Today's mercado/market adventure included finding two young ladies excavating the fruit from a monstrous ugly looking 'beast', known as the jackfruit. Being somewhat adventuresome, I tried it...excellent. Sweet and very tasty. Similar to a cross between a cantelope and apricot, not that I've ever tried that.
I recently added the top photo since by coincidence on the way to The Shamrock last night I came across a Jackfruit tree. Perhaps useless knowledge, but knowledge nonetheless. Who says I don't know Jack?

The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)[1] is a species of tree in the Artocarpus genus of the mulberry family (Moraceae). It is native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, and is believed to have originated in the southwestern rain forests of India, in present-day Kerala. This tree is widely cultivated in tropical regions of the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Jackfruit is also found in East Africa, e.g., in Uganda and Mauritius, as well as throughout Brazil and Caribbean nations such as Jamaica. (and Bucerias)

Juan Marcos