Tu B'Shevat Getting Fruity
We all know that honey is divine, but also there are four different designations of fruits-which are you?
Are you a
Nut with a hard shell? On the outside you are really inscrutable, hard to crack and often unyielding, but in your heart of hearts, you have a secret fruit that has potential for a majestic tree or at least for something nice to eat?
Fruit with a peel? you are somewhat soft and malleable. people talk about your easy disposition and enjoy being about you because they enjoy the freshness of your company, but when you're rotten-well, then there's really not much to enjoy.
Edible seed? Are you succulent as strawberries or as fresh as a cucumber? Are you good for a salad or quick refreshing course? Admittedly, the soil you best prosper in requires attention and cultivation, but when nutured, your fruit is amongst the sweetest that can be appreciated.
Or have an inedible hard pit? Do you seem to be amenable on the outside, but in the very heart, an indigestible hard core? Are you best for preserves, something that might be well-soaked in brandy or preserved in vinegar to be kept on a pantry shelf? If so, you'll certainly have long life, and be practical for many dishes, but even olives aren't good as a main course. Even when you seem to be nothing but sweetness on a blind date, there might be something hard inside that makes the unwary break a tooth.
Consider for a moment what you are and how you fit on the table with the others. So often we eat without thinking, without giving thought to the wonderful diversity that is available in the stores or in the hedgerows; we've become accustomed to ready made and pre-packaged foods without comprehending the beauty of things we find along the roads and in the hedgerows. When was the last time you collected nettles for soup? Or gathered the rowan berries and made dandelion honey? So much of what we have, we ignore. We've forgotten the value and beauty of the plants that grace our front doors. Chickweed makes an excellent salad, and lettuce can be grown in window boxes.
Consider your world-how did the bees notice that the acacia was good for honey? Whose plate will you decorate? What fruit do you bring into the world and how is it preserved?
Or are you so small, so humble that the world walks by without
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