Have You Ever Eaten Lotus Fruit?

For the cutting edge Greeks, the lotus organic product is the Japanese persimmon, which looks a great deal like a huge, smooth, bare peach. I've seen it developing in gardens in the territory of Lakonia in the Peloponnese, Greece. By and by, I'm not a fanatic of this specific lotus natural product, it's dry and leaves your mouth feeling just as it actually needs water. It tastes similar to vanilla. 

Having tasted this natural product it is difficult to accept that it was this that so excited Odysseus and his team of travelers. Obviously, it is sensible to assume that the antiquated Greek saint remained nearby to his country, however it is far-fetched, given the quantity of years it clearly took him to return home after the Trojan war. 

Almost certainly, he made a trip to Asia and experienced the hallowed lotus. The consecrated lotus, so Homer wrote in Book 9 of the Odyssey, made Odysseus and his supporters overlook the reason for their excursion, which is the reason a few pundits have proposed that the lotus eaters participated in the opium poppy. 

In any case, on the off chance that you view the seed cases you will see they look like those of the opium poppy. Each case holds around 24 seeds. In Cambodia, these are esteemed as a delectable tidbit! 

The lotus plant is additionally esteemed for its therapeutic properties, as it contains nuciferine and aporphine, which are morphine-like substances. This demonstrates the rest of Lethe likely could be initiated if the plant is ingested. No big surprise Odysseus excessively so long to return home. 

Herodotus, the Father of History, felt that the lotus eaters were occupants of the Libyan beach front region. Be that as it may, Herodotus isn't constantly a reliable source. In the antiquated world eating the product of the lotus was accepted to cause absent mindedness. Regardless of whether this was previously or after Homer composed the Odyssey is available to address. 

Maybe the lotus eaters never truly existed. Be that as it may, they have absolutely caught the minds of ages. The English artist, Alfred Lord Tennyson, composed a sonnet The Lotos - Eaters about them and the possibility of them additionally caught Edith Wharton's creative mind. as can be found in her novel, 'The Age of Innocence'. Enthusiasts of Rick Riordan books will certainly review the topic of the Lotus Eaters in his 'Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.' 

On the off chance that you are sufficiently interested to attempt the Greek lotus, head to the Peloponnese in harvest time. I have seen the natural product still on trees in winter (nobody appears to gather it). In any case, you should request that authorization attempt the lotus organic product. as it is developed in the nurseries of private homes.