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  Bongosmania Home Page
Quenepa fruit has a tight and thin but rigid layer of skin, traditionally cracked by the teeth.
Each Quenepa fruit has a large seed inside of about the same size of the outer skin, the same ovoid shape as the fruit itself.
Quenepa seeds can be roasted and eaten just like sunflower seeds.
bongosmania.com   (890 words)

  
  Casita de Pitatayo » Quenepas
Quenepa ~ the fruit of a Caribbean tree, with green skin, pink flesh, and a large pit.
I remember visiting Puerto Rico in the summers and buying bunches of quenepas on the side of the street as we drove through the southern part of the island, usually on our way to my aunt and uncle’s house.
To add to original post– quenepas can be roasted too… i believe people in one of the caribbean island eat them like that.
patricia.orangejack.com /2006/07/17/quenepas   (467 words)

  
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The limón is a local fruit that tastes more like a cross between a lemon and lime, they are smaller and usually a paler shade of green, this is what you will usually get in your cocktails at the bars and restaurants.
The quenepa, I hope I am spelling that correctly, is a small fruit that you break the skin of and suck out the fruit.
I know that they put the quenepas in the bottle of rum but not sure what else is involved in the making of it.
www.enchanted-isle.com /wh/newsletters/090100.htm   (1620 words)

  
 uprm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
quenepa (Melicoccus bijugatus) is a fruit which is greatly appreciated in Puerto Rico, with an estimated production of 126,600 bunches and a value of $171,000 in 2002.
Nevertheless, the majority of quenepa harvested in Puerto Rico is from wild trees, which haven't been selected for fruit quality and receive no horticultural care.
In 2004, two experimental plantings of 18 quenepa clones, including 15 new clones, were established at the experiment stations of Lajas and Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.
academic.uprm.edu /bbrunner/index_english.htm   (990 words)

  
 95.04.01: El Sabor del Caribe / A Taste of the Caribbean (An analysis of the symbolism of food in the oral and written ...
These foods meet the following criteria: they are popular items in the Caribbean cuisine, they are found in “refranes”, they have cultural meanings independent of the literature, they are often connected with notions of identity, they are readily available in New Haven, and they are mentioned in at least one of the literary selections.
For example, due to the rainfall, temperature, and other factors, Puerto Rico is able to produce such crops as: the mango, the plantain, the guava, and the quenepa.
No se.” If a “quenepa” is available, teacher explains bitter-sweet: “agridulce.” Teacher asks for a student volunteer to record the answers on the board and tally the points for each fruit, under “dulce” and “agrio”.
www.cis.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/4/95.04.01.x.html   (7146 words)

  
 Ashar Edith » 2005 » July » 05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On our way home there were selling quenepas (genips) on the street SO we stopped to buy some.
The Quenepa is a medium to large exotic tree planted for its edible fruit and shade.
You can eat up to 98 small quenepas and you will still be under 150 calories.
asharedith.com /blog/2005/07/05   (721 words)

  
 quenepa - Definitions from Dictionary.com
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 Puerto Rican Trees [Archive] - Tropical Bonsai Forums
I have aquired a couple of quenepa and flamboyan trees that I would like to make into bonsai to remind me of the island.
I was wondering if there were any borinquas who frequent this sight that might be able to give me some advice on nurturing flamboyans and quenepas.
Flamboyant is a little dificult to work with because it change all the time.
www.tropicalbonsai.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-43.html   (474 words)

  
 The Flowing Candy Bees » Blog Archive » This is a Quenepa
The Flowing Candy Bees » Blog Archive » This is a Quenepa
Dan Maeso gives us a useful reference for distinguishing between a quenepa and anything else.
This entry was posted on Monday, October 2nd, 2006 at 9:22 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.
blog.xcott.com /?p=26   (98 words)

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