Chesa
At the back of our house stood stoutly a fruit bearing tree. The fruit is called chesa. This fruit is definitely in the marmite category – you either love it or loathe it.
My father used to love chesa. When ripe it can be very sweet. He used to urge us to eat chesa because it was good for us. I think it was probably more to do really with the mess it made when the overipe fruits would naturally fall on the ground. It resembled poo and funny enough bluebottles loved it.
I would like to eat a chesa again one day and see for myself whether my tastebuds have changed. I’d like to know whether I like it better now, perhaps my tastebuds have matured?!!! I might be rather partial towards a chesa now.
Don’t get me wrong, chesa is delicious but the sweetness has a rather gluey feel and after taste to it. The smell also, though not rancid or anything like that, can be overpowering.
I shall add this to my bucket list at once!
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The canistel (Pouteria campechiana) is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexicoand Central America.[3] It is cultivated in other countries, such as Brazil, Taiwan,Vietnam and the Philippines for its fruit.
The canistel grows up to 10 meters (33 ft) high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, also called yellow sapote, up to 7 centimeters (2.8 in) long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name “eggfruit”. It is closely related to the Mamey sapote and abiu.
– Wikipedia