Wednesday Word: Cherimoya

[calzephyr]

Cherimoya - noun.

Sometimes it feels like North Americans are at a disadvantage with what we find in the grocery store. A literal world of culinary delights awaits...just not within our reach :-D Today's interesting word and fruit is the cherimoya, which is related to a previous Wednesday word, soursop. It's also the name of the tree that bears the fruit, which is found in Central and South America.

By Hannes Grobe 21:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Link

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

Yes—Asian and Latin groceries would probably be the best places to look. (Meijer’s, as White Anglo as chain groceries get, is rather surprising in that regard—they’ve also carried the likes of kiwano, persimmons, and Buddha’s Hand.)

Here on the Gulf Coast of Florida, tropical fruit can be grown locally, and I’ve seen cherimoya at the neighborhood Farmers Market—regrettably way outside my price range, though.

[calzephyr]

Huh! I guess the grocery buyer has a fondness for them :-)