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mamoncillo
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Most of the ride served up breathtaking scenery on Highway 52, which provided rich green vistas with splashes of red flamboyan trees, then transitioned into country roads with vendors selling sweet quenepa fruit, lechon (pork) sandwiches and cold drinks.
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Most of the ride served up breathtaking scenery on Highway 52, which provided rich green vistas with splashes of red flamboyan trees, then transitioned into country roads with vendors selling sweet quenepa fruit, lechon (pork) sandwiches and cold drinks.
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From Wikipedia:
Also known as the mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), the mamón, chenet, guaya, gnep, ginep, skinnip (in Jamaica, St. Kitts), genip, guinep, ginnip, kenèp (in Haiti), ackee (in Barbados), Spanish lime, or limoncillo (in Dominican Republic).
A mamoncillo fruit has a thin but rigid layer of green skin. Inside the skin is the tart, tangy, cream pulp of the fruit, which is sucked off the seed by putting the whole fruit inside the mouth.
September 5, 2008