#genip

Guarapo de Jagua / Genipa Fermented Drink (Vegan)

It’s ‘Kenèp’ season! Ever since I was a kid, my favorite thing to do was to guess which fruits had twin seeds inside. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called Spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenèp, quenepa, quenepe, chenet, canepa, mamón, limoncillo, skinip, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo, is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to northern South America. The fruits, which are usually sold in bunches from street vendors, are usually eaten out of hand. After the brittle skin is cracked open, the fruit is squeezed into the mouth and the juice sucked from the pulp. In Columbia, the peeled fruits are boiled and the resulting juice is chilled and served as a refreshing drink on hot days (similar to kampot in case any Eastern Europeans saw these in the market and didn’t know what to do with them). In Mexico, the more acidic fruits are eaten with chilies, salt, and lime juice. Here in Haiti, we prefer to add these to a bottle of rum or corn alcohol to make a deliciously infused cocktail. The seeds are edible and can be roasted like sunflower seeds or chestnuts. The pulp can also produce a brown dye that was used in the West Indies by native Arawak people to dye clothing. #growninhaiti #kenep #ginepa #genip #spanishlime #MelicoccusBijugatus #fruit #exotic #tropical #haiti #ayiti #seasonal #native #organic #arawak #dye #foodforest #reforestation #preservation #plantsomething #seeds #twins

The Spectacular Now (2013)

Kenip, guenip, skinup, or whatever you call it depending on where you are from, right now we just going to say we have it. #kenip #guenip #genip #skinup #islandtings #caribbean #island360 #passportcaribbean #westindies #diadora #walkgood #islandfoodporn #fruits (at Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)

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I sliced it open & notice it look very similar to a quenepa known in English as genip. It tasted similar to a very mild flavored grape. Personally, a grape taste better than rambutan. Overall, I wasn't impressed by its flavor, nor would I buy any rambuten.

All my 🇩🇲 and Caribbean folks...you know what this is😁🤤..some call it manchillo (another culture) but we call it kenip or genip depending on pronunciation. #yesss #genip #kenip #caribbean #dominica #dominican #island #islander #publix #shopping https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrF1h2F3PE/?igshid=13ble62299c6c