strange fruit

okay we all know what fruits are right? if you don't......then you should seriously get out more often!
anyways, whenever i go to foreign places i always see strange new fruit.
Also if you are a person who stumbled along this post when searching for Strange Fruit the poem, you are kind of out out of luck because i am talking about the fruits you eat... not the people who hang themselves (see poem for reference)
okay enough of those dark thoughts, depending on where you live, you will see some fruits that you think are weird. for example here in america, the fruits from Asia may seem a little peculiar and maybe even creepy.
here are some fruits that are pretty strange and the stories behind them:
these are apparently called rose apples, and when i first tried them in Vietnam i had a truly horrifying and traumatizing experience. this fruit actually taste okay, but when i first tried the rose apple, there happened to be little moving things in there (bugs) and it was NASTY!!! After i realized there were bugs in that fruit, i grabbed all the water bottles and started rinsing my mouth. All the while, i was in an amusement park where people started staring at me. Its really weird how people always catch me doing weird looking things ):
these are also apparently a type of  "apple"
these strange green fruit are called custard apples, but i don't see what's so custardy about them.
This fruit from Asia that i don't really like. i guess the reason why is that it is just too sweet and bumpy and creepy feeling. Also this picture is misleading because the ones i saw were pretty mushy and weird.i don't know why, but suddenly this post is all about the weird foreign fruits that i don't like because this fruit is another asian fruit that i hate. DURIANS! you either hate them or love them- i myself do not like them.
here are the top 10 reasons why:
1.) it smells terrible: even some hotels won't allow you to bring durian in because of the smell
2.) its spiky: you could die if it fell on your head
3.) the edible part is all mushy like poo
4.) the seeds look like poo
5.) it makes you gain weight like crazy: there are apparently a lot of carbohydrates
6.) if you eat it with wine or alcohol, it would be deadly: MEANING YOU COULD DIE!
7.) they look like pufferfish
okay actually i couldn't come up with 10 full reasons, but still boo you durians!
finally, i found some type of strange looking fruit that actually tastes good! These alien looking things are called rambutan and i always thought that they were some kind of lychees that went through a strange mutation, growing random spikes.
MANGOSTEEN! i don't see how these fruits have anything to do with mangos, but they are still pretty cool. the taste is okay, but the coolest part bout this is that the white "bulbs" on the inside form a cute little flower (:
anyways, those are all the weird fruits for now! always be open to try new things, before you decide you hate them of love them. also any suggestions for other strange fruits? comment below!

here is a thought for today:



~angela