Fruit

(Top row: mango, cuña de amor, guayaba)
Mango season is here. Everyone is eating mangoes and everyone who has a mango tree in their yard is giving away mango. This is great - because we get to eat mango every day. Some fruits are good for eating and others only work for making juices. The Dominican women have educated me in the many different ways to prepare the different variety of fruits. We enjoy all the tropical fruits available here on the island and I just wanted to share some of them with you.

Some fruits are available all year long, such as bananas, oranges, plantains. Others come in seasonally, like tangerines and grapefruit (Dec. - March), guayabas (April-May), mangoes (June - August). When a fruit is in season, there are pick-up trucks full of fruit on the street corners selling their product. They drive in from the country and sell it right off the back of the truck, right from the tree to you.

(granadilla, zapote, jagua)

Even if you don't like mango, there are many other tropical fruits available here. These are just a few pictures of the different fruits that we enjoy here.