Last week, I picked up a fruit at the grocery store that I had never seen before. It’s called abiu, and apparently it’s from the same family of sapotis (a delicious fruit that I have only found in Rio and India). The fruit tasted similar to sapoti, if not a bit milder, but the after-effects were quite different. The pulp and peel of the fruit (I’m not entirely sure you can eat the peel; I attempted and then decided not to) emitted some sort of gum, clearly a defense mechanism against being eaten by animals. My whole mouth and hands were sticky, and I couldn’t get it off with soap. I’m not sure I’ll buy abiu again, but I am glad I got to experience the taste.
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