When I was a little girl...buah2 ni la yg ada..

                        Yesterday I talked about buah salak, which is not a common sight here in Indera Kayangan. This time let me tell you what was commonly found here,  ages ago .when I was 9 or 10. Saya membesar dengan buah2 ni around me.Although many are seldom found nowadays, and my children maybe have never seen them at all.
                       Anak2, buah2 ni la yang mak makan dulu2.Not apples, grapes , oranges,pears,peaches ,plums or strawberries like what you all always buy at supermarkets tu..Kalau nak rasa imported fruits tunggu demam la.Then my mak will ask.

              " Tak mau makan nasi? nak makan buah apa? apple mau? anggur ka ? nanti ayah pi beli." ha ha tunggu demam baru merasa buah apple..!

                       Dulu2 di kampung,kadang2  pokok2 native ni orang tak tanam pun, they just grow wild .and the fruits jadi makanan budak2 balik dari mengaji quran.They didnt grow in anybody's backyard, so getting together makan buah2 ni jadi daily activities for us then. Ya la, takkan nak main masak2 saja everyday.TV pun tak dak kan...
                      

          This is the first in the list.mostly every house grow this jambu batu.The boys like to take its branches to make  catapult.sebabnya kayunya tahan . When you go to the loo very often, my mak would take its young leaves and I have to chew it raw. Traditional remedy sometimes is proven effective..

                                Buah mertajam,yang ni ada di belakang my house.Rasa kelat2 manis, but you have to wait till the fruits turned dark red or almost black baru sweet.

              This is buah goncar, or we called buah goncaq. Masam gila-gila punya.Tapi budak2 hentam juga bila buah2 lain tak ada.

       Buah rotan pun makan ? Yes we did. Tunggu la sampai masak or deep orange .Manis jugak.Rupa kulit just like buah salak ada snake skin pattern..This one pun ada di belakang rumah dulu di Telok Kacang.

                Buah kedabuk. Ada di tepi sungai.Kadang2 kawan bagi.Kelat sikit and lemak.Makan dengan garam belacan.Selalu the boys will find these and we girls ambik garam , belacan , gula , kicap and chillies and lenyek je sampai mixed well..cecah dengan buah ni..

          Buah belinggai, masam2 manis,I dont quite like this..tapi kalau kawan2 lain makan sampai lupa dunia, kita pun cubit la sikit..

          Keriang dot we called this. Yang ni juicy, my mak selalu marah bila makan ni, nanti air purple dia ni kena baju susah hilang.Dulu2 buah ni kutip ja sama balik mengaji.Mariyani paling suka, makan sampai hitam mulut.

              This is buah keriang.I told u in my earlier post .Sedap yang masak hitam tu..sweet.Lepas makan bibir, gigi semua hitam..he he..Pokok ni was just beside my house.A tall tree so tunggu buah luruh saja la baru boleh makan.Dahan rapuh.Tak berani nak panjat...sebab dah dengar banyak case orang mati jatuh pokok keriang..in those days.

 

            Yang ni we called here buah kerkup, manis2 kelat.I remember bila bdak2 berhimpun petik buah ni ada one man tu dia letak pacau pada ranting pokok.Walhal pokok ni bukan dia punya pun.Pacau ni macam dia gantung plastik bag , ada la macam shreds of kain sikit letak.So my mak said kalau sapa makan buah pokok tu, perut jadi buncit. We girls semua takut, tapi boys, you know what they did. depa buang plastic tu and petik buah tu selamba saja.Bila Pak Mat came to the scene, he shouted "HOI " semua lari termasuk yang tak bersalah (tengok saja tak makan pun).. ni..

           My children did not have this kind of wonderful experience..menantu2 di Wangsa Maju  and Kelang tu apatah lagi..My little Sara nanti besar baca blog ni  lagi lah heran tengok these native fruits..they will wonder macam mana I boleh makan buah2 ni semua, and I bet their faces will light up when they read this..he he..

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