One of our new staff is actually a student teacher named Molly who is spending the semester student teaching under our 5th grade teacher, Charity. We celebrated her birthday his past weekend with a fruit party. They bought all sorts of interesting fruit and we spent the afternoon sampling. Although you can see the pictures, it is too bad you can't taste and smell them because it was an experience.
The lovely and colorful spread!
Jennie explaining what everything is and how to eat it.
Star Fruit- you can get this in the States but I had never tasted it before.
Different types of mango and guava- the one on the bottom is called White Mango and is not ripe and pretty sour.
Soursop- looks like mush or perhaps raw seafood, not sure. It doesn't taste too bad but is kind of slimy.
Dragon Fruit- looks really unusual but tastes really good.
Durian- the infamous smelly fruit. Smells like garbage (or worse) and tastes like onions, perhaps garlic, or some say it tastes like it smells... trash.
Molly, the birthday girl, tastes the durian fruit. First reaction says it all.
Everyone hanging out
The lovely and colorful spread!
Jennie explaining what everything is and how to eat it.
Star Fruit- you can get this in the States but I had never tasted it before.
Different types of mango and guava- the one on the bottom is called White Mango and is not ripe and pretty sour.
Soursop- looks like mush or perhaps raw seafood, not sure. It doesn't taste too bad but is kind of slimy.
Dragon Fruit- looks really unusual but tastes really good.
Durian- the infamous smelly fruit. Smells like garbage (or worse) and tastes like onions, perhaps garlic, or some say it tastes like it smells... trash.
Molly, the birthday girl, tastes the durian fruit. First reaction says it all.
Everyone hanging out
3 comments:
what was the indonesian name for the dragon fruit?
yummy! all these crazy fruits bring me back to Thailand :)! I was missing interesting fruits last week, just tired of the apple and banana combo that is so easily available in the US- so i went to buy mangoes (they were $3). Luckily they went on sale this week. Try rambutan if you see it- its red/green and spiky looking, or mangosteen! - Jackie
Another thing--I read an article in the new york times recently about how scientists are stirring up a lot of controversy by trying to engineer a durian fruit without its noxious smell. Apparently people actually like it for the smell, and it is seen in some locations as a type of sacriledge to attempt to remove it. Did you eat any?
stephen
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