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.
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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.
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China is the leading producer of apples with over 1.2 billion bushels grown in 2001.
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There are 7,500 varieties of apples grown throughout the world.
25 percent of an apple’s volume is air. That is why they float.
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The game of apple-bobbing began as a Celtic New Year’s tradition for trying to determine one’s future spouse.
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If you grew 100 apple trees from the seeds of one tree, they would all be different.
It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
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Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free.