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Fruits and Animals
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Last night on the roof terrace of the hotel my kids and I found a giant moth, and we carefully picked it up and played with it. After a couple of minutes, I tried to put it back down, but it refused, so I took it to the room to show my wife and the baby. The baby was terrified.
Today, my girl...
Here are some animal pics I have taken, along with a new picture of a huge cherimoya next to some "guacamoles" :). Lots of the good tropical fruits I find I never post, like bananas, oranges, grapefruits, limes, etc. because everyone already knows these.
Today I went to the market in Campeche and found an assortment of tropical fruits. Chicozapotes and Zapotes Negros (Small zapotes and Black Sapotes). The Small Sapotes, almost the same size as the black zapote, taste like aliens. Pear, apple, wood, sweet potato are the identifiable flavors, but...
I'm breaking my rules by publishing pictures of an animal with my fruits. That's fine, I guess. There's also a vegetable with the mushrooms. Nopales, or prickly pear cactus leaves. I have pictures of a cacao (chocolate) fruit, a zapote, a sapodilla, some toronjitas, and some giant Campeche...
Here are a few photos of the fruits I got today. The strawberries, plums, and black raspberries are understandable, the red, hairy things are called rambutans. They originated in southeastern Asia, and they are quite tasty!
There is a fruteria near my apartment along with a panaderia (a bakery) run by two young boys of the Maya people. They are in the same building and indeed are affiliated, but you have to pay them separately. The sweet breads are very simple, made of only sugar, flour, and an oil mixture: palm...
My trip to the Market of the Ancients-
It is a long combi ride to the market (a combi is a form of public transportation via van, with about 15 people riding), and it can be a cramped, un-air-conditioned trip. The market is a large building with probably a thousand or so venders, selling...
I'm still going to the Ancient's Market tomorrow, but here are some pictures I already have. The first picture is of Paradise mangos next to tunas blancas (prickly pear), sitting next to the seeds from a white guavas. The second is blackberry cobbler pancakes.The third picture is of maracuyas...
I really love animals, of all types.
I saw an animal in the Mérida, Mexico zoo that caught my attention and I really liked. It was some sort of white deer, which had its antlers partially sawn off. It didn't look unhappy, nor particularly happy. They treat their animals well at this zoo...
Post # 2- Guanábanas, Zaramuyos, and, to a much lesser extent, Jungle Sops
The guanábana, known in English as the sour sop, and graviola by holistic pharmaceutical companies, is probably my favorite new-found tropical fruit. Its taste is perfectly indescribable, though descriptions I've read...
Fruit post #1
Mangos- Mexico grows more mangos than any other country in the Western Hemisphere, though the world's premier producer, India, grows seven times more. The mango is native to India. Here in Mexico, there are many types of mangos, all with strengths and weaknesses.
Mango paraíso or...