Yes, this is real fruit and not an excerpt from a Dr. Seuss book. You might recognize the permissions, grapes, and tangerines, but what are the other things? Are they GMO rejects?
Hardly.

This gigantic spiky looking thing is a jack fruit. It’s bigger than most watermelons. The fruit guy shreds the insides looking for the slippery “jacks”. They are sunshine yellow, taste like marshmallow and have the texture of a banana peel.

Inside each jack is a slippery pit about the size of an almond.

Here are some pomegranates. Yum! They are big in Kunming and come in several juicy colors.

This spiky citrus things are called buddha fingers.  I have no idea how they taste. They look like too much work to remove the rind.  Behind the finger fruit is a red spiky thing. This is dragon fruit. Inside the fushcia shell is a white kiwi like fruit.

And this one? These reptilian  looking balls are a mystery to me. Are they alien eggs or edibles?

These are deep purple mystery to me. If I knew how to eat one, I think I’d try it.

Here’s durian. I can’t resist it. It it pungent in the same way fine French cheese is stinky.  Durian is a bit mushier than an avocado but firmer than a banana. The taste? Tutti Fruitti.  A little papaya, little marshmallow, little overly ripe banana. Jeff won’t let it in the house so every time I see a cart, I indulge.

In front of the jack fruit are pomeloes, They resemble grapefruit on steroids. The skin is spongy and thick like fat on a good steak. When you purchase one, the vendors will skin it for you. If not, you’ll have a tough time reaching the orangy-grapefruity sections.

But as hard as I try, I can’t find any Michigan blueberries or Flamin’ Fury peaches.