Mexican Cream

I was at the store shopping when what did I spy with my little eye? A Guayaba. Yeah, that is what I said and, there it was in the fruit section looking strange and yellow. So I bought it and I have no idea what it is or how to use it. It smells like grapefruit and magnolias. It is actually a guava. An apple guava.  The species I have is called a Mexican Cream.

 It comes from a shrub or small tree found in the Caribbean, South America and Central America. In other words this is pirate food and also a favorite of honey bees.  In the Middle East it is called an amrood from the word amroot meaning pear. They can be the size of a fig such as the one I bought or as large as a grapefruit. Mine is yellow skinned with white juicy flesh on the inside but, they can be red skinned and have pink or red flesh on the inside.

The plant is used in many types of shampoo for its scent. 

It is part of the Myrtle family of trees. You know, as in Crepe Myrtle. Those beautiful flowering trees with the pink, purple, red and white flowers draping from them. The white ones look like they are covered in popcorn.

Here is the secret to Hawaiian Bar BQ. They use guava wood as opposed to Texas people who use mesquite wood. And, the secret to Cuban Bar BQ is they use the guava leaf. Agua Fresca that delicious Mexican beverage is made from guava.

They are rich in Vitamin C as much as 4 times more Vitamin C than an orange, folic acid also known as vitamin Bg.  They are high in antioxidants. Parts of the guava plant have been used in folk medicine for many years for such things as pain, inflammation, diabetes, bacterial infections and cancer.  In some countries it is steeped as tea and a treatment for dysentery and fever. 

I am eating this little thing for breakfast today.

Yo!! Idiot man! You are in the right turn lane I am in the left turn lane that means that when my turn left light comes on I get to turn left. Not you!! You crossed two lanes of traffic and caused a massive freak out at the intersection because when you moved the guy in the middle lane moved and I was moving. He nearly hit you!!! But did that stop you from making a mad dash left from the right turn lane? NO!!  If you realize you are in the wrong lane make your turn anyway and then turn around in a parking lot and correct it! What a bloody wanker!!! I know your cousin!!!! Freak.

Did I tell you about the woman I heard complaining about getting foot cramps in her feet? Where else would she get foot cramps?? Her elbows?

You know what I miss most about an X? NO!!!! He used to send me flowers. No occasion, no reason just every couple of weeks a bouquet of flowers would be delivered. It was spontaneous and very pleasing, each bouquet was very different from the previous and I felt adored, cherished and appreciated.  I know all girls do not enjoy getting flowers. 

Some say it is because they die. Others may say it because they just never get any so it is easier on the heart and the emotions to just say they do not like them. But I love them. My least favorite are red roses. They are so overdone and their meaning has long been lost. Men use red roses most of the time as a band-aid for misbehaving. When I lived in California I bought fresh flowers at the farmers market every weekend. I could buy four bunches of assorted blossoms for about $20 and decorate my entire house in bouquets. I miss that. 

 Have I ever mentioned the X that refused to let me buy a $4 bouquet of pink roses at a grocery store while we were shopping because “I did not deserve them”? Do you know what I have to say to him? BLOODY Wanker!!!! Yep…. It seems that even though the Xs were all different them seem now that I look back to be the same guy. My guy picker is broken. Or else some other female has stolen him. I got words for her!!!!

I have a parting question for you all. Do pigs eat hay?