More Fruits

This morning my marketing bag was full of fruits. My granddaughter had just discovered how delicious the Duku Langsat and Rambutans taste. So I bought three and a half kilos of Duku Langsat and two and a half kilos of Rambutans. This morning’s rambutans are very crispy and the flesh comes off the seed easily. They are also juicy but not too sweet.


I also bought one and a half kilos of Klenthong, a fruit from the same family as Duku Langsat. No this is not another name for the Duku or Dukong as it is called in Sabah. As you can guess, the Duku Langsat is a hybrid, derived from the Langsat and the Duku.

These three fruits although similar in appearance taste different. The Langsat has a thinner skin and it can be sour if you are unlucky.

The Duku Langsat is sweeter and the skin is slightly thicker than the Langsat’s.
The Duku is bigger and has a thick skin and it is also sweet. I didn’t see any Duku this morning or I would have bought some.


The Klenthong is also sweet and its skin is thicker than the Langsat’s too. However the fruit segments have a fragrance that is different from that of the Duku Langsat.

The papayas are for my daughter. She loves them but my grandchildren have yet to try eating them. They are not adventurous in trying out whatever is new to them.


I also bought some pink guava. These have seeds inside which are edible when the fruit is ripe. The guava is said to be richer in vitamin C than the papaya.

However the papaya can be eaten ripe or unripe. When it is unripe, it is usually cut into thin slices and then pickled in vinegar and sugar. This makes a very tasty appetiser.

The fruits, except for the papaya and guava, have to be eaten within 3 days or they will no longer be fresh and won’t taste good. The rambutan hair will wither and the skins will turn black. The fruit can still be eaten but its taste is not as good as the first two days. The duku langsat and klenthong will also turn brown and some will go bad.

We love fruits so all these will be consumed by tomorrow evening!!

How lucky we are to be living in a land of plenty. There is such a great variety of fruit that we are spoilt for choice.