We do miss the changing of the seasons and even the changing of the days. Being close to the equator means the temperature doesn't change very much, there are no real seasons like we are used to (just hot and hotter and rainy and dry) and the sun even comes up and goes down pretty close to the same time all year long. Here it is September already, we can only tell by the calendar, and all of you back home are harvesting gardens and enjoying the fruits of your labors realizing that the first frost is getting closer everyday. Here in the Philippines the harvest is on all year, though some fruits are seasonal, so we thought we would share some of the fruits that we get to harvest by walking down the street to the local fruit stands or when we go to the stores. There are many more than we have listed. We can also get imported fruits such as apples and oranges but our blog shows fruits grown in the Philippines.
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| An open fruit market. Almost every fruit you could want in one place. The large green fruit is Jack Fruit which we tried but we didn't really care for it, kind of a texture thing. |
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| The bottom container is Avocados. Sister Sorensen has to have Avocados every week. She learned how to know the ripe ones by shaking them. The top container is Mangosteens and the middle one is Mangos. |
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| Bananas, all shapes and sizes and also different colors. We like the yellow ones and there are different sizes of those. The green hanging bananas are for cooking, fried boiled and with brown sugar on the outside. Notice the watermelons also. |
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| This is a Red Banana, that is the color and not just an over ripe banana. |
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| Lanzones. Lanzones was originally native to the Malaysian peninsula, with the Malaysians calling it “langsat.” |
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| Lanzones opened showing the fruit inside. |
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| Limes. They are very small but definitely are limes |
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| Mangos. Sister Sorensen has to have mangos almost every day. The mangos you can buy in the United States don't even taste like the same fruit. We simply love sweet mango shakes. |
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| Mangosteen. they cannot legally be imported into continental United States due to concerns that they transport insects into the country. |
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| This is the inside of a Mangosteen. You eat the white parts. |
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| Papaya. We haven't eaten these yet. |
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| Philippine Lemons. They look different but taste just like lemons. |
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| Pineapple. We love the fresh pineapple. The one on the left is different than the one in the middle. The fruit on the right is called Durian. It has a very unpleasant odor and we can tell out in the hall from our apartment if someone has brought some up. We haven't tried it yet but will before we leave. |
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| Pomelo. These taste like a sweet grapefruit. |
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| Rambutan. Its name means "hairy " and is derived from the Malay word rambutan. The fruit inside is white and looks like a lanzone.. |
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| Watermelon (Pakwan), red and yellow. Both are good. |
