Santol
Scientific name: Sandoricum koetjape
High in carbohydrates,
good source of iron and Vitamin B
Santol makes a delicious preserve ~ peeled, quartered, and cooked as marmalade.
High in carbohydrates,
good source of iron and Vitamin B
Santol makes a delicious preserve ~ peeled, quartered, and cooked as marmalade.
(Sweet, sweet "Bangkok" Santol ~ fruits in season are always the best!) ♥
Aaahh, Santol...
Like green mango, just the thought of it is enough to make me drool...? ☺
Santol is a round fruit about the size of an apple or orange.
Inside the fruit, there are about 3 to 5 seeds surrounded by a white, fleshy, juicy pulp.
When the fruit is not yet ripe, it is very sour.
But when ripe, oh wow, it can be one of the sweetest things!
We Filipinos love eating Santol with some salt
~ adds some kinda flavor to the taste.
I have many fond childhood memories of Santol.
We had three full-grown trees in my parents' house where I grew up.
I remember it was my *Lolo Rudy Sr., the father of my Dad
who helped plant it when we transferred to our then-new house.
(*Lolo Rudy Sr. was a newspaperman ~ he was one of the founders of the Negros Press Club. He was also an avid gardener. He had a lot of fruit trees planted at their country home in Calumangan, Bago City.)
Our Santol trees were the "Bangkok" variety which yielded fruits that were medium-large in size and very sweet.
It is Santol season now in the Philippines.
One thing good about the Philippines,
different fruits for the different seasons.
Mangoes and bananas are fruits for all seasons.
Other fruits worthy of mentioning are lanzones, rambutan, chico, sugar apple (or "atis"), mangosteen, jackfruit, avocado, lomboy, siniguelas, pomelo, watermelon, melon, grapes, strawberries, durian, marang, macopa, papaya, pineapple...
So many fruits to cover, I have to ramble...hoping that I don't miss many.
(wink, wink) ☺
~ adds some kinda flavor to the taste.
I have many fond childhood memories of Santol.
We had three full-grown trees in my parents' house where I grew up.
I remember it was my *Lolo Rudy Sr., the father of my Dad
who helped plant it when we transferred to our then-new house.
(*Lolo Rudy Sr. was a newspaperman ~ he was one of the founders of the Negros Press Club. He was also an avid gardener. He had a lot of fruit trees planted at their country home in Calumangan, Bago City.)
Our Santol trees were the "Bangkok" variety which yielded fruits that were medium-large in size and very sweet.
It is Santol season now in the Philippines.
One thing good about the Philippines,
different fruits for the different seasons.
Mangoes and bananas are fruits for all seasons.
Other fruits worthy of mentioning are lanzones, rambutan, chico, sugar apple (or "atis"), mangosteen, jackfruit, avocado, lomboy, siniguelas, pomelo, watermelon, melon, grapes, strawberries, durian, marang, macopa, papaya, pineapple...
So many fruits to cover, I have to ramble...hoping that I don't miss many.
(wink, wink) ☺
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