Different kinds of Bananas

Who knew there were different kinds? I guess I thought there were maybe just different shapes, but this one looks totally different. The skin looks different, it's a tooootally different size, and it tastes like a grapefruit! Okay, I lied there. I actually didn't eat one yet, but it probably just tastes like a banana.

-Side note, since I wrote this draft we bought yet another type of banana (let me specify, when I buy bananas, I take a close look at them, pick out ones that look good, and look familiar. My husband grabs a bunch and heads to the checkout, that's how we keep getting these different types of bananas) and the husband normally eats all of the bananas, and this type must have tasted somewhat different, because nearly all the bananas are still in their bowl, brown. Oh well. We'll freeze them and I'll sneak it into food somehow.

Life is Good

In our apartment we have this one guy, he's a worker guy, he cleans and takes care of the lawns and such. He is a really incredible guy. When we moved here we didn't get our stuff (we shipped everything we own) for about 4 months. He delivers our mail to us, and I guess at some point he saw inside our house to our kitchen, and realized we had nothing to cook with. So he started bringing us food. It was the gosh darn sweetest thing. He brought us probably three or four soup/bean dishes, and he was super proud that we were getting our first tastes of Brazilian cuisine from him. What I'm saying is he's a super nice guy.

Any time I ask him how he's doing, he's always answered with one of these:
'tudo tranquilo' -everything's tranquil/peaceful/in order
'tudo otimo' - it's all great!

So pretty much, life is as good as it can get. This guy works 12 hour shifts, rides his bike to and from work, and doesn't really make that much money. But seriously he is like a little Buddha. He's so nice. Every now and then I get a little worried about life, like am I making enough money, I'm not learning portuguese very fast, you know normal stuff that people worry about. But man, talking to this guy just sets me in the right mood. This morning I went for a swim (I'm trying to get in our pool more often, in the case that we ever end up without a pool, I don't want to regret my time with one) and on my way up I saw him and said hi. He said hi back, and asked me how I'm doing. I said 'tudo tranquilo!'. He said 'oh your portuguese is getting so good!'. I told him that I learned that little word from him and what does he say? 'Life is a school'. Buddha, I swear! This guy always makes my day.

-Side note, I found that breadfruit on the ground the other day. Free fruit, that's what I'm talking about! I waited until the next day to cut it up and it was just mush by then. Are they the sort of thing you need to eat right when you pick it? Anyone know about breadfruit?

Super yellow avocado

I can't remember if I posted this already or not, but a few weeks back we had the craziest yellow avocado. It was just insanely crayon colored yellow. Super bright. I assumed it was also just as packed with nutrients! Right? Color equals nutrients? Oddly enough, today we had an extremely green one. Like grass green. I didn't get a photo of it though. Next time.

This nice coconut

Is delicious. Also, on that note, we had guests in over the holidays and one guest got the first bad coconut we've bought. One out of however many we've had, I think the odds are good. 

Also, coconuts, are they a seed? A nut? A fruit?

Giant Tangerine

I went to the store the other day and they had these GIANT really lumpy ugly fruits. They were labeled as tangerines. I have no idea if it actually was one. I always thought they were sort of small, but this was the size of a really big grapefruit. Which, on that note, I haven't been able to find down here. I'm sure the climate is right for grapefruits, where are they? 

I tried to show how big it was with our ipod smallminibabysize. I don't think it really shows it that well. The top was pretty hilarious too. Very lumpy. Shoulda taken a video.