Food's different

Well, you all know that food here is a bit different. No fast type stuff for one thing. The veggies are different, we eat a lot of green things that grow, don't know what they are, don't really ask. Fruit is different also. We have apples, white peaches (not as sweet as peaches in the states), oranges (very expensive - $1.00 each), limes (which they call lemons), bananas are plentiful but not Dole or Chiquita), pineapples (very juicy and you purchase them from a street vendor who peels, cuts and slices it on the spot). We also have a large green fruit. I am going to concentrate on it today.

pomelo = pummelo = Chinese grapefruit = shaddock
Pronunciation: PUHM-uh-low Notes: This has a very thick peel, so you have to work hard to eat it. Many people think it's worth he trouble, for the pulp is milder and sweeter than its closest substitute, the grapefruit.

The Chinese grapefruit, also known as the pomelo, Bali lemon, pummelo, pamplemousse, Limau besar, or Shaddock, is the largest of all edible citrus fruits. Native to Southeast Asia, the Chinese grapefruit has been cultivated for centuries in tropical
subtropical regions as a source of food. The flesh of the fruit is somewhat sweeter than a grapefruit, with a tangy undertaste in some varieties. Some grocers carry Chinese grapefruits in their produce sections when they are in season, and they can be grown in USDA zones 10 and warmer.

If allowed free reign, the Chinese grapefruit can grow larger than a basketball, with an extremely thick rind covering a segmented fruit.

The skin can be green to yellow, with yellow to rosy flesh inside. As a general rule, the pinkish fleshed Chinese grapefruits tend to be more sweet, while the yellow flesh is more acidic and it can be dry. The fruits are eaten out of hand, just like many other citrus fruits, and they can also be juiced, added to preserves, and included in desserts. In some parts of Asia, the skin is candied as a treat.

In the 1700s, the Chinese grapefruit was brought to the West Indies by a Captain Shaddock, a British seafarer who thought that the fruit might grow well in the American tropics. He turned out to be correct, and contemporaries started calling it a grapefruit, in a reference to the clusters in which the fruit tended to grow. In modern usage, a grapefruit is a cross between the pomelo and an orange, and a tangelo is a cross between pomelos and tangerines.

The thick peel of a Chinese grapefruit requires some effort to penetrate, but some consumers feel it is worth the effort. Once the fruit has been peeled, the segments should be separated, and the thick white membrane between the segments should be discarded. After these steps, the Chinese grapefruit is perfectly fine to eat or use in a recipe. Some consumers prefer to taste a segment before preparing the rest, in case they have picked out a bad fruit.

I have posted pictures of it on the picture site. It is really good.
You can find more information at honeypomelo.com