cherry blossom
Transcript: A study by researchers at the University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Program found that a cherry-enriched diet helped reduce risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin-resistance syndrome or pre-diabetes. The study also found that diets high in cherries help reduce cholesterol levels, lower blood sugar and insulin levels, and raise the antioxidant capacity of the blood. food and or drinks that contain cherry blossoms The most common preparation of cherry blossoms is to salt-pickle the leaves or blossoms, and use them in sweets or tea. This gives the foods they are flavored with a unique flavor that is both flowery and salty. Sakura mochi is one of the most popular cherry-blossom desserts. It is very different from the popular Americanized mochi, which is usually filled with ice cream and flavored with vanilla or chocolate. Sakura mochi comes in a disc shape, enclosed by a salted cherry leaf. The mochi is not the fully mixed kind found in ice cream mochi, but rather roughly mixed mochigome (the type of rice used to make mochi), which is dyed cherry-blossom pink. Instead of ice cream, sakura mochi are filled with anko, or sweetened red bean paste. One of the more interesting cherry blossom-flavored foods is the sakura Kit Kat, which came out earlier this year to coincide with Hanami. The plantings of cherry trees originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry tree, or "Sakura," is an exalted flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a potent symbol equated with the evanescence of human life and epitomizes the transformation of Japanese culture throughout the ages. 1965: The Japanese Government made another generous gift of 3,800 Yoshino trees to another first lady devoted to the beautification of Washington, Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. American-grown this time, many of these are planted on the grounds of the Washington Monument. Lady Bird Johnson and Mrs. Ryuji Takeuchi, wife of Japan's Ambassador, reenacted the planting ceremony of 1912. 1982: Approximately eight hundred cuttings from the Tidal Basin Yoshino trees were collected by Japanese horticulturists to retain the genetic characteristics of the trees and replace trees destroyed in Japan when the course of a river was changed. Other exchanges and gifts have benefited both cities. Through this cycle of giving, the cherry trees have fulfilled their role as a symbol and an agent of friendship. Results aikeshiyuna henderson 3/10/14 medical use in cherry's cherry blossom origin of plant
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