One of the things I love about Brasil is its seemingly endless supply of fruit. We got up early this morning and went to the CADEG (I found out what it stands for but it's a really long, boring name to translate so I'll spare you). I bought strawberries and peaches. Being a Georgia girl myself, I couldn't pass the peaches without at least trying one. And let me tell you, it tasted just like a peach should taste.
I also tried a type of fruit I've never heard of before, called sapoti. It was kind of a cross between an apple and a pear with a strange taste (my co-workers said it was like a fig; I'll have to take their word for it).
Pineapple I might have bought; however, it is a pain to cut up. People actually use the word for pineapple when they are talking about a situation that isn't going to be worth it in the long run to get into (because the work is going to be much more than the outcome).
hey! peruvians use the word pineapple as slang too..it means bad luck. So you'll eat a peach any where you see it without washing it?! Living in SA, that is what I first thought of :-) Have you tried mamei? That is the most recent fruit I have tried, and it doesnt exist in the states as far as I know. Maybe it doesnt exist in Brazil either, and if it does, it probably has a different name!
ReplyDeleteMel, sadly I actually do peel the peaches (I LOVE to eat the fuzzy skin!!). Your latest fruit is probably what we call mamão here -- papaya (I deduced that with my skills in turning words in other languages, especially Spanish, into Portuguese). It's yummy!
ReplyDeletehey! i think papaya is yummy too!! strangely, papaya in english is also papaya in spanish...i'm not sure what mamei is, and neither were the peruvians i was with, but now i'm on a mission to find out! it looks and tastes completely different than papaya, and there might not be a translation for it? it's not a common fruit in lima, but it is in northern peru where we tried it. how many fruits could there possibly be??
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