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¡Clase papaya! (What a papaya!), when I saw the orange colored cylindrical shape sitting on top of the fridge. Minutes later, it was cut up and we were all enjoying it for breakfast, how the mouth seems to dissolve up the sunset colored flesh.
It still seems like I´m finding new fruits all the time in my backyard. Strange, odd, colorful, asymmetrical ones that can be eaten or made into some sort of juice. Noni, avocado, mandarin, sweet orange, sour orange (good for cooking rice), grapefruit, lemon, mango, star fruit, coconut, and papaya trees always give me something to look forward to in the morning. I was happy to see that lemon season is back when I noticed the round little green yellow balls hanging outside my window.
Days earlier I was recounting to Marta about how much I´d miss my tropical fruits, fruits that are going to cost me dollars by the pound in the US, and probably not taste nearly as good.
My eyes widened when I saw her coming around the corner holding a huge papaya by it´s stem, a few days short of being ripe. ¨Te la corté,¨she said giggling(I cut it down for you). It was a sweet gesture and in typical Marta fashion. She´s always watching out for me.
One has to slice the skin lightly with a knife so the milky substance it contains can dribble out. If not, it doesn´t taste as good supposedly.
It still seems like I´m finding new fruits all the time in my backyard. Strange, odd, colorful, asymmetrical ones that can be eaten or made into some sort of juice. Noni, avocado, mandarin, sweet orange, sour orange (good for cooking rice), grapefruit, lemon, mango, star fruit, coconut, and papaya trees always give me something to look forward to in the morning. I was happy to see that lemon season is back when I noticed the round little green yellow balls hanging outside my window.
Days earlier I was recounting to Marta about how much I´d miss my tropical fruits, fruits that are going to cost me dollars by the pound in the US, and probably not taste nearly as good.
My eyes widened when I saw her coming around the corner holding a huge papaya by it´s stem, a few days short of being ripe. ¨Te la corté,¨she said giggling(I cut it down for you). It was a sweet gesture and in typical Marta fashion. She´s always watching out for me.
One has to slice the skin lightly with a knife so the milky substance it contains can dribble out. If not, it doesn´t taste as good supposedly.
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Melocotón...star fruit |
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Noni...smells like bad cheese but makes a great juice when mized with lemon and sugar in the blender. |
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Grapefruit |
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Papaya |
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Oranges |
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¡Clase payaya! |
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Ripening in the sun |
