As I mentioned a few weeks ago, while some people in the northern hemisphere are still suffering the struggles of a harsh winter, here in Antigua Guatemala we are already enjoying the benefits of Summer. The mercado, market, is full of summer tropical fruits such as mangoes. There are all kinds of mangoes now available … Read more
At this fruit stand you can get three kinds of mangos: Tommy, Leche (milk mango) and Pashte (loofah mango). I am sure most people have had the Tommy mango, but not sure about the other two mango types. The mango de pashte takes its name because of the large amount of fibers which resemble a … Read more
Last week I saw the first mangoes for sale around Antigua Guatemala. Some of mangoes, the Manila kinds, I was told were imported from Mexico since the Guatemalan harvest time is not here yet. However, the mangoes above I was told were injertos, grafts, so who knows. The one thing for certain is that we … Read more
I am not sure if it was at the end of January or if it was in February, but mangoes began showing up in all shapes, sizes and colors. The mangoes above are known as mango pico de loro, parrot’s beak mango. The going price for these mangoes was Q1 each (about $0.12). Who wants … Read more
There are some Guatemalan fruits that are impossible to translate into English; jocotes is one of them. Jocotes is the little round fruit that looks like cherry tomatoes in the image above. Can anybody help translating what jocotes are and what could be a close equivalent? The Jocote Translation Side Note Update: Thanks to Cindee … Read more