You say Jicima, I say Jamaica

One of the prize draws the kids can select at random from our prize bucket (which is really a Quaker Oats tube with printer-quality pictures taped to it :) is "Fun Fruit." The idea behind this is, they choose then try something unusual, usually a little more expensive than we would normally buy, expand their horizons, and see if there's anything rad out there we've been missing out on . . .

At the grocery store, we saw these potato-looking things in the fruit section. At first quick glance, my brain registered, "Oh, they'll like this! Buck loves the juice. He used to always order it in Cali when we ate at Mexican places."

It turns out what we really grabbed was a Jicima (hick-uh-muh) and not a Jamaica (huh-micah). My bad! :)

For lunch today, we peeled (half) of our new fruit/veggie. The label had helpful "how to enjoy" instructions stuck to it. I arranged slices on a plate and everyone dug in. B says, "It tastes like . . . carrots?" C says, "I think snap peas, like when you eat the shell." "Yeah, peas," agreed Gabby.

I personally thought it tasted like an under-ripe pear, with the texture of an apple. Interesting . . . but not a new favorite :)