Fruits!

My sister loves fruits. I don't think I've ever met anyone who likes fruits as much as she does. In fact, if she could all the nutrition she needed just from fruits, I think she'd be happy doing it. I can't say that I feel that way. Don't get me wrong, I like fruits as much as the next guy, but not all. Not all the time. But one of the fun things about being in a new country is new fruits!

This lovely orange thing that really doesn't exist in the US is called a Loquat in English (I like the Hebrew name, shesek, better). There's one food that I can use to describe it. Amazing. People say it's a cross between a melon and an apricot. I'm not sure I agree with this statement. They're sometimes sweet, sometimes a bit sour (sour's better). Maybe I'd be willing to concede that texture wise, it's a bit like melon, kind of. All I can really add, is, if you get the opportunity to try one, TRY IT!!! Just peel the skin, and don't eat the giant seeds.

Passion fruit, on the other hand, apparently exists in the US. Maybe? People have at least heard of them. I like things that are passion fruit flavored. My favorite yogurt in Israel is a sour yogurt with passion fruit jam like stuff. But I've never actually even seen a passion fruit. The other day, I was at a moshav and saw these things that looked like shesek, kind of, but green. When I asked what it was, I found it was passion fruit. I never actually knew what it looked like. The flower is also way interesting. Then I saw a ripe one. It looks like a dried up purply brown thing. And you open it up, and it's an orangy goo with seeds. Sounds appetizing. Yet, it tastes just like anything passion fruit flavored. Exactly. Super sweet, almost syrupy, minus the seeds. It was the first time I had even thought about a passion fruit.