Saturday, April 04, 2009

Mango and Sticky Rice Season

Our reward for putting up with the hottest weather of the year is the best fruit of the year. Mangoes, rambutans, mangosteens, and longans, are just a few of the delicious possibilities that start showing up in the markets around now. I noticed some good-looking mangoes for sale on the streets about ten days ago.

Jip decided to stick to some adage she learned in childhood about mangoes not being ready until April 1st. But I couldn’t hold off that long. Probably they’ll only be around for about ten weeks. Assuming I take a day off now and then, that means I’ll only eat about fifty servings of sticky rice and mangoes before they’re gone. No time to lose!

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