My final new food of 2015 was the dragon fruit, or Pitaya, which includes the fruit of several species of night-blooming cacti in the genus Hylocereus, and which is quite delicious. Just slice in half, scoop out the flesh, slice, … Continue reading
Yampee. Yampee. I like having you in my life now. Welcome to the land of being broiled, and who knows what else. All because of a visit to a Korean supermarket, looking for a food adventure. I walked out with … Continue reading
Schwooxie squash is how you pronounce what is known as schwoughksie squash in New York. I found that out (via the omni-knowledge source known as Wikipedia, where I also got the public domain photo). How can one not fixate on … Continue reading
Not much to say about this adventure, except it wasn’t much of a stretch. I tried to find a very bizarre food, but no time to shop this month, so I wound up finding the only fruit at Safeway I’ve … Continue reading
Catch up time again – it has been amazingly busy, and with the gorgeous weather, who wants to really sit and write? But here are the adventures I tackled this month. The New Food: Sapotes, which is a word used … Continue reading
So life has been busy! Partly because I finished up a major project at work in May – thus ending a 60-70-hr-per-week month, but then I turned around and volunteered (hold onto that word for later) to hold a reunion for my … Continue reading
Time for the new food for the month. This time, I really really liked it. The pepino melon, or pepino dulce (sweet cucumber) – purple and yellow/green on the outside, and a soft yellow on the inside that tastes of … Continue reading
This will be a nice simple post. I ate a kiwano melon (Cucumis metuliferus) today. It’s a way cool, interesting fruit – as obvious from the picture. Originally from South Africa, it is grown in the US now. It’s actually … Continue reading
Next food adventure: chayotes, a.k.a. chayote squash, Sechium edule, mirliton, merleton, chuchu, pipinola (my favorite), chowchow and about 20 other names. Obviously a globally known food (Hawaii to South America to India and Indonesia). And it got started in Mexico, … Continue reading
So the last of the three adventures I need to do each month (activity, volunteer, and food) has been accomplished. Actually, it was accomplished earlier, but I really didn’t want to start off my 2015 blog with something that turned … Continue reading
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