I've been thinking of all the fruits I was used to as a kid in India. I have not seen most of them for a long while now. I was talking about a pomegranate I ate recently to someone and I thought I'd go about listing the fruits.
So then, lets start with the pomegranate. Its a strange one alright. Did you know that the Afghans are now shipping crates of these to Vancouver and other areas? It is a bright red fruit that tastes somewhat sour but is awesome to eat. And its good for you.
Then there is the creamy Sapodilla. I have never seen it in North America. Apparently the plant itself is a native of Mexico. Either those facts are incorrect or people don't eat it for whatever reason. This thing grows like wild back home and I remember having tonnes of them on dining table fruit baskets... sometimes going rotten, or over-ripe.
There is the guava with its coarse flesh inside. With little seeds on the inside. Again, endemic to Mexico and yet, I have not encountered any in the United States or Canada. There are some really red ones I have never seen or eaten yet. I've just seen pictures.
There is also the rather soft custard apple. They are part of the Annona genus of plants. These are neotropical as well apparently. Who knew.
Mangoes, now those I have eaten hundreds of. And not the sour ones you find in stores here. I've had so many types of mangoes; small ones, big ones, sweet ones, sweeter ones, long ones, sour ones...
There are plantains here, thought they are not as nice as the ones from back home. I do enjoy eating them and I am glad it has a semi-mainstream consumption record.
There are still others that I cannot name (or at least spell and do it any justice). If I come up with any more, I'll put them up.
So then, lets start with the pomegranate. Its a strange one alright. Did you know that the Afghans are now shipping crates of these to Vancouver and other areas? It is a bright red fruit that tastes somewhat sour but is awesome to eat. And its good for you.
Then there is the creamy Sapodilla. I have never seen it in North America. Apparently the plant itself is a native of Mexico. Either those facts are incorrect or people don't eat it for whatever reason. This thing grows like wild back home and I remember having tonnes of them on dining table fruit baskets... sometimes going rotten, or over-ripe.
There is the guava with its coarse flesh inside. With little seeds on the inside. Again, endemic to Mexico and yet, I have not encountered any in the United States or Canada. There are some really red ones I have never seen or eaten yet. I've just seen pictures.
There is also the rather soft custard apple. They are part of the Annona genus of plants. These are neotropical as well apparently. Who knew.
Mangoes, now those I have eaten hundreds of. And not the sour ones you find in stores here. I've had so many types of mangoes; small ones, big ones, sweet ones, sweeter ones, long ones, sour ones...
There are plantains here, thought they are not as nice as the ones from back home. I do enjoy eating them and I am glad it has a semi-mainstream consumption record.
There are still others that I cannot name (or at least spell and do it any justice). If I come up with any more, I'll put them up.
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