David K - 12-2-2004 at 10:55 PM
Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004: Antonio was still working on the water pressure system until late in the morning when we finally pulled out.
Going through San Quintin, where many vendors sell fruit, Antonio spotted tables full of Pitayas! The esteemed fruit so craved by the Baja Indians
that they would disappear during the fall when the fruit was ripe.
The following photos tell the story better than I, but I will say that they are extremely pleasant to eat, very juicy, totally edible (including the
tiny seeds which were the same size as strawberry seeds), and easy to peel. The thorn clusters are removed with the scraping of a knife.
We arrived back in Tijuana about 4:30, I said my thank yous and good byes to Antonio, then headed to Otay Border crossing... Sunday 5pm to 6:30pm in
line, then waved right in after the two short questions: Citizenship and What are you bring from Mexico.
I just finished a web page for this trip: http://community-2.webtv.net/thebaja/1104 and here attached are some Pitaya pictures...
David K - 12-2-2004 at 10:56 PM
Peeled...
David K - 12-2-2004 at 10:58 PM
and consumed!!!
Good job, David...
Mexray - 12-3-2004 at 12:19 AM
When the moon hits your eye'a
Like a big chunk of Pitaya,
That's a Baja amore....
Hope you didn't munch & drive...could be you stumbled on the true beginning of the expression, "Red Eye" !
Great set of stories
Mike Humfreville - 12-3-2004 at 12:52 AM
but we don't need to know about the "second harvest!"
David, a good, informative group of threads. Thank you. More Porfavor.
Photos and story
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:02 AM
David. Nice story and pictures.
Edited Photos
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:19 AM
Edited Photos
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:19 AM
Edited Photos
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:20 AM
Edited Photos
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:20 AM
Edited Photos
academicanarchist - 12-3-2004 at 07:20 AM
David K - 12-3-2004 at 08:09 AM
Thank you Robert, I did not edit the photo brightness, just size to fit Doug's limits.
Ray and Mike, I appreciate the reply, thank you!
Bedman also emailed me lightened versions of some of the photos. Let me play with my photoshop and see what I can do. Many were taken in the late
afternoon or under clouds. The pictures I posted was how I saw the places when I was there (darker, etc.).
Second harvest
jrbaja - 12-3-2004 at 10:31 AM
I bet DK has all the GPS coordinates for the next time he visits
He's turning more "native" every time he vacations here!
Bajalero - 12-3-2004 at 10:52 AM
David , really good posts as usual. Every time I drive south from Rosario and through the begining of the cirio range I think it would be great to
explore the canyons , mesas and arroyos to the south of the main road. Also , here's a good foto of a pitaya en vivo. As a zymurgist I've just got to
work on a batch of pitaya wine some day . I want to use the real deal from baja though, not the ones seen in back yards in socal.
http://www.marrsandersen.com/Stuff/Baja%20Plants/Baja%20Plan...
[Edited on 12-3-2004 by Bajalero]
David K - 12-3-2004 at 07:42 PM
Thank you!
Good photo of Pitaya Agria... I do think we were eating Pitaya Dulce, however. The fruit looks almost identicle...
hmmm, Boon's Farm Pitaya Wine... sort of has a nice ring to it!