Tut
It is officially tut (mulberry) season in Armenia. The trees are thick with them, now that it is too late for my sister to sample nice, ripe ones. White and black are all over the place, you can pick them off trees, or buy them for a dollar a pound (this will go down as the season peaks). Cherries (picture of ripe Yellow cherries on right) are also in full swing now, and strawberries too. So a summer of "fresh" is upon us. In the restaurants and cafes, a "fresh" is a drink made of whatever seasonal fruits you prefer, usually with some ice and/or water, and often with sugar. It is one of the best treats available, though those with fragile tourist stomachs who are avoiding the water (and thus Mamikonian's Revenge) should ask for these made with bottled water and no ice...
posted by Raffi K. at 11:37 PM
7 Comments:
Those suckers are HUGE. Thanks for the pic.
I think the 'drink only bottled water' is a hype. After 10 years of absence from Armenia, I drank only tap water, or spring water in the mountains, and did not have a problem. I did, howver, get a stomach upset from a chicken shaurma bought from a fast food place on Sayat Nova. No regrets, though, because it tasted good.
If you're not used to the water, and you're only here for 2 weeks, who wants to take a good chance that you'll have the runs for a few days - especially with the bathroom situation being what it is?
Raffi, is there a way to have different colors on a blog, white on black is really tough on my eyes. May be I am missing something and there is a way to customize they way things look ?
Thanks a bunch
Everyone complains about this and we're waiting for Raffi to do this.
Please Raffi.
Well, I am hoping it is a setting somewhere that I missed and I can set it and the thing will go back to white.
I can increase the fonts in the browser, no problems.
Anyways, check out a picture of Hawaiian mulberry I took this picture on Maui and this thing is huge, ~size my palm, some are even bigger. I didn't risk to try it, it stunk.
The smell is like of a limberger cheese that's gone really really bad. My understanding is they (natives) would either eat it fresh or use it for medicinal purposes, not sure how exactly. Anyways, I was just missing regular Armenian tut, sigh. Would gladly exchange all of the hawaii for the red tut tree in the dzor, from which I've falled down so many times.
Hi Tim, great photo! Any chance I can get that in Maui Mulberry L.A.?
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