Fruits

Strange and Bizarre Fruits from Guatemala — Pitanga

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Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Pitanga or Surinam cherry. Just when I think I have documented just about every exotic tropical fruit found in Antigua Guatemala, I stumbled upon pitanga or Eugenia uniflora which is a large shrub or small tree with a conical form, growing slowly to 8 meters in … Read more

Consecutive Day 3645 — Fresh-fruit Drive-thru

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We do not have any fast food drive thrus in Antigua Guatemala, except for perhaps Pollo Campero on Alameda Santa Lucía. Another option might be the Cafe Condesa Express on the exit street that leads to Guatemala City. That is about it. We do have lots of fresh fruit drive-throughs as the one picture here … Read more

Zapotes Are in Season Now in Guatemala

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Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Zapote for Sapote (from Nahuatl tzapotl) or Sapodilla in English [Pouteria sapota]. The zapote flavor is a mix of sweet potato, pumpkin, honey, peach, apricot, cantaloupe, cherry, and almond. The zapote fruit shown here is also known as sapote mamey in other parts of Latin America … Read more