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I have to admit that living in small town Wisconsin sometimes has its disadvantages. Not very many disadvantages, but a few here and there. One of them is that you can't find a guava for love nor money. I developed a taste for this fruit over in Pakistan, but haven't been able to find them now that we are back here. So I've been without guavas for 6 years...
... but no more! Now that we live in Chicago, I can get things like that! Last week, I was walking through my favorite international grocery store, and I smelled them -- guavas! They have a very distinctive smell. Sure enough, there they were. They cost a fortune per pound, but I paid it because I wanted a treat. :-D
They were just the thing, too! Sliced round with salt, black salt and pepper, yum!
... but no more! Now that we live in Chicago, I can get things like that! Last week, I was walking through my favorite international grocery store, and I smelled them -- guavas! They have a very distinctive smell. Sure enough, there they were. They cost a fortune per pound, but I paid it because I wanted a treat. :-D
They were just the thing, too! Sliced round with salt, black salt and pepper, yum!
So how many here have eaten guavas, and how many of those like them? According to the rest of my family, they are foul and a nuisance, because the seeds are as hard as little rocks and have to be swallowed whole. Fine, I say to them, that leaves more for me! ;-)
In other non-guava news, we are up in Wisconsin for the holiday weekend. The weather is great! Hopefully, it will stay that way, too. The fireworks are set for this evening -- not at the usual location along the river, alas! They've been flooded out again, same as last year. Still, it should be nice. We'll probably meet up with the inlaws for a picnic and then hang out waiting for dusk.
ETA:
One advantage of living in small town Wisconsin is that we have a yard where raspberries grow. We got up from Chicago this morning and made a beeline for the raspberry bushes, and ate a couple of handfuls before going in the house. :-D Yum!
Raspberries and guavas, two of the best fruits ever!
ETA the 2nd:
If you don't know what black salt is, read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_salt
In other non-guava news, we are up in Wisconsin for the holiday weekend. The weather is great! Hopefully, it will stay that way, too. The fireworks are set for this evening -- not at the usual location along the river, alas! They've been flooded out again, same as last year. Still, it should be nice. We'll probably meet up with the inlaws for a picnic and then hang out waiting for dusk.
ETA:
One advantage of living in small town Wisconsin is that we have a yard where raspberries grow. We got up from Chicago this morning and made a beeline for the raspberry bushes, and ate a couple of handfuls before going in the house. :-D Yum!
Raspberries and guavas, two of the best fruits ever!
ETA the 2nd:
If you don't know what black salt is, read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_salt
