I like them ripe and juicy

 

{Bananas}

Bananas that is. Oh wait. No Really, bananas. They fry them and boil them for merienda or snacks here! Bananas have a completely different taste and essence in the Philippines. They're sweet and ripe with robust flavor in eat bite..unlike the unripened, green bananas that were unnaturally grown in the U.S.

I was about to pick one to eat for breakfast the other day when I noticed how many pesky fruit flies were buzzing around my banana-to-be..I was quite repulsed by it and my dad noticed my reaction. Apparently and according to him, fruit is never picked at the market or store unless it has ants and fruitflies hovering around it... because it identifies how ripe the fruit is! I boldly grabbed one of the fruits, shooing the bugs away..and yeah. It was pretty ripe. So next time there are bugs are your fruit, you should probably take a bite out of it before anyone else does!