And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Every single one of them grows where I live. It's fruit heaven almost all year round. I don't see apples in the pic, but apples struggle here because there's really no rest season.
Yes, I believe the photograph of those outrageously wonderful South American fruits was most likely taken Brazil or there about. We call the Maracuya lilikoi in my part of the world.
Papayas, figs, mangos, kiwis, grapes, Asian pears...what's freaky? If you ever come across chermoya, try it unless it's outrageous in price. Wonderful flavor.
That looks like my property's harvest right now. I ate a Papaya (mammon) here right off the tree today; totally sweet and not ripened in a container ship. The Passion fruit is a few weeks away and I just started eating the mandarinas. I have way too many lemons ripening right now so it's give away time in a week or so. Life is good in the tropics. (except the mosquitoes but life has to have a few wrinkles or it would be boring)
The Papayas are not ripe. Close but not yet. The seeds are a great natural anti-parasitic. The outsides should be getting pretty yellow before you pick them but you can't wait too long or the birds get them. I reached up to pick a nice yellow one and my fingers went into the bird picking hole where the bees were having a nice meal. My fingers suffered a bit LOL
Pick them after the fist sign color. There will ripen within a a day or two at room temp and can be kept in the refer for up to a week. This eliminates the Russian Roulette with the birds and geckos and insures a consistent breakfast supply. Ripening on the plant typically results in mushy (but equally tasty) flesh. Pick a non-GMO variety if you can find one. I chop down the plant and replace them when they get taller than my fruit picker. Typically every 3-4 years.
The absolute best thing about living in Singapore was the food. And having abundant fresh fruit of literally hundreds of varieties in nearly any market or hawker center was astonishing. I would peruse the markets talking to the merchants, speaking as much broken whatever language and just watch their eyes light up and smile because I was trying. Eventually, I started getting local pricing instead of expat pricing. One day, as an experiment, I decided to try every single banana or banana like fruit I could, encountering more than two dozen that day alone. Traveling around to other countries, being as close as states, was such an amazing gastronomical wonderland. Everything else was amazing too, but The Food, oh boy! Oh, and durian is definitely a love or hate. Smell sucks, but tastes great. Almost had a jack fruit kill me while visiting the U.S. WWII Memorial in Manila, those things are YUGE! -Brewer96
And one of the best parts of that food in Asia is that it is most likely not processed in any way, shape or form. So much American food is highly processed and totally unhealthy for human consumption.
I wonder if this amazing market is located in SE Asia or the Pacific SW?
ReplyDeleteEvery single one of them grows where I live. It's fruit heaven almost all year round. I don't see apples in the pic, but apples struggle here because there's really no rest season.
DeleteRich - Where do you live in such tropical splendor?
DeleteI'd try em, if I liked em I'd try em twice.
ReplyDeletecould easily be any well stocked Latin market on the East coast.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe the photograph of those outrageously wonderful South American fruits was most likely taken Brazil or there about.
ReplyDeleteWe call the Maracuya lilikoi in my part of the world.
Papayas, figs, mangos, kiwis, grapes, Asian pears...what's freaky? If you ever come across chermoya, try it unless it's outrageous in price. Wonderful flavor.
ReplyDeleteI don't see any durian.
ReplyDeleteHorrible smell, but wonderful taste. My wife won't let me buy it, but I LOVE IT.
DeleteTree ripened papaya from the farmer's market with a squeeze of lime and a slice of sourdough toasted.
ReplyDeletea wonderful breakfast.
Scurvy
Durian is not fit for human consumption
ReplyDeleteNever tried it but I heard it smells atrocious.
DeleteThat looks like my property's harvest right now. I ate a Papaya (mammon) here right off the tree today; totally sweet and not ripened in a container ship. The Passion fruit is a few weeks away and I just started eating the mandarinas. I have way too many lemons ripening right now so it's give away time in a week or so.
ReplyDeleteLife is good in the tropics. (except the mosquitoes but life has to have a few wrinkles or it would be boring)
The Papayas are not ripe. Close but not yet. The seeds are a great natural anti-parasitic. The outsides should be getting pretty yellow before you pick them but you can't wait too long or the birds get them. I reached up to pick a nice yellow one and my fingers went into the bird picking hole where the bees were having a nice meal. My fingers suffered a bit LOL
ReplyDeletePick them after the fist sign color. There will ripen within a a day or two at room temp and can be kept in the refer for up to a week. This eliminates the Russian Roulette with the birds and geckos and insures a consistent breakfast supply. Ripening on the plant typically results in mushy (but equally tasty) flesh. Pick a non-GMO variety if you can find one. I chop down the plant and replace them when they get taller than my fruit picker. Typically every 3-4 years.
DeleteThe absolute best thing about living in Singapore was the food. And having abundant fresh fruit of literally hundreds of varieties in nearly any market or hawker center was astonishing. I would peruse the markets talking to the merchants, speaking as much broken whatever language and just watch their eyes light up and smile because I was trying. Eventually, I started getting local pricing instead of expat pricing. One day, as an experiment, I decided to try every single banana or banana like fruit I could, encountering more than two dozen that day alone. Traveling around to other countries, being as close as states, was such an amazing gastronomical wonderland. Everything else was amazing too, but The Food, oh boy! Oh, and durian is definitely a love or hate. Smell sucks, but tastes great. Almost had a jack fruit kill me while visiting the U.S. WWII Memorial in Manila, those things are YUGE! -Brewer96
ReplyDeleteAnd one of the best parts of that food in Asia is that it is most likely not processed in any way, shape or form. So much American food is highly processed and totally unhealthy for human consumption.
DeleteJohn, you B shopping in all the wrong places.
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