Muy Tuanis 2: Neighborhood Market

Sadly I cannot remember everything I was told. There are dozens of varieties of mango. December - January is mango season. CR imports fruits from cooler climates (apples, etc.) as “Christmas fruit”.

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I was able to try, fresh, things I’d only ever seen in cans or bottles in Compare… sugar cane juice, aloe. To the left of the server is a juice containing chunks of mango and papaya.

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This fruit to the right is not as forbidding as it seems. You bite through the leathery hull and remove the top half. Inside you’ll find grape-like flesh surrounding a large pit. Yum.

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