As I was standing watch during tether ball duty last spring, I saw a tiny mango on the ground, perfectly ripe and untainted by the munching mouths of iguanas. I quickly went over to give it a closer look. It was indeed perfectly ripe and perfectly tiny! I felt almost criminal eating such a delicate little specimen, but it was delicious ;-)
In contrast, here are some regular sized and one giant mango:
Just a week ago, I was taking the elevator to my floor, when in popped an older gentleman, carrying and nibbling a bunch of fruit just like this:
The man insisted that I try one, so I did. It was yummy! I happened to recognize it in the hands of the street peddlers on the way home from the beach that following weekend and bought my own bunch. They are called "mamones," a tangy, sweet fruit. They are very much like leeches, or grapes, except that the fruit stubbornly clings to the seed so tightly that you have to gnaw the fruit to release it from the seed. It leaves your teeth feeling gritty too, but the flavor is tantalizingly good! I brought the bunch with me to school, and all of the Venezuelans wanted to eat one when I offered them ;-)
Sometime I plan to take a picture of some of the many other unique types of fruits here. There are guavas, guanabana, plantains, manzanitas "little apple bananas," passion fruit and more!
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