'Exotic' is so value loaded nowadays. But these are two fruits from Thailand. Thanks to Avishek who shared them with me....one is mangosteen....and the pink one is dragon fruit....interesting! but i guess our mangoes are the best! well, a secret...i aint a mango fan and i hate it when people brag about how much they know about mangoes and love about mangoes. uff, so parochial. in general, fruit eating coz of its economic cost is more of a rich people's thing. but if you observe....all fruits are horribly classified and put in a hierarchy (only man could conceive of that!)...papayas and apples? the fruits of the poor and the rich. i even had a debate with my boss who believed that apples are rich in iron. I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT. my nutritionist mom always said apples have nothing! so how and why did the phrase come up...an apple a day keeps the doctor away? it could be coz these people were the rich and western where apples are a normal thing...if the indians made it, maybe it would be mangoes and papayas!....now papaya dude is so inexpensive (i love that part) and SO HEALTHY...its got all the vitamin A!...oh...so my boss took out his phone and did a quick search and was shocked and said, ya, apples dont have iron. now that makes me move to food fads and myths and there is no place like INDIA where they are richly present! would be cool to study why and how food related misconceptions come up (i hate them so much). actually no one puts money in researching on origins of misconceptions....if we did so...we could work out better communication strategies and have a healthier population. and one more thing...there is something really amazing about apples....yes their shelf life...i guess no other fruit can win in that...oops the hierarchy/competition!
LOL. I think in general fruits are nutritious, so just eat them.
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