I like trying exotic fruits. On a street corner in Elmina, I saw a woman selling round and orange things that she claimed were fruit. She said they were called alamamba in Fanti, the local language in these parts, but she didn’t know if it had an English name. I bought some, to try.
It has three or four big seeds in the middle. The pulp is mainly around the seeds, meaning you have to suck the seeds to eat the fruit. And the pulp. It is slightly sweet, but mostly, it’s incredibly sour. Like, lemon sour. But with a taste that is not citrusy, but more berry-like in flavor.
For some reason, it made me think of sharon fruit. Which doesn’t really make sense, because sharon fruit is sweet and this was crazy sour. But maybe it was the color. Or the consistency. Or the after-taste, once the sour was gone. I don’t know. Interesting fruit, anyhow.
Katja Malmborg 