Dragonfruit

I took my kiddos, with my parents, to Wegmans yesterday. I have never been there before. Jenny had taken Nora previously, but Henry and I had yet to go. Jenny told me that Henry would love the place because of the restaurant there. Henry has an unbelievable curiosity and capacity for food. He loves good food. He has real taste and isn't afraid of spice, culture, anything really. He tends toward clean food, which I love of course. He tends to turn from saucy things and would be just as happy with a salad as with other things. So, Wegmans was a treat for him.

For lunch he chose three types of spring rolls and nan. Oh, and a slice of cheeseburger pizza. We walked around the store afterward and he saw a dragonfruit. This is something that he has known about for quite some time, I think he read about it in a book. This is the first time we had seen one in person. So, of course, I bought it for him. Nora then got to choose something for herself, she chose... corn holders. You know those things that you stab into the ends of corn on the cob... they came in a fine assortment of colors.

So the picture is of our dragonfruit. It is a bit waxy on the outside, and gives a bit if you squeeze it. The inside however is crisp and tastes a bit like a kiwi. It doesn't have a pleasant smell... slightly acrid, But it tastes good enough.

The list of exotic fruits/food that we know about and haven't tried is growing, not getting smaller. We have tried all sorts of things: starfruit, passionfruit, lychee fruit, uglifruit, cactus pear, on and on. God knows what the future could hold for Henry. Watch, he will probably grow up to be some sort of world-traveling chef or something.

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