A local deli just started carrying mangosteens, long banned in the United States due to fears of Asian fruit flies contained in the fruit. This is big news, or least big news for me.  Been trying to find this fruit for years, even failing in Costa Rica, Vietnam, and Thailand trips.
A local deli just started carrying mangosteens (purple mangosteens, officially;  	Clusiaceae), long banned in the United States due to fears of Asian fruit flies stowaways. There availability is big news, or least big news for me.  Been trying to find this fruit for years, even failing in Costa Rica, Vietnam, and Thailand trips. In Costa Rica I tried to locate them by using very bad Spanish, and succeeded only in making the store clerks blush; they brought out some racy manga, instead.
Complimentary sample
Pineapples at fresh market. Sunday market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Tangerines and various other fruits at local fresh market. Sunday market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Sunday local fresh market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Sunday local fresh market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Wild forest strawberries
Day #4
Fruity
Pineapples at fresh market. Sunday market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Pineapples at fresh market. Sunday market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
Pineapples at fresh market. Sunday market, Bang Node, Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.
See photo in original gallery.