Thursday, 30 April 2009

Fat and flourishing

I love the fruit in this nation. Mangosteen are my very favourite - orange-sized purple balls containing tangy sweet/sour little white segments that are designed to crown any fruit salad.

Also high on my list of fruit goodies is the jackfruit. Now this is no little bitty fruit. Think water melon in size, growing up a 30-foot tree. We have two of these trees on our Healing Home property and over 40 of these delightful monsters are in the process of becoming a very welcome dietry addition. At a good average weight of 3.5-4kg we will not be short of jackfruit for a while!

The wonder of a jackfruit-laden tree - protected by Selena's prayer from the 'local junior mafia' (in Adrian Meston's words) whilst the Healing Home was closed over Khmer New Year

1 comment:

Unknown said...

MMMmmm... I love jackfruit but you can only get it in tins with lots of heavy syrup or brine here - it's just not the same as fresh off the tree (or fresh out of the market). Jealous much??? oh yes.
Miss the mango smoothies too. Please give Karen and Angie a gentle push on that list of things to do cos Marty won't commit till he knows. There are some amazing fars with Air Asia at the moment too.
Wow, all that came out of a longing for fresh asian fruit.

Have a great weekend, missing you guys but glad the blogs back up and running.

Blessings

R & M