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Plantain
Plantain (platano in Spanish) grows like and looks like a banana. Plantains are starchier than bananas and must be cooled before eating.
Two common foods prepared from plantains are tajadas and tostones.
Bananas
The banana is as close as you can get to a weed in this region. While seriously grown commercially, bananas grow all over the country.
Because they grow in so many different areas of the country there really is no "banana season". Expect to find them year round with some of them coming from our farm.
Guava
Guava (guyaba in Spanish) grows on the farm. What I didn't know but learned from our caretaker is that they come in two colors—green like you are used to and pink. The outside of the fruit is the same green color but the meat is pink.
How can you tell which is which? The clue is in the leaves. If the leaves are splattered with pink, the inside of the fruit will be pink.
Mango
Mangos are a very popular crop in Nicaragua. They grow well from sea level up into our area. Because of the climate differences, fresh mangos are available over an extended period time.
Mangos from Masaya are the first to appear on the local market in Estelí. They appear in late February. The last to ripen are the ones grown in Tisey. They will be available through *****.
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Dried Fruit
While Nicaragua has growing seasons year round, some crops are very seasonal. For example, mangos start appearing on the market in late February but by June there will not be a mango to be found. During peak times, you can't give them away.
A common method of preserving fruit is to dry it. For others, it is better to make it into fruit leather.
