My passion fruit.

While Doug and I were out shopping last night, we were in the produce department when I discovered this ugly little fruit. I had probably seen them before but because of their unappealing exterior I most likely walked on by. For some reason last night, though I was feeling a little risky and said, "Hey, I wonder what this strange little fruit is all about?" Doug wasn't interested at all.....until I told him it was a passion fruit. Then he decided, "Sure, we can get one of those." Neither of us looked at the price and were a little astonished when we got to the register with it. $3.00! It cost three whole dollars! Wow! I had no idea it could cost that much. I've bought whole melons for less than that! Well, we bought it anyway and today I decided to try it. I was in for another surprise when I cut the thing open. "What is that?" I wondered as I gazed at the oozing innards. Doug thought it looked rotten. It didn't smell bad, it was just gooey and strange on the inside.

Since Ashly used to work in the Safeway produce department, I called her up to see what she knew about passion fruit. She said their Safeway was much too small and unsophisticated to carry passion fruit. She suggested I ask the store where I bought it. I looked online instead. And yes, that's what a passion fruit should look like on the inside and well, all those seeds are edible. Most people, they say, just sieve them and use the juice. In Hawaii they eat them with bananas. And in Doug and Joye's house, they will skip eating passion fruit. They will eat apples, and oranges and melons, instead.