Ripe Cacao Fruits From Garden
Walking into the garden is one way to awaken to fond childhood memories, of growing up in a natural environment close to nature.
The thing I'm grateful for is growing up in the countryside when I was little. The outskirts of the village that haven't even been touched by electric lighting when I was little.
My childhood taught me to accept life as it is. I was always taught by my late father to make something simple into something new-which evokes new enthusiasm.
Oh, I miss my late father. One moment in between, I miss eating fresh cacao fruit. In the past, my father often took me to a wild forest overgrown with cacao trees.
In addition to being eaten, cacao seeds can later make money at a fairly expensive price today, but only if the cacao beans are dry.
In the past, wild cacao trees in the forest helped our family's economy. And it used to be easy to find cacao behind the houses around where I live. Unlike today, it is very difficult to find cacao if it is not planted on plantations.
So I miss the moment to eat fresh cacao fruit directly from the tree. Coincidentally, my friend invited me to visit his garden.
I was very excited because there was a cacao tree in the garden. Without thinking, I followed my friend to walk to his big garden.
Besides cacao trees, there are also coconut trees, banana trees, and papaya trees, and more!
I really enjoyed walking in the garden before the sun went down. While walking I hoped that the cacao trees in the garden were ripe and ready to be harvested.
Finding Ripe Cacao Fruits
I was really pleasantly surprised. I found ripe cacao fruits. 2 large cacao fruit ripe on the tree.
I also took the ripe cacao fruits with a bamboo pole. In the photo I added, you can see only one cacao, even though I harvested two cacao fruits. It's because their shape looks the same, so I'm just focusing on showing you one piece of cacao.
The color is really beautiful! Against the backdrop of a dazzling sky, the ripe cacao fruit manages to exude many good things to look at and keep in memory. Do you like this photo of ripe cacao?
Enjoying Cacao Fruits Like Eating Candy
In order to enjoy cacao fruits, I have to break them first, to enjoy the fruit flesh that sticks to the cacao seeds.
I just need to bang the cacao fruits on the cacao tree trunk. Then visible cracks in the skin of the cacao fruit.
How to enjoy cacao fruits, we simply eat the flesh of the fruit like eating candy, which is eating the white cacao flesh and sticking to the seeds. The most important thing to remember is to be careful not to ingest the seeds. The texture of cacao seeds is very slippery.
The cacao flesh taste is sweet and refreshing with a slightly sour taste. But the dominant taste is still sweet. While eating cacao flesh, I remember that my late father broke the cacao skin for me. I miss him so much.
Have you ever eaten fresh cacao fruits? Well, this is the first time I eat fresh cacao fruits again, after decades since I was little.
Collecting The Seeds To Earn Money
Don't throw away the cacao seeds after enjoying the cacao flesh. I collect the seeds, and then later dry them in the sun to dry.
Dried cacao seeds can be sold at quite expensive prices in my area. Later, the dried cacao seeds will be processed to make cocoa powder, for drinks and food. So you have nothing to lose, enjoy cacao fruit and then you can make money. It's worth being grateful for ❤️❤️❤️
That was the happy story of me being able to enjoy fresh cacao fruits from the garden. I can enjoy longing with my late father while eating fresh sweet and fresh cacao fruits. I hope you guys enjoy the photo content from today's garden! Have a great day!
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usually we call it chocolate fruit (aceh) it might sound a little strange and I like tasting ripe cocoa fruit, greetings hope you are always healthy there ;)
The color of the ripe cacao fruit against the backdrop of the sky is beautiful 😍 and I can't remember having the ripe fruit. I remember my mom eating it once, but I don't know why I didn't try it out myself.
She also told us stories of when her grandmother(s) visited them as a child, that she/they brought peanuts, cacao and coffee for them. Everything was freshly and self made back then.
Cacao is also scarce here nowadays, which is a shame if you know that Suriname used to have cacao plantations.
Beautiful memories ❤️
Having a cacao plantation is great, but if we go to someone else garden too it will be an awesome experience too 🌸
Hahaha, I know what you mean. I often go to my parents' to harvest some of their fruits and vegetables 😅. Not to mention the times we went to my ancestors grounds in Laarwijk.
Maybe it was 25 years ago since the last time I have eaten cacao. I was living with my mother in the countryside. Her late grandmother owned many cacao trees. During my younger years, I had a great time climbing the cacao tree and picking up the fruits. Oh, I miss those days.
Same here too! I often climbed the tree too. But be careful so many ants! 😄 🐜
Yeah, there were many ants crawling on the tree.
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Great sis, i even haven't ever seen these cacao fruits before... enjoyed your time :)
You can find them if you travel to village area :)
Oh really, maybe someday i would sis :)
I had no idea that there was fruit surrounding the cacao seed! I'm guessing it's not really something that's worth selling as fruit when the seeds are so much more valuable. There isn't much there to be harvested, after all.
For the big industry, cacao fruits directly dried. The harvesting method is really different too.
When overripe fruit is just in there in the tree, then cacao flesh becomes more less and less.
So if we want to eat the cacao flesh with the best taste and quality, (thick cacao flesh) better to pickup them soon as possible after the color became yellow :)
I haven't eaten a cacao fresh fruit before. It is interesting to see the fruit instead of just cacao powder. Thank you for sharing with us
There is still long way the process became the powder :)
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Thats so amazing that your friend grows his own cacao 😫 So cool!!
I hope soon I have big garden ❤️
Im sure you will soon enough 😍
Sell cocoa beans in my area are also expensive sist:)
yuhuuuuuu!!!! eating cocoa directly in the garden is a fun moment🌸
Yeah so expensive and can help people to earn money in village
When we got money, then Also buy Cocoa land, so that can Save money to our future
Good luck and stay healthy , Sist 🌸
What a beautiful fruit. When I move back to El Salvador I want to grow my own Cacao trees since they grow there.
I’m sure children will love the ripe fruit ❤️
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Everything that I just read and saw was all new to me. Very informative post with some great pictures.
Still have many things to share about Cacao fruit. I Will share it again in the future
Glad you can earn some new things :) Thank you :)
Cocoa pulp is so sweet. How nice that you have a cocoa plant in your garden. Greetings.
for sure the pulp is sweet but don’t harvest them overripe
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Never in my life wkwkw, i wonder how it taste, does it taste like chocolate?
the taste is sweet. you can found them in my living area :)
This is my first time of seeing a fresh cocoa fruits. Maybe I will call it an online adventure 🤩
I learnt a new thing from this content and I enjoyed reading it.
Hive is a perfect place for online adventure right 🌸
That's interesting, I never knew the ripe fruit can be eaten.
I didn't know you could eat the flesh of cacao before this post! So cool to learn about foods from around the world, especially one I thought I was familiar with in cacao powder, but since it doesn't grow here I didn't know much about it!
I saw many many clip online about how to make Cacao from Cacao fruits which is so interested. 😀 Have you ever try to made it before???
Thank you sis for sharing Cacao fruits.
It is new to me, never seen it before. I hope can try it.
Happy Friday 🥳 Enjoy and stay safe, sis! 🌺🌸🌻🌹🌼🌞
I haven't seen cacao fruit in real, you're lucky. 😊
I have a friend whose mom is making tablea from cacao fruit. She stores them inside their fridge before packing and every time they open the fridge, it smells like heaven!!! hahaha Do you also make tablea for chocolate drinks in your country?
I envy your cacao, I hope I can also plant my own cacao soon!
Hello @anggreklestari! Glad to read your informative post about Cacao. Fresh cacao is the most different type of fruit I've ever had. When the cocoa is a little sour it's best! There is a lot of cocoa that grows in my country and the cocoa fields are just beautiful. Thanks for giving me that wonderful childhood experience!❤️