The fuit here is amazing! I cannot even begin to explain the real flavor of fruits here. I didn't eat very many fruits before I came here--I was more of a vegtable type of gal, but now I eat a few a day.
First, HOMEMADE fruit juices are abundant and common in every household. I had a lot of different kinds when I first arrived, but I love water, and therefore, my host mother only makes it a couple of times a week. Many of my friends here have a different juice every morning with breakfast. There is blackberry (my favorite), passionfruit, grapefruit, pineapple, apple, tree tomato, guana, guaba, and many more with fruits that we do not have in the states.
Aside from the juices, fruits are worked into meals and are just amazing in flavor. The weird thing is--when you see a fruit before it is served to you, it does not look ripe, or looks bruised. I was hesitant at first to eat the fruit. But then I realized that that is what fruit is SUPPOSED to look like. It's all natural in the markets here and no preservatives or strains to have bigger fruits. I thought that the nasty looking fruit would be subpar to the fruit in the states but it is the complete opposite! The fruit here is natural and just tastes SO much better. I will never be able to eat a banana the same way in the states again. It's weird to think with all of the rules to keep fruit under certain regulations, and genetically modified strains to avoid certain diseases or make the fruits bigger, that they taste SO BAD and lose their original flavor.
The apples are my favorite here. You can get 5 apples for a dollar and other fruits for just as cheap. There are always street vendors around selling fruit and it is a nice little snack if you are out and about. The fruit in the states will be tasteless to me when I get home. They can never match the juiciness and ripeness of the fruits here in the natural state.
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