protect us against many diseases. Although it is a component of the traditional gastronomy, it is taken a new boom like companion or protagonist in the contemporary kitchen and fusion, and even in the cosmetology.

What more can I tell you about this "black pearl of the Andes"? I prefer to say it with verses, without giving further explanations:

Small Mountain Fruit
inside your blood you carry
the color of my wounds
and the acid from my pains.

@mystic-natura

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