Day 16

Sorry I didn't get this posted on time. I was a little behind on homework and needed to get caught up. We have a major storm that has formed to the east of us and is expected to be a typhoon by the time it hits us sometime in the next 24 to 48 hours. It looks like the center will be to the north of us so we should miss the worst of it. We are all battened down and have our plan in place so the rest is up to nature!

I want to share a wonderful new fruit with you. It is called a mangosteen. They are in season now but you may have trouble finding them in the states. Ask your grocer. They look like "cartoon" fruit to me. They look kind of like a plumb except round with a cute little leaf knot on the top. The skin is thicker feeling than a plumb. You want to eat it when it is still firm but is starting to have a slight give to it when you squeeze it. You get to the fruit by pulling off the leaf stem on the top. then pry it apart was the stem was. At the core you will find beautiful white fruit in sections like a mandarin orange. One section will have a seed in it. This white fruit is unlike anything I have ever tasted and is now my favorite fruit to eat. The thick red/purple rind is incredibly bitter but has great health inducing properties. It is added to many "health" products. So go treat yourself to something wonderful. You deserve it!!

http://www.mangosteen.com/Sciencenonscienceandnonsense.htm