Monday, June 21, 2010

saturday at the market


3 pounds beans
onions
purple, red, and green peppers
potatoes
bananas
avocado
pitajaya
dried jamaica flowers 
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$10 US

So, what the heck is a pitajaya? (pronounce it peet-a-hi-ya)  It's that weird pink fruit behind the beans in the picture.



This also is called the dragon fruit, and comes in a yellow version too.  But I like the pink, because this is what it looks like when you cut it up:



You peel the skin off like a banana, then eat the inside, seeds and all.  It is sweet and mild- kind of like a blueberry, only slightly slimy.   The yellow version has white insides.....not nearly as interesting.  I'm planning on blending it up with some orange juice and freezing it into popsicles- yum! 

1 comment:

  1. So pretty! I love it! I don't think I could even find something like that over here, but now that I know, if I see it at Wegman's, I'll pick it up.

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