Loquat: oval-shaped fruit; also known as Chinese plum
Recently, I’ve had the chance to savor home-grown loquats. These fruit are generally bright orange and soft to the touch when ripe. The flesh tastes sweet but also has some tang.
It is definitely plum-like in texture. However, due to the huge seed inside each single fruit, you’ve got to eat a lot of them to feel satisfied. Thankfully, they grow in huge clusters.
Loquats are a once-in-a-while treat for me. They’ve got a fair amount of sweetness that I enjoy…but they do remind me of sick days. That’s because, in my childhood, we kept a bottle of loquat syrup to soothe our throats when we had colds.
What kind of interesting fruit have you tried?
A couple of fruits that I like and haven’t had for a long time are jack fruit and soursop (guyabano). I like soursop as a drink and jack fruit in guinataan.
I had a friend who loved stocking up on canned jack fruit as a treat!