Barbados @ 50 - West Indian Cherry

All over the English-speaking Caribbean you can find these tart and sweet cherries. In order to be inclusive, we refer to them them as West Indian cherries but researchers who encountered the fruit first in Barbados branded it as Barbados Cherry. Therefore, do not get confused when in search of these cherries, ask for Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry Garden cherry or Native cherry. There are French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch names for this fruit too.

Packed with Vitamin C, and rich with antioxdiants, this fruit, if consumed whole is also a good source of fiber.

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Guyana @ 50 - Cherries

There are many fruits to be found in Guyana and a lot of them are considered exotic. Apart from the overall range, one can find variety in individual fruits such as mangoes, bananas, and cherries among others.

Surinam/West Indian Cherry ©Cynthia Nelson

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A Few Fruits of Summer

Don't laugh. We enjoy summer weather all year round in the Caribbean but we do feel the difference during the months generally referred to as summer. Here we call it the August holidays. At this time of the year, apart from schools and college being closed, most people are traveling, taking vacation and enjoying the festivities of Carnival, Culturama, Emancipation and Kadooment among other things.

There are a variety of summer camps. You see children out and about - playing cricket in the street, riding their bicycles like a lil gang and bathing at the sea. The snowcone vendors increase their frequency around neighborhoods and so too does the ice cream truck. Sleeping in in the mornings and staying up way past regular bedtime is the order of the day. Good times.

No recipe this week, just a few images of some of the fruits to be enjoyed around this time. Next week, I'll share some more with you.

I hope your summer/August holidays are going well.

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