Sometimes nature shows capricious ways of expressing some of its creations, many of them for the benefit of man.
This is what happened to Martha Hernández Pino when she watched a pumpkin bush grow and expand on the terrace of her house, located in the center of the capital of Ciego de Avila, which does not have a patio.
From a thin crack in the cement floor began to emerge a thin stump with leaves and
and day by day it grew and crawled until it collided with the bricks of the wall and then it
the bricks of the wall and then his guide began to climb. On his way, he found a nail
found a nail and there it created a branch that curled up to support itself.
It is a mystery how a pumpkin seed could bury itself in this opening and germinate inside the cement and some soil particles.
Martha Hernández Pino says that she has already grown several pumpkins of good size, intense color, sunny mass and pleasant flavor.
This has been a saving, given the high price of this fruit in the market.
The specialized literature on agri-foods says that «pumpkin is a food rich in water and fiber
water and fiber-rich food, low in calories, ideal for overweight people and people with
people who are overweight and have digestive problems. In addition, pumpkin
contains beta-carotene, an antioxidant component»,
And the seeds ensure that «help prevent hair loss and reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis.
reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis, also lower cholesterol in women and can heal
women, and can largely cure complaints of overactive bladder, regulating the
overactive bladder, regulating urinary dysfunction».
Then this experience can be taken even in homes without a yard and
and cause the sowing of pumpkin even in pots, to obtain this vianda, which can be
which can be consumed in various ways: boiled, in stews and soups, as a salad and even in sweets, because the pumpkin flan is a delicious dessert.
At a time when food is scarce and expensive, we are grateful to the whims of nature, so wise and opportune, for offering products even in exceptional conditions.
