Awfully Large Fruit

It is Mango Season in Chiapa de Corzo right now, and the trees are dripping with big, plump, tasty fruit. For those lucky enough to have a tree on their property, it's a great opportunity to earn an extra couple of pesos selling them outside the fruit market, allowing us consumers to grab as much as we can. One obvious benefit (if you don't have a tree in your back yard; oh, I wish) is that the hoardes of old ladies sitting patiently behind their vast stacks of mango have paid absolutely nothing to be in a position of selling their wares, and thus pass this on to the fruit craving masses. I paid not a cent more than 10 pesos (about 50p) for a bulging carrier bag of top quality produce, fresh as a daisy. The only problem is that now I don't think I have the capacity to eat it all.

Chiapa de Corzo

15th Mayo 2009