My Mother was super excited to find these a few days ago, at the Portuguese fish market of all places, they are Tangerines and Custard Apples ( coracoes negros – black hearts in Portuguese) These were imported from Terceira, one of the small Azorean Islands that my family is originally from and where my parents immigrated from. Needless to say these brought back a lot of happy feelings and “saudades” ( home sickness ) for Mother. The Tangerines are soo fragrant and the custard apples are said to be sweet / sour although I cant say for sure since I’ve yet to try one! they are still ripening and will probably be a few days before we get to crack one open.
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