Mamey Momma!

There are so many luscious and unusual fruit in Mexico that I have yet to taste. I have been known to stand in front of a vendor staring at something, wondering how it tastes, how to eat it, how to serve it and what to do with it. I want to, but I just don't know how, so I end up passing it by, all the while wondering what I'm missing. We have a wealth of fruit and vegetables in Mexico, and here I am not really partaking in a lot of them! Shame on me!

Well, thank goodness for Ana...she will never let us pass up an opportunity to try something new. A case in point ...I came upon Aase Christensen and Herma Buchanan staring at an interesting looking fruit and wondering what it was. Well, Ana whips out her purse and immediately purchases one and has the vendor cut it for us. And, believe me, if Ana says it's good, I'm definitely going to try it! There is such a wonderful variety of tasty fruit in Mexico; we owe it to ourselves to step out of the box and try something different!

Well, on this particular day, Ana introduced us to Mamey...also called Mamey Sapote (MA-may sah-PO-tay). Roughly the size and shape of a small football or softball, the mamey has bark like brown rough skin and is orange inside. It is soft, smooth, thick, and creamy. There is usually one seed and it is smooth, shiny and dark...

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