A friend from work asked me what I was eating while here. She said
"(You always had pretty fascinating things on your plate here!)"
I wrote a response and am posting it here:
“I am eating some pretty normal food. Rice and lentils or split peas or beans for lunch with veggies of course. Maybe squash (it has been in season but is just ending). Humitas – do you know them – which are corn mushed together with oil and cilantro and formed into the shape of a burrito and then wrapped in the corn skin. Fava beans. Fruits and more yummy fruits. I make some dishes with tamarind. Coconut, avocado. They have some great root veggies here like yucca and something called arracacha which is sort of like a potato but so much yummier. The girl that lives here too just came back from her farm and brought me a whole bunch of them! And the best fruit in the whole world, after dates of course (called khorma in Iran, where they originate), is called lucuma. It’s very dry and not that good to eat alone but put it with banana or milk or yogurt or water or ice cream or coconut…and it is a super delicious treat, with a flavor almost like caramel or … not sure how to describe it.”
The last time I went to the coast, I brought back a whole box of lucuma. They were selling it here in San Ignacio when I first arrived, but recently they stopped. It's season is ending. Not quite sure if I can survive here without it. it's what brings me happiness. :-) And other fruit has ended here too. But there is still some on the coast. I am heading there again to take care of some business so I am going to look for more pomegranates, persimmons, lucuma, and pineapple. Mangos just ended their season. :-( Oh how I love the fruit here. It's sort like iran with the persimmons (called khormaloo in Iran) and pomegranates (called anar). Yey for nature's goodness!
