It’s fall time, and if you are found eating ice cream you may be stoned by glares. I was out on the street one evening to get some food on a stick, and across from my preferred vendor there was a cart with a bunch of sticks that looked like they had fruit on them and then had been dipped in melted sugar. However, this being China, one can never be completely sure what combination of sweet, sour, bitter, salty, or bland they might mix together. I asked what it was, knowing pretty well that even when they answered I probably wouldn’t understand anyway, but just as a gesture to communicate my skepticism. The man selling them replied something, and though I did not understand the tone was obviously incredulous, as if to say, “Duh!”
Though I did not buy any at that time, I went to WuMei (like Wal-Mart) and in the entrance they had them! This time I took advantage of the opportunity to try them. Indeed, they are sweet. The most common ones, and also my favorite are Hawthorn berries. They taste like apples but a little more tart and the size of a cherry tomato. Being sugar coated always helps, of course. As you can see they have other kinds as well: orange slices, hawthorns stuffed with walnuts, the also do some grapes, and a couple others that I have yet to figure out what they are.
Happy Fall everyone!
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