Each region has its own distinctive fruits and vegetables. Each era will also change, of course, influenced by the people who cultivate these fruits and vegetables.
This time, I will invite you to harvest fruit that is currently difficult to find in people's homes. So this is a pleasant nostalgia. 😊❤️❤️❤️
Cocoa fruit, used to be widely planted in the yards of houses in our village. Also, because there has been a reduction in free land and only space for houses. Now, cocoa fruit is mostly planted on plantations.
Interestingly, with the drastic reduction in the number of cocoa plants in our area, the price of cocoa beans has become expensive today. Above $6 per kg.
This time, I visited my uncle's house in another province. I was very happy, my uncle's house still had a large backyard garden. There are several plants there, especially cocoa plants and sugar cane plants.
I am very happy to be able to see cocoa plants and sugar cane plants in my uncle's garden again. Let's see together.
First, I harvest sugar cane. This sugar cane tastes very sweet. I took this sugar cane that was not too old so that the sugar cane stalks were not hard when bitten.
Before eating, cut the sugar cane into pieces per segment. Then, peel the skin of the sugar cane. After the sugar cane is peeled, then the sugar cane is cut into smaller pieces to form sticks.
Sugar cane sticks have a crunchy texture, and also taste sweet and refreshing! This is perfect to enjoy when the weather is hot.
This sugar cane plant is also hard to find in my village. Meanwhile, in the market, it is sold in the form of sugar cane drinks that have been processed using a sugar cane squeezing machine.
Next, I harvest cocoa fruit. There are many ripe cocoa fruits on the tree. But I only harvest a few cocoa fruits because that's what I can reach with a bench.
When I was little, I used cocoa fruit as a snack. The taste of the white cocoa flesh is sweet and slightly sour.
After we eat the cocoa fruit flesh, the cocoa beans are dried. After the cocoa beans are dry, they can be sold.
I have also posted my harvesting activities on my Youtube channel. You can click the video link below. Don't forget to activate the subtitles which are available in several languages.
Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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