Mulberries

Sorry, we found a way to post despite the block but can't seem to get photos posted. Here is something I wrote last week.

Walking out to get breakfast this morning, I noticed the return of our favourite fruit lady. She had been absent from the street ever since Spring Festival and I had to resort to some of the other vendors on the street. Since we liked to buy from her as often as we could I stopped by on the way home. It really is a shame that I can’t ask her where she’s been so I settled for my normal “Ni hao”. She didn’t have a huge variety of fruits for sale but I noticed a display of something I hadn’t seen before. So I asked her what they were. Yes, I can ask “What is this?” Of course, all the guidebooks really miss out in the “What you could hear in response?” department so when she went off on a detailed explanation, I was lost. What I managed to understand was that she wanted me to try one. You can see from the photo why I might have hesitated. With Don’s recent attempts eating from the bug kingdom, I really wasn’t sure if I’d be trying fruit or bug. If I looked more carefully, I would have seen the stems but I was trying to be polite so I bit in. Thankfully, it was fruit. I learned later from Don that this was mulberry. The other funny thing, while I was enjoying my sample, she went into the benefits of the fruit. I know this cause she was gesturing to her stomach :)