A tropical Saturday

Luis and I got up and went to the farmers market this morning. One of the lovely things about Hawaii is that once you get to the farmers markets, you have a great abundance of tropical fruit. Here are some of the ones we bought:




This is called Egg Fruit, or canistel. They gave it to us for free, and told us that in two days, it will be ripe enough. The flesh inside is sweet, but has the consistency of a hard boiled egg. It is from Central America, so maybe Carlos knows it by another name.



This purple one is fun, but expensive, even here! The Mangosteen is eaten like an orange, that hard purple rind is cut off and the white part is eaten in sections.



This one should be a familiar tropical fruit. Maracuja, or parcha (in Puerto Rico), has go to be my favorite. I am making cookies tonight during the UH game, and the cookies are going to have a yummy passion fruit (or likiloi) jelly on top.

I love lychee, but unfortunately, in Hawaii, they just appear in the summer. Lucky for me, its slightly bigger cousin is a fall fruit! Rambuton looks scary, but the inside is just like lychee, except I think the seed is bigger, so not so much flesh.

Later, we had brunch at this amazing cafe in Holualoa, which is the main coffee growing area in Kona. I had seared ahi with poached eggs, and Luis had moonfish, or opah. In case you have never tried it, it is a white flaky fish, similar to John Dory (delicious and abundant off the pier in our little town in NZ). Here is photo in case you wanted to see one alive.



Then after running to some friends at a kids fest in Keahou, we hit the puppy swap meet and saw some puppies for sale. We aren't looking for one, but felt like looking at something cute. We fell in love with three English Spaniels. Their noses are a little longer than American Spaniels.

I had always heard they were stupid, but when I checked Wikipedia's list, they weren't the dumbest. Here is a list, and the link, if you were wondering about the methodology.

Top 10 Smartest Dogs

1. Border Collie
2. Shetland Sheepdog
3. German Shepherd
4. Golden Retriever
5. Doberman Pinscher
6. Poodle
7. Labrador Retriever
8. Papillon
9. Rottweiler
10. Australian Cattle Dog
    Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) (Yea Ellie!!)
    

Dumbest 10 Dogs

70. Shih Tzu
71. Basset Hound
72. Mastiff
    Beagle
73. Pekingese
74. Bloodhound
75. Borzoi
76. Chow Chow
77. Bulldog
78. Basenji
79. Afghan Hound