How many fruits do you think that Colombia has?

Mononoke28 says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:12:

I always hear of a new fruit whenever I go but the ones I can't find here in Denver for sure are:

Lulo
Maracuyá
Granadilla
Guanábana
Tomate de árbol
Mora (and no, not raspberries you find here in the States)

Diana

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Bill Turley says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:12:

That sounds a little like the title of a Book I saw about 15 years ago the "150 Commercial Fruits of Colombia"

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Bill Turley says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:15:

I checked out the link and there were 148 how similar.

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:16:

Colombia has alot less fruits than otherwise (because alot of them now live here in the states).

Where do we go from here?

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:17:

We were talking about chulupa in another thread today. That juice is delicious. I love mora as well. I think those are more like blackberries.

Sadly, a lot of the great areas to grow fruit in Colombia are getting hammered by this winter. My in-laws in El Huila have not been able to get their current crop going because it hasn't stopped raining for months. This is occurring in many areas of Southern Colombia.

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:19:

Hey, Monpirri... which fruit does the USA have, that Colombia doesn't?

Where do we go from here?

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:23:

Blueberries maybe? Oh and the pumpkins are not the same either.

Diana

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:23:

I do not know, maybe cherries?

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papiChulo says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:25:

A local supermarket here on Vancouver Island imports colombian fruit, all diferent kinds. I have never bought any of it... too bloody expensive. I'll wait till I get back to Colombia for that, food that costs next to nothing.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:27:

This thread is giving me a serious "jones" for some Colombian food. Luckily, I will have my happy little ass there in 10 days. What's the smiley for happy as a pig in shit?

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:29:

Mononoke28, I know what are you saying because some fruits are hard to find in the states. Two years ago I was brave and tried a new fruit Mangostino while visiting Bogota and I really liked it.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:31:

Diana, You can get guanabana in a bag. My parents used to buy the pulp here when I was a kid and made those gross sorbetes de guanabana.

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Lcacique says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:37:

Colombia has tons of fruit. Only Brazil has more biodiversity and Colombia is a much smaller country. Lets be honest, Colombia is Eden!!!

Some of the fruits that I remember having while in Colombia:

Aguacate, Anón, Asaí, Chirimoya, Chontaduro, Chulupa, Curuba, Granadilla, Guanábana, Guayaba, Lima, Lulo, Mamey, Mangostino, Maracuyá, Mora, Papaya, Piña, Tomate de arbol, Uchuva, Zapote. I am ready for more!

I know Villegas put out abook on Colombian Fruit as well. They publish some excellent books on Colombia but they are expensive.

Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegría. ¡Y el rumor de ranchería es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta!

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morphus says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:39:

I think Colombia imports kiwis from Chile.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:43:

Please correct me if i am wrong but is not Anon the same as Chirimoya?

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:49:

Bill Turley,
“That sounds a little like the title of a Book I saw about 15 years ago the "150 Commercial Fruits of Colombia"

It’s possible that they are the same but “Frutas de Colombia" has 146. and Zapotolongo (Pachira aquatica) is in the 146 position but then after Zapotolongo there are whole bunch more, maybe 50 + or more and the last one is coco.

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viajero123 says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:53:

i am craving for a jug of Lulo or maracuya juice in a Santa Marta street stand!!!
Anyone tried corozo in the north coast?

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:57:

Yeap, I tried not too long ago in Barranquilla. Corozo is pretty good refreshing drink.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 14:58:

yes i have, it taste like cranberry juice or is corozo the same as cranberry?

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Bellita says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:00:

I really miss Zapotes!! they are so weird looking but deliciosos. hehe.

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:01:

I do not think so, although they look alike or have the same color.
I would say they are different and taste different.

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:02:

Ese Zipote jugo de Zapote esta mas rico.

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Monpirri says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:04:

It looks like there are four type of zapotes, which one do you like?

141. Zapote, chupa chupa (Matisia cordata): postres 1

142. Zapote blanco, morey (Casimiroa edulis)

143. Zapote de mico (Pouteria viridis)

144. Zapote enano (Diospyros inconstans)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:15:

My favourite Juice: Maracuya con leche y harto hielo
My favourite fruit: Grapes and Granadilla
my least favourite fruit, naranja y patilla.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:17:

one fruit that no many people mention but although it does not look pretty but taste nice is Guama

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viajero123 says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:18:

Yeah, guama is like eating sweet cotton.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:20:

Does anybody else refer to "patilla" as "sandia"? I always called it sandia growing up.

Why don't you like it Kat? The seeds?

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:22:

yeah, it look like cotton jaja, I have never taste the its juice though. have you?

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:24:

yeah viajero , it look like cotton jaja, I have never taste the its juice though. have you?

CG on the coast we called it Patilla and i know in Cali they call it Sandia, i find it boring and the juice is the most boring juice i have ever taste, i rather drink soda and i mean bretaña...

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:25:

Jugo de Mandarina helado, Sorbete de curuba, jugo de lulo, pina, mango,never seen cranberries in Colombia, uy que rico!!! me encantan los jugos de todas las frutas y me encanta la ensalada de fruta fresca, se me olvida el nombre, a veces le ponen kola roman o colombiana, es como un tutti fruti, pero en colombia tiene otro nombre...alguien sabe?
Cheers

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:28:

salpicon

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Bill Turley says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:28:

Those of you who are not in this great country and have a craving for Maracuya look for Passion Fruit it is the same. Cranberrys are unique to the US/Canada as far as I know.

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:32:

yes Bill, but to make a juice for two with passion fruit you need to buy like 50 of those, have you seen how tiny they are!!! and some of them are nearly empty inside....

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:33:

i can find Lulo here and sometimes Tomato de Arbol

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Bill Turley says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:34:

Hawaiian Punch comes in a passion fruit flavor

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:55:

Nispero

Guama

Mangostino

Anon

Rambutan

Star Fruit or carambola

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 15:58:

you can get huge maracuyas in Colombia, I love them also
Cheers

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:00:

Kat, Anon and Chirimoya are two completely different fruits, the price for each one of those in the US is 7.00USD each!
Cheers

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Bellita says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:02:

4 clases de zapotes? I did not know that.

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:04:

You can make a nice salad with uchuvas and mango and add some pecans and a little orange juice and it is deelishhhh
Cheers

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:10:

Hey, Monpirri... which fruit does the USA have, that Colombia doesn't?

Blueberries maybe? Oh and the pumpkins are not the same either.

I do not know, maybe cherries?

AND, THE ANSWER IS: ...................Fruit of the Loom

Well.... I meant, it's indigenous to the usa... jjiiji...
I know, they probly have Fruit de Loom in Colombia, too.

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:12:

(After the hot-lookin babes) the thing I most am envious of about Colombia
is the wide variety of FRUIT....BECAUSE? health freak.

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:14:

Someone needs to come up with something PRODUCTIVE to do with all the freakin PAPAYA SEEDS... that come out of those things.

Where do we go from here?

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huskie says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:20:

You can eat those GS, lots of enzimes but it will give you the runnies for sure! HAHA.
I am a health freak also...I am very dissappointed by the turn of events in this election, lets hope for the best!
Cheers

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El Polo says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:27:

papaya madura, mierd* segura, eso sin duda! jaja

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El Polo says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:40:

My granpa juancho's finca has all types of fruits, there always fresh fruit juice in my his home, thats one of the thing that is always on my to do list, I can get enough of the tamarindo! My grandmother used to make frozen fruit juice ice pops, we called them bolis

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Lowell says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:50:

The drink "Cholado" is great too.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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adrimm says on Jun 5, 2008, 18:01:

I found imported granadillas locally - but they are ***$2*** each!

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 18:21:

They have large papayas here, too... imported... FOR A MERE $8 OR $9 !!! OUCH.. AND THEN... the quality is sickening....

But, mi colombiana was smiling all the way to the cash register last night with a bag full of green plantains.
-------------------------
Q: what other FRUITS DOES THE USA HAVE THAT COLOMBIA DON'T?

A: Hillary and,...........

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 18:23:

okay, Huskie... why would we then want to eat those seeds???

We got some work to do, to find out how to avoid the 'impact'.. jej

Where do we go from here?

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Robert Jorge says on Jun 5, 2008, 19:52:

When I lived in Fort Myers, I had papaya plants / trees growing like weeds. I don't know if they are indiginous to the US, but there are plenty of them in the south 3rd of Florida.

BEWARE of gold diggers.

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Bill Turley says on Jun 5, 2008, 20:21:

There are commercial groves in the Homestead area near the National Park Enterance

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Robert Jorge says on Jun 5, 2008, 20:33:

Bill is correct. The most famous being the "Robert is Here" fruit stand and farm. You can buy an authentic, fresh squeezed maracuya or guanabana smoothie there. They also sell fruits whole. Just drive through Florida City, following the signs for the Everglades National Park. You will see "Robert is Here" about 2 miles out of Florida City, halfway to the park entrance.

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Lisa Zee says on Jun 5, 2008, 22:27:

When my ex-husband went for the first time to Colombia, he said what he liked best was the women and the fruits.
I love all the variety that we have.

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goin_south says on Jun 5, 2008, 23:50:

'cept on pbh... where it's a lil bit higher ;-)

Where do we go from here?

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 00:57:

Kat, anon and cherimoya are close cousins. In Cali, I believe the smoother one, with no scales is called cherimoya and the one with scales anon, but I've heard people say just the opposite too. The anon vs. cherimoya mystery will be on my agenda on my next trip to galeria Alameda...where's AB when you need him?
Guanabana belongs to the same family of fruits, all of them native to tropical America.

http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/fruitproducts_sw.htm

Bill Turley, cranberries grow abundantly in the northern forests and swamps of Europe. It's a different variety, though, than the North American cranberry. Our cranberries are smaller (of course!) and more acid....more flavor too. We pick them wild late October after the first frost for full flavour and higher sugar content.

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huskie says on Jun 6, 2008, 04:14:

GS, a huge toilet!
Cheers

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huskie says on Jun 6, 2008, 04:18:

Tamarindo is great for making sauces for pork and chicken. I like the the paletas made out of their juice
Cheers

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goin_south says on Jun 6, 2008, 05:54:

why don't colombians like curry?

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Monpirri says on Jun 6, 2008, 06:06:

Going-South, sure they do, at least some do.

http://www.dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/Latin_American/Colombi...

Colombian Ahuyama Soup
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Colombian-Ahuyama-Soup/Detail.aspx

http://consciouschoice.com/2004/cc1708/consciousdining1708.html

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Bill Turley says on Jun 6, 2008, 06:55:

I really miss Cranberry Juice and Sauce. Cran-Raspberry with turkey, YUUUMM

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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dogfart says on Jun 6, 2008, 07:03:

wow!
I have to expose my palate to those exotic flavors. Exito does not sell half of what you mentioned here.

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Bill Turley says on Jun 6, 2008, 07:11:

Try Pomona or better yet go to the open markets that are in virtually every city,town or village. Market day here is Tuesday, Guateque on Wednesday, Garagoa on Sunday, Macheta on Monday. In Cali and Bogota they are open every day

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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webmanco says on Jun 6, 2008, 07:20:

I got son nice strawerrys on my way to Somondoco, or franwresas ?

I remember the pomarosas.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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webmanco says on Jun 6, 2008, 08:06:

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 10:09:

the fruit in webmanco's pictures are from left to right Mamoncillos, Guamas . grapes, mangos and either oranges or maracuyas

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Monpirri says on Jun 6, 2008, 10:13:

The sunny and graphic photo does not help. Mamoncillos, wow they sure look huge for mamoncillos, they look more like limones.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 10:14:

nope they are mamoncillos, i have seen them like that, and they are too small for limones, well not for USA OR UK limones :)))

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Monpirri says on Jun 6, 2008, 10:36:

Limes in the states come from abroad. I usually buy the large ones and the are pretty big about 2" and something in diameter. To give you an idea of the size, the limes are about the size of a tennis ball.

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Monpirri says on Jun 6, 2008, 11:09:

Bellita, "4 clases de zapotes? I did not know that." I did not know that either and I did not know about Chulupa.
But I understand what you meant. There is too much new stuff to learn everday.

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Chriscan says on Jun 6, 2008, 11:24:

I love the fruits of Colombia but I miss the berries in Canada. There are also a few veggies that are better at home and the corn is way nicer. The big proble with all of the goodies I miss in Canada is taht they are only available fresh for a few months.

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goin_south says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:24:

How did it turn-up that bears like berries?
Do they have many bears in Colombia?
Yogi Bear was a fruit cake... jus to stay on topic. a bit.

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Bill Turley says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:51:

The native Bear in Colombia is the Oso Ateojos, the Spectacled Bear, the Giant Panda's nearest relative

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Bill Turley says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:52:

Bears eat like we do just with a wider range. Everything we eat a Bear will eat

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 6, 2008, 12:58:

Has anybody mentioned mamomcillo and would chontaduro be considered a fruit?

Diana

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:04:

yes it has been mention, chontaduro yep i will consider it a fruit an ugly fruit jeje


Chontaduro maduro, vendel viejito Arturo. Chontaduro con sal, compran y no se van. .

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:05:

Is that how it goes? We used to sing it: "Chontaduro maduro, vende el viejito Arturo. Chontaduro con sal, venden y no me dan." At least that's how they used to sing in Palmira, veh!

Diana

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:18:

Corozo, madroño, tamarindo, carambolo

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:20:

chontaduro

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huskie says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:24:

I haven't had a madrono in a thousand years, they're delicious.
Cheers

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huskie says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:37:

Totumo tree

Grosellas, they are grown mainly in Antioquia

Fruit stand by the road

Fruit vendor in Cartagena
Cheers

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 6, 2008, 13:46:

"Cute" fruit umbrellas from SA Asia I found at a store here...took a bunch to Colombia and were appreciated. They let your fruits mature at room temps and keep flies away.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 6, 2008, 14:03:

Hmmm. Those would be good for cookouts. I'll have to hit the Asian part of town and look for those.

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goin_south says on Jun 6, 2008, 15:04:

don't forget,... the Avocado.... IS CONSIDERED A FRUIT! no?

Where do we go from here?

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Monpirri says on Jun 6, 2008, 15:07:

Si señor, it's # 4. Aguacate from the list above.

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coffee beaner says on Jun 9, 2008, 20:48:

I love borojo and sapote.... these are impossible to find in New York.

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goin_south says on Jun 9, 2008, 22:26:

okay. so colombia has bunches of fruitas.
if all the colombians would go back home, then... they'd be no. one!

lol! .. Oh; and my favorite is pitaya.
but, the first time upon partaking, I was glad she said: tu puede tiene ... NO MAS!

Where do we go from here?

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