Tag Archives: fruit friday

I’ve been meaning to write this Fruit Friday for a week now, but as you read I had midterms and such. Borojó is a fruit from the tropical rain forest of western Colombia, i.e., el Chocó. Here is a map … Continue reading →

One time in the supermarket I saw figs and bought them, thinking they were the same figs I used to eat in Portland. When I bit into one of them and tasted a certain bitter flavor I was more than … Continue reading →

While you have probably heard of and encountered pineapple, piña, or ananás (Argentina mainly, from the Tupi word meaning “excellent fruit”) I bet you don’t know all that much about them. Huh? Do you? That’s what I thought, so I’m … Continue reading →

Fruit Friday is back! Just a little late. We are in chirimoya (chee-ree-mo-ja) season, which means that all the street fruit carts are stock piled with them. It is a fruit native to the Andes (surprise!). Its name comes from … Continue reading →

There isn’t actually a Fruit Friday this week. In between packing, getting sick, classes, and moving I’ve forgotten to get a fruit and take pictures of it. I feel that I’d be letting you guys down if I just pretend … Continue reading →

This week’s fruit is another mega-exotic fruit, the papayuela, more commonly known as babaco in Ecuador. It’s another one of those high-altitude fruits, preferring to live above 2,000 m. This makes it difficult to cultivate outside its native land Loja (southern Ecuador), but New … Continue reading →

Yes, I know I’m a day late, but at least it’s here. This week’s fruit is the pitaya (or pitahaya), also known as dragon fruit. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are a bunch of … Continue reading →

This week’s fruit is the elusive uchuva. It has all kinds of names all over the world, which you can read about here. It is native to the Andes due to the high altitude (like most fruits here). Apparently it … Continue reading →

Fruit Friday is back (for this week at least). This week’s fruit is the curuba, which is called banana passionfruit for it’s banana-like appearance and passionfruit-like pulp. It is a fruit native to the Andes jungle (grown between 1,800 to … Continue reading →

So Manu was supposed to write up fruit friday yesterday, but things happen so I am here to step up to the task. Today we are talking about aguacates, or avocados, but these are not your usual little state-side things. … Continue reading →