Apple Carvings: Too Good to Eat!
Updated: Mar. 20, 2019The delicate and exquisite art of fruit and vegetable carving originated in Asia over 700 years ago. A consort of King Phra Ruang, Nang Noppamas, wanted to create a unique decoration for the Loi Kratong Festival (floating lantern festival), one of the major festivals in Thailand, still celebrated today.
Nang Noppamas carved a flower and bird using vegetables and placed them on her lotus-shaped rafts that would be released into the river to honour the Goddess of Water, Phra Mae Khongkha.
The king was so impressed by the magnificence of the carving that it became an integral part of Thai heritage, and he decreed that all Thai women learn this new art form.
The art of fruit and vegetable carving has since been adopted by many cultures and is a creative and fun way to turn simple foods into decorative masterpieces.
In honour of the King of Fruit, here’s a look at some amazing apple carvings and some neat facts you may not have known about apples.
Did you know…
Apples were brought to North America with colonists in the 1600s, and the first apple orchard on the North American continent was said to be near Boston in 1625.
