Posts Tagged With: fruit
Pomelo – Totally Worth the Effort
Every year at about this time we see these huge citrusy things showing up on the fruit stands. Some of them have wrappers with the word “grapefruit” on it, and I’ve never really been interested in trying them. Not a big grapefruit fan. But a few weeks ago I was sick, and the students Ryan &hellip Continue reading
The Cutest Watermelon in the World
“Is that a real watermelon,” I wondered at the fruit shop. “It’s so cute!” So i had to buy it and take it home. It was indeed a tiny watermelon, and tasted just as good as the normal big ones. I always thought that American loved watermelon the most. After all, you can’t have a &hellip Continue reading
Yang Mei Berries
The fruit here is amazing. I’ve already written about pineapple, but every day it seems like there is some new exotic fruit at the fruit stands. The latest addition is the yang mei berry. This fruit has no American counterpart and is roughly translated at ” Chinese bayberry,” which doesn’t make much sense, but has &hellip Continue reading
Chinese Dragon Fruit
There are many strange and exotic things for sale at the local fruit stands. One such item was this strange thing (pictured on the right). We saw it in a number of fruit stores yet we never bought it because…well, we had no idea what it was. The other day in class one of my &hellip Continue reading
