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New Fruit For a New Year

Last week was the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. As I mentioned around this time last year, one of the traditions of the holiday is to enjoy a new fruit. Last year I brought my family two fruits that were new to us: the rambutan and mamey sapote. It’s not so easy to find a new fruit…

Mamey Sapote

Yesterday I told you all about the rambutan, a new fruit I tried over the weekend. As I mentioned in that post, my family and I tried another new fruit for the Rosh Hashanah holiday — the Mamey. When I saw this fruit at Fairway, a fabulous supermarket in my neighborhood, I had no idea what it was. It didn’t…

Rambutan: The “Hairy” Fruit

This past weekend was the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. There are many food customs on this holiday, one of which is to enjoy a new fruit to remind us to appreciate the fruits of the earth and that we are here to enjoy them. Every year the search is on for a fruit that we have…