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MELEE · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: Favorite Tropical Fruit

Inspired by the Mexicali thread...

MELEE · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject:

And my favorite mangoes are Petacon. I don't really like Manillas, do they taste like wood to anyone else Question

Note: I didn't include my beloved pitayas, because I didn't feel comfortable classifiying a catus fruit as "tropical" Razz

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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

I'm not familiar with the varieties of mango...we had two growing out back in Acapulco. One was huge, and took forever to soften up. Not very juicy. The other was smaller, far juicier, and a bright orange.

Mango petacon (nice name....there's a lucha libre wrestler with the same name)

Mango manila...my fav

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

I got hooked on mangos years ago when living in Florida. Here in Merida street vendors sell them -- sliced, rather green, and covered with chili powder -- in small plastic bags. I don't much care for mangos prepared that way, but I love them fresh and ripe.

There are lots of tropical fruits produced here, many in my own back yard, that I don't know the names of in English, nor do I care for the taste of most of them: saramuyo, cayumito, nanci, anona, grosella, mamei, and sapote. [I don't guarantee correct spelling on any of those, by the way, or if the names are in Spanish or Maya.] Of course, avocados, bananas, oranges, grapefruit, and limes are commonly grown in back yards here, and I like all of those.

Roy Briggs · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Tuxtla Gutierrez

Hey, are there dates (the fruit) in Mexico? My dictionary says the Spanish word is d�til but my students aren't familiar with the word.
Thanks!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

My wife knows of dates...they are produced in Mexico, somewhere. I asked my wife where to find them in Mexico and she said at Walmart. Smart alec she can be.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

Mamei are those stinky orange things, right? Yuck!!! No mameis!!!

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

The stinky orange things are papayas I thought. You mean there is another more stinky orange fruit?

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

mamey (sapote grande)

schwa · Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 164 Location: yap

Sri Lankan papaya as a prelude to every breakfast was a treat this vacation, or blended into anything.

Tried my first durian -- now theres a unique fruit.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

MELEE · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

Yes, I left out the whole sapote family. Around here in addition to mameys, there are sapote negro, sapote verde, and chico sapote. I like the chicos the best, one golf ball size fuit that is as rich and filling as eating a whole cake! Mameys, like avacados and papaya are good for your hair too btw.

Around here they have dates at the bulk dry goods stores. Or occasionally someone on the street is selling them. Two weeks ago there was a man sell Perssimons on the street Shocked

imported from California and 50 pesos a kilo!!!

delacosta · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 325 Location: zipolte beach

Hah! You beat me to it with this pole Melee. I predict mango to win. I'm all for the underdog though, papaya. People just don't give papaya a fair shot.

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Papaya, shot fairly with a poison dart. They make good target practice for some tribe out there.