MANGOSTEEN

Mangosteen is called the "Queen of Fruits" in Asia and the "Food of the Gods" in the French Caribbean.

Mangosteen in it exotic colour, purple, not only i liked how it looked. it was all smooth and hard, a dark purple that was almost black, and some of them were like large stones, refusing to budge from the pressure of my hands until i had to hack away at the stubborn rind with a knife. and then the insides would be moist and red, with the fruit soft and smooth and a perfect pearly white, shot through with the tiniest red veins, like the white part of a human eye. hard to soft, dry to wet, black to red to white. i would scrape the fruit free, and there would be a thick vegetable mess under my fingernails, a dark stain on my fingerpads, and the sweetest taste in my mouth.

Prized because of its exquisite flavor

nothing can describe the taste of the mangosteen. i have never bothered to explain it. all i know is i like to eat it, eat a lot of it. i also like the filth of it, the print of its rind on my skin after i've broken it open. most fruits leave a happy, innocent wet residue, all citrusy and clear and sparkly, like dew. the mangosteen leaves a mark like blood, on the hand, on the mouth, on the tongue.

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