I booked an exotic fruits tour of Medellín’s Minorista market. We met our guide Germán and set out into the market, spoons in hand. Here are the photos:
Tree Tomato — our guide says that they are so common in Colombian childhood that every adult is tired of eating them. Sort of an unusually flavored tomato.
A very sour orange — these and others are typically made into juices instead of being eaten directly
the herbs and witchcraft department of the market has several plants and fruits which you should hang over your doorway to absorb evil spirits
these soaps in the herbs/witchcraft department can attract men, women, or money
you can bang these (“stinking toes”) open with a hammer — Wikipedia says “if [the inside is] consumed raw it tends to stick inside the mouth like dry dust” — yes
bonus chili section!
I’m not remembering this one so well, didn’t like it
they let these decompose in bags until they are edible — I had an option to get the juice later but tried something else
the custard apple is super weird — it really does taste like pudding and when we were spooning out the seeds and flesh of it, there was this very milky juice everywhere
you unwrap and eat these whole, like cherries or cherry tomatoes
from the cactus — I must have had a piece but I don’t remember it
we had 15 minutes to browse on our own, saw these bricks of cheese
tiger catfish
these giant ones are interesting — had the juice of it later
dragon fruit at home are pink, these were yellow, IDK man… to be honest these tasted better
a variety of passion fruits (including one more on the right
eating the yellow passion fruit — you peel off the skin and suck out the seeds, leaving the bottom stem and skin as a convenient holder
