Fruits From My Parents
By Cristy
@magallon (19280)
Philippines
July 31, 2016 5:12am CST
My parents sent us fruits again.
I got the two boxes from the forwarding services yesterday.
My son and my brother went with me to the forwarding services to get it.
The fruits are bananas, avocado, pomelo and big jackfruit.
My older sister also came to get her share.
The bananas, avocado and pomelo are ripe and ready to be eaten. But the jackfruit will take 2 to 3 days more to be ripe and eaten.
My mother said she will also send us "atis" or custard apple next time.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
what do you plan to do with the saba and the jackfruit?
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Jul 16
@sunrisefan I prefer to boil it than banana cue.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
The sab-a would be nice boiled or made into banana cue 
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
@sunrisefan @ida123 boiled saba is definitely healthier if you eat it as is. but sometimes i put butter and maple syrup, so it ends up as sweet and fatty as banana cue and turon. hahaha!
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Jul 16
@sunrisefan, that is normal when you live in the province, you can plant anything you like.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
@amadeo pomelo is sometimes compared to grapefruit. here is the link to the wikipedia article if you're interested
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Pamplemousse" redirects here. For the location on Mauritius, see Pamplemousses District. Pomelo Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unra
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
true. in the province, you just pick them or ask your neighbor.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Jul 16
@hereandthere You are right, we can eat fruits here for free especially when you see your neighbor harvesting there fruits.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
@hereandthere Especially malunggay hehehe!
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
So they paid so much for the freight because the jackfruit is so heavy. Your parents are so thoughtful!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
@acelawrites i notice that when people see a jackfruit tree laden with fruits, they're eager to help the owner pick it and pay for it. i also see wooden carts with jackfruit sold in chunks, instead of the whole fruit. it's like a much awaited fruit and they're okay with buying even just a section of it.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
@hereandthere That is because when you buy the whole jackfruit, you will pay more. It is expensive.
@eliza_godinez12 (5567)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
Wow! Really fresh fruits..i love that all kinds of fruits especially jackfruit.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
31 Jul 16
That was nice of your parents. I can't eat bananas (they make me sick), and I have never had jackfruit (I understand it is quite good, though). I don't think I've had pomelo. Avocados are good.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
1 Aug 16
@magallon It's my understanding that when bananas are shipped into the U.S. they are sprayed with a WWII poisonous gas to kill any spiders that may be hiding in the bananas. A small about of this gas soaks though the peel and gets into the bananas. Most people can tolerate this, but others can't. I'm one that can't. That's what I've been told. If I eat bananas I'll throw up.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
1 Aug 16
@RichardMeister OH I see.
Don't you have local bananas there? The ones that are not shipped from other countries?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Aug 16
i plan to send avocados to somebody. i hope you enjoy eating these fruits too.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Aug 16
@magallon solo or with condensed milk. yummy
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
1 Aug 16
@ridingbet I mixed it with sliced banana and powdered milk and sugar.
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@marguicha (215999)
• Chile
31 Jul 16
That was nice of them. Are those fruit grown where you live?
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