The first one was a White Sapote. In my opinion, its taste is a mixture of the tropics and a pear. You can find it here in California, although, I find it a little hard to find, which is why I haven't had it sooner. Just gotta dig a little deeper.
The second fruit, which I have yet to find here in California and not even sure you can get it here, is called the Ciruela. It has many names, depending on the regions in this world, but I also heard it as Makka Pruim in Curacao.
This is my description/taste of the Ciruela: The fruit are the babies of the no longer 'secret lovers', the mango and the grape. The skin has the taste of mango but the thinness of the grape and the inside, after you bite into it, is the color orange and tastes exactly like a mango. I looked online and saw that plum is correlated with this fruit, description/taste wise, but to me, it doesn't even come close to the plum. Not at all. I was quite fond of this fruit. Small, easy to carry around and snack on at the beach, and just fun to eat.
I sweet talked my way to some good deals with the Venezuelan workers who boat back and forth between Venezuela and Curacao to sell their fruits and vegetables to the people of Curacao at the 'Floating Market' daily. I also enjoyed the bananas, guavas, papayas, and passionfruit, as well. I was there everyday. :) Curacao is an arid island and they can't plant and produce pretty much anything other than coconuts and aloe vera. That's why they rely on the exports from Venezuela and other countries.
So if you ever run across this fruit in your local supermarket or in the midst of your travels, try it for yourself and see what it's all about. If you want a mango and don't have the time to peel it or our out and about with no knife, the Ciruela is the answer to your problem! Just pop it in your mouth, enjoy on the go, and mind the seed!
2 comments:
I'm from the beautiful island of curaçao, and yes this fruit is called makaprein or makapruim. It's so delicious. I will like to inform you more about our island and fruits growing on it. I read your info on the site but somehow you have the interpretation of the fruit boats wrong. They do come back and fourth from Venezuela, but it is not because we don't have or can't plant much of anything. I'ts just a tradition from the past and yes it's cheaper than the supermarkets. A lot of those fruits and vegetables they sell we grow them here to, like, bananas, peper, makaprein itself, mango, lemon, watermelon, melon, pumpkin, avocado, tamarind. Yes we do grow them but mostly for family use. We do have lands where they even grow fruits and vegetables to sell to the supermarkets. We also have other kind of fruits i think it's rare or maybe you cannot find anywhere else but here. Next time you visit take a good look ask them to take you to DINAH VEERIS, she knows a lot about this. enjoy the beautiful red fruit makaprein
Thank you for your information! :) That's interesting because we talked to some people there and they were the ones who had told us about the island. We knew it was an arid island before we got there but heard more about it after our arrival. Some people had told us that no one could really grow fruits and veggies there and that was part of the reason, not all, why there is the floating market. They did say that there are coconuts and aloe there on the island. Interesting that I've heard two different stories! I'll take your word for it and I'd really like to come back to the island again and check it out again! :)
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