Monday, April 1, 2013

Supermarket visit




When visiting other countries I love to go to the local supermarket, or farmers markets to eye the local produce. In Bahrain I did just that.

These are some photos of some of the fruit in the fruit and vege section. I am not sure of the names of the fruit in the top photo but they are very colourful!

The second photo is a selection of cucumbers, the third photo are mostly varieties of chillies, and in the bottom photo are 'snake fruit'. The skin looks very like snake skin.

Wikipedia says "The fruit grow in clusters at the base of the palm, and are also known as snake fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin. They are about the size and shape of a ripe fig, with a distinct tip. The pulp is edible. The fruit can be peeled by pinching the tip, which should cause the skin to slough off so it can be pulled away. The fruit inside consists of three lobes with the largest of the three containing a large inedible seed. The lobes resemble, and have the consistency of, large peeled garlic cloves. The taste is usually sweet and acidic, but its apple-like texture can vary from very dry and crumbly (salak pondoh from Yogyakarta) to moist and crunchy (salak Bali)."

They are native to Malaysia and Indonesia.