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Of 'Obsten' and other delicacies

Published: 08.02.2018

Today was a peaceful day with sleeping in, a late breakfast, and lots of reading.

After a delicious lunch, I set out to discover the neighborhood of Sao Paulo where I currently live. Villa Marianna is one of the better districts, so it is safe to move around alone here. However, security measures are definitely advantageous, as everyone in my family has been threatened with a pistol or rifle and subsequently robbed. One should always have some change in their pocket to give in such a case, thus preventing the thief from becoming violent.

I strolled into a nearby shopping center where I found the air conditioning very pleasant. It is currently 32 degrees on the street, but all the cars, their exhaust fumes, and the oppressive humidity, which announce the soon-to-be pouring rain, create a stronger sensation of heat.

In the shopping center, I bought myself two nice summer dresses, which are significantly cheaper here than in Germany. Afterwards, through the now even more oppressive humidity, I made my way to a Pastorinho, a supermarket that I was told I should definitely visit because of the many fruits.

Just ordinary everyday fruit in Brazil
Just ordinary everyday fruit in Brazil

That's what I did and I bought quite a lot:

I couldn't get enough of it. There were simply too many fruits in one place that I love.


First, today I tried the Maracujá azedo (Passion fruit), whose taste I only know from fruit juice concentrates made in our stores.

Maracujá
Maracujá


It belongs to the passionflower family, but must not be confused with the passion fruit, which apparently tastes very different. One eats it by halving the fruit and slurping up the slimy fruit seeds arranged in a triangle with a spoon :-) 
The taste is fascinatingly delicious, but the slimy feeling in the mouth is definitely an acquired taste.

Once you've licked out the fruit, it's clean inside. I tried to find out why this slurping doesn't make a mess, but even the second half was just clean and tidy, as you can see.

Maracujá will definitely be on my next shopping list because you can actually live off it, provided you like sour things ;-)

I also bought Carambola (star fruit), by the way, it comes from the cucumber tree family, 2 different types of super ripe Manga (mango), Goiaba vermelha (guava), Mamão (papaya), and Abacate (avocado). I won't test everything today because otherwise I'll get stomachaches, but little by little I will open them and present them here :-)
By the way, I paid about 3.50€ for all of this.

When the impending rain finally started, I was already back at my relatives' house and stayed dry.

Tonight my cousin Piri and her Japanese husband Celso will come to visit and we'll have dinner together. I'm curious how the Portuguese conversation will go, because my basics currently only suffice for asking someone where they're from, what language they speak, and what their name is. And I don't need to ask these things to my relatives. So, I'm ending here for today and devoting myself to my Portuguese vocabulary ;-)
Answer (1)

Krissi
Wow die Früchte sehen so lecker aus! Hast du rausgefunden warum das Geglibber von der Maracuja keine Sauerei macht? :D :)