The day after we visited the Garfield Park Conservatory, I realized that I couldn’t go a day without an infusion of color…
I drove to the grocery store and purchased two outrageously expensive pieces of fruit, having no idea of what these gorgeous exotic things might taste like. That’s okay, because I bought them to look at, not to eat.
These look like something Sylvia’s alien lover brought for lunch’s dessert. Beautiful colors but what are they?! Does anyone know?
Is the gold one Kiwano Melon? The pinkish one is Jabotacaba. Both are fruits
Oops! The pinkish one is called Pitaya or Dragon Fruit. (Jabotacaba is something entirely different ) So Dittsie Dottsie strikes again
I cut the red one open because it was looking a little moldy at the nose (it looked like a nose) . I will post a photo next week. The fruit had no taste that I could discern, but it had these wonderful tiny seeds all through it, so there was texture. I put a face on one slice. Took a photo of that as well.
Where is Garfield Conservatory?
In Chicago. (is that what you mean?)
South Side, by Hyde Park OR is it the park on the West Side, I forget.
Yesterday a friend treated me to the Philadelphia Flower Show. We got to go in before it was open to the crowds. It was marvelous even if I did have to catch the 06:24 train (barbaric) to arrive around 07:30. I haven’t been in years and it was truly worth getting up so early and having the opportunity to stroll around at leisure to enjoy the color and the perfume of Spring! The theme this year was “Brilliant” for the brits.
So today it’s dreary here windy and raining which may or may not turn to heavy wet snow. Luckily, I have the memory of the coming season to see me through the rest of the week.
Yes, the memory almost keeps me going. Re: Garfield Park, as Hillsmom says, it’s in Chicago. In the old west side of Chicago. It’s reached by following the “Boulevards” . I lived there as a child and was a girl scout in the golden dome in the park, which is park of the Garfield Park complex. You can see the golden dome from far away, that is if Chicago weren’t completely flat.
I just had a big helping of the red one,dragon fruit, breakfast here at my hotel in Hanoi. Also had breadfruit and rambutan. Back to regular fruit in Chicago tomorrow,sigh.
Carol, did it have any taste? I thought maybe in Hanoi it has flavor and then having traveled so far, it lost everything except color. What are you doing in Hanoi? Vacation or living there?
Nicole. Tell Carol were you bought it so she can get it at home. Though I expect she can buy it at the market on Dempster near Crawford. They have all sorts of Asian fruits.