Friday, April 30, 2010

Nisperos... tropical fruit I tried for the first time.

This fruit, known as loquat in English or nispero in Spanish, has soft orange flesh and usually three to five almond-sized seeds. It is native to Asia, but grows in Mexico and the Southern United States as well as Central and South America. It wasn't bad, but I can't say it had a memorable taste either. First you have to peel the skin away from the fruit and then eat it much like an apple. A bit like a plum, but not sweet much at all. The seeds in the center are so big and so many that there really isn't much pulp to eat.

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