Greetings everyone,
I have here today some Asian fruits in season in my country the Philippines.
I went to the marketplace to pay my bills and it's almost 3 km from my place so I use to ride a bicycle to save from the tricycle expenses since starting from the pandemic tricycle fees are almost tripled. I used to ride a bicycle in the sense I can save and also it was my way of exercise.
Anyways after I finished my business at the market I headed home until I passed this fruit vendor a few meters away from the market. I was attracted by the fruits that I only see in season so I stop by and ask for the price and I was not surprised since they are in season and just come out for selling. Prices are quite expensive, especially for what has happened last month. I was salivating to eat them so I decided to buy just a few grams each.
There were 3 kinds of fruit namely Mangosteen(purple), Rambutan(red), and lanzones(yellow) but I only bought the two for 500 grams each of rambutan and lanzones
What is Rambutan?
- Rambutans are furry, bright red fruits with a creamy white centre. This fruit is native to Malaysia, but have recently spread throughout the world. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including lychee and longan (that honestly, I've never tried)
I don't have too much story for a Rambutan fruit all I know is I just love eating them but sometimes I got struggled to open them. I use my teeth to open and bite the whole fruit and I tried tasting its seeds after for it looked like almond but the taste is not 😁😅.
What is Lanzones?
- Lanzones - is sweet, tangy, a delicious round oval berry that closely resembles grapes but two times larger. It is usually found in Southern Islands in the Philippines and other Asian countries.
Lanzones is derived from the word lason which means in English poison. I can remember the book of the story back in my elementary days about lanzones. It's was once known poisonous and even humans don't get closer to the tree but then there's a day that a woman came and pick some fruits to eat due to her hunger. To their surprise, the woman didn't get poisoned. They think that the woman remove the poisons from the fruit and so that day people started to harvest Lanzones fruit for eating.
That was my childhood memory about lanzones, fortunately, I love their taste and the only problem is when you can buy those super sour varieties and the worst is when you can chew its seeds because they were super bitter too. Note that when you buy lanzones look for the seedless ones so you can worry less.
Both fruits are all my favourite. I hope you enjoy this content and it gives you information.
How about you have tried these fruits too? feel free to share with me your story I would be very happy 🙂.