I am in a slightly different neighborhood this weekend, dog sitting Becks, who I introduced in my last post. Still walking distance from my usual hood, but the encounter I am writing about occurred just inside the gated community, not in my usual road.
As Becks and I returned from the supermarket on Saturday afternoon, we came upon 2 men and 2 boys who were cutting up a large jackfruit. I stopped to watch, explaining to them that I had never seen the fruit cut up – only on the tree or packaged in the store.
These lovely gentlemen then cut off a section and gave it too me. I was humbled and grateful for the gift.
So home I came with my bounty. As you can see, the section they gave me was indeed generous.
I read how to clean a jackfruit after I started. Of course. Because I jumped right in instead doing research, my hands got very sticky. Jackfruit has a latex sap – according to the internet – and it sticks quite well to hands. I didn’t use the recommended coconut oil to get it off. Just an every day dishes scrub did the job.
When you buy the little fruits in the store they still have the seeds in them. I recently learned that those seeds are edible, so in the spirit of maximizing the value from my food I took them out right away.
Last week I tried roasting some jackfruit seeds, so today I tried boiling them. Boiled is better in my opinion. The seeds don’t get crunchy but they have a nice potato like texture.
Look Siobhan, I’m wearing flip flops!!!!
Before getting to the gate I also bought all of these mangos from a local lady for 2,000 Uganda shillings. Total, not each. The equivalent of about 75 cents Canadian. The local mangos are small but tasty. This part is probably a little braggy 🙂
It was definitely a nice Saturday afternoon, even if I had to wear a face mask.
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