New Favorite Fruit

Here in the Philippines there are two very strange fruits that grow,and I have decided they are my new favorite fruit. The first, is called Manggostein. it is the size of a a very large plum or small tomato. It is dark purple - almost black - and the skin is quite hard. When the street seller approached me, I thought he was selling a string of wooden bonker balls. When you crack open the skin, beneath is a thick purple layer of mush. Beneath the mush is a small ball of fleshy white segments - like a miniature orange. The segments are extremely sweet and have the texture of peach. The flavour I cannot describe because I have never tasted anything like it. It was delicious. One of the segments is larger than the others, and contains a large inedible pit.


The other fruit is called Lansones. It is the size, shape and colour of a baby potato.

Inside is also white fleshy segments - very similar to the Manggostein, but these are the texture of persimmon...kind of soft like butter, but they have a flavour that is a cross between grapefruit and grape. Amazing!