In our yard we have Açai trees (ah-SAH-ee). Açai is a fruit that the locals love to drink and love to tell you how good it is (we still aren’t convinced). So we would probably not bother picking it except for Açai’s other quality, you can make beads from the seeds.
Brin wanted Açai beads, and not just any beads, but from our tree, so I called a Brasilian friend over to show us how to pick them. The fruit looks deceivingly like blueberries, but taste nothing like them. It is mostly seed, only the thin outer layer has any usable pulp, so it takes a few bushels to make any significant amount of juice.
You may have heard of Açai, we hear it is a bit of a trendy fruit right now because it is high in antioxidants. In this earlier blog you can see pictures of what it looks like when you drink it.
I’m still trying to figure out how to get the seeds extracted from the fruit. Another friend is supposed to come over and show us how. I’m not sure what Brin plans to make with her beads, but this better be good.
(If you're a fruity person and want to read about another interesting Brasilian fruit, click here)
2 comments:
That's funny, because I've been reading a lot about Açai lately in magazines and online.
It's funny how something that's 'exotic' and 'chic' here is growing in your backyard there. :)
ps ~ thanks for the pronunciation help!
It better be super healthy because it doesn't taste super nice....at least I never thought so...bleh....
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