{"id":1231,"date":"2010-06-12T15:41:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2010-06-12T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T20:41:18","slug":"fresh-produce-yumm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1231","title":{"rendered":"Fresh produce &#8230; yumm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer weather is in full swing in beautiful Grand Cayman Island. The sun is blazing, the water is uber warm ( I recorded 87 degrees on my second dive just south of the island this morning) and the fruit is ripe.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a sample of local fruit that I saw recently. Lucky me, most of these trees\/fruit are close to where we live and have access to them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Banana&#8217;s!\u00a0 These are actually called &#8220;apple banana&#8217;s&#8221;.\u00a0 They are about 1\/2 to 2\/3 the length\u00a0 of regular bananas and a bit more stubby.\u00a0 Taste wise, I find them 100x better. In my opinion they are a cross between banana and granny smith apples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1232\" title=\"IMG_1313\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1313.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1313-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bread fruit. These strange green things are the size of large grapefruits and you can see them all over the island. There are even some of these trees in George Town.\u00a0 The way to eat these is quite peculiar. You slice them up in to the shape if french fries and then deep fry them.\u00a0\u00a0 They come out just like &#8230; you guess it, french fries. Quite frankly tastes just like them too.\u00a0 I am sure there are other ways to eat this fruit, but have not identified any as of yet.\u00a0 Uncooked it does not taste very good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1315.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1233\" title=\"IMG_1315\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1315.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1315-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mango.\u00a0\u00a0 The star of this list in my opinion. After hurricane Ivan, lots of people lost their mango trees or had them severely damaged. Well, 6 years later those that survived are producing lots of fruit now. Right now the trees are bursting with fruit and the are very sweet.\u00a0 Mango overdose anyone? I have had 3 so far today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1234\" title=\"IMG_1318\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1318.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1318-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tree above has the &#8220;regular&#8221; mango&#8217;s like you find in most supermarkets.\u00a0 The tree below has mango&#8217;s that are are bit bigger; I put them side by side to show the size difference. No idea what they are called, but in all honesty, with they way the taste, who cares?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1235\" title=\"IMG_1320\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1320-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To close, here is a property I had forgotten about.\u00a0 It was built about 2 years ago and is on the southern coast, just after Frank Sound Rd on your way to the east end. This is probably a great house to be in if a hurricane comes by. It was made with poured concrete. In any case, I find it quite pretty even though I am usually not a fan of angular homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1236\" title=\"IMG_1312\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1312.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1312-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For anyone thinking about a trip to Cayman, here was my view from the front of the dive boat this morning. Amazing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1280-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1239\" title=\"IMG_1280-1\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1280-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1280-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1280-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer weather is in full swing in beautiful Grand Cayman Island. The sun is blazing, the water is uber warm ( I recorded 87 degrees on my second dive just south of the island this morning) and the fruit is ripe. Here are a sample of local fruit that I saw recently. 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