Guava-you can find these most anywhere.
Strawberry Guava and Lemon Guava- lemon is my favorite. I think most of these trees are considered invasive in Hawaii, but the result is delicious. We usually find them on hikes, although there is one lemon guava tree at the golf course.
Papaya-usually buy at a fruit stand or friends give them to us.
Mango-Mike and Holly have a mango tree or they grow wild all over.
Wild pepper-trees are everywhere. Small red bundles of pepper stuff. We want to try mixing some with a little oil and making a meat rub. Very flavorful.
Orange and Lemon- we have both of these trees in our backyard. Kyky loves to create lemonade for us.
Bananas- we have found these on hikes, but they are hard to find. I frequent a fruit stand down the road so we always have fresh apple bananas. They are smaller and sweeter than regular bananas. I love them.
Jabong- we tried one of these from a sunshine market. It is like a basketball size grapefruit. It wasn't anyone's favorite, but we can say we tried it.
Tangerines- we just recently discovered two tangerine trees at the golf course. We grabbed a few from the bottom branches and they were so sweet and delicious. We went back with our fruit picking pole and got a whole bag. Those are gone now, so it is time to go back again.
Grapefruit- We usually get these from friends with grapefruit trees. I'm not a big grapefruit fan, but Rusty and Kyky love them.
Liliko i-This is Rusty's favorite thing. Also known as passion fruit, it grows all around the golf course and we also have a "put Katelyn to sleep after church/look for liliko i" drive that we go on every Sunday. You cut them in half and eat the guts. It is very tart. We like to eat it over ice cream.
Pineapple-how could I forget this? Actually, I buy my pineapple here the same as on the mainland...at costco. However, I have learned how to see if they are rotton. Just look at the bottom. If you see white or green mold spots on the bottom of the core, it is probable rotten on the inside.
Other things we love are ...
Awa puhi- a plant that grows in the fall. You squeeze the bulb and a clear juice comes out. It is a great moisturizer for your hair, so we walk throught the rain foresty areas awa puhi-ing our hair.
Our fruit picker is about 10 feet tall. Rusty bought the basket and some PVC pipe and created his own picker.
Last Saturday was rainy and cold (yes, it really does get cold here). Rusty had a wild hair for some lemon meringue pie. We ended up making a lemon meringue and an orange meringue. The orange was very sweet. Not my favorite, but we shared some with a family that Rusty works with and they liked the orange meringue better. It was quite the family event and Kyleigh is quick to say that she is a very good meringue mixer (which she is).
Jake is the best dog. He likes to be with us no matter what we are doing. The whole time we were baking he laid at our feet just like this. He has been doing this since he was a puppy so we don't even notice that we are stepping right over the top of him every time we move.
If you have been tempted to come visit by the description of fruit variety, I have achieved my goal. We will expect you soon!
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