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My New Addiction in Bolivia… and My Favorite Dealer

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Considering I am in Bolivia, you might have thought I was talking about something else.

But the addictive substance I am talking about is totally legal.

 

I walk 2.5 blocks to get it every day.

 

It costs 8 Bolivianos (US$1.15) a pop.

 

I am considering upping it to two per day.

 

I am talking about the fresh fruit salads at the Mercado Central of course.

Ensalada de Frutas

The Mercado Central has an entire section of “fruit ladies.” 


Every day, I go and buy a ginormous fruit salad to eat for dinner.

Because I’m a bit of a health freak, I now order the fruit salads without the sugary yogurt, mound of whipped cream, and chocolate syrup.

I have a specific fruit lady I go to.

She wasn’t there for two days in a row, and I tried other fruit ladies.  Their fruit salads were not nearly as good.  There were seeds in the oranges, and they didn’t even give me the really good, exotic stuff (more to come on my fruit discoveries in Bolivia).

Luckily, she’s back now.

I started my travels in Ecuador and then spent a few months traveling in Central America where I ate tons of fresh fruits and veggies from the markets.

I missed that in Argentina.  I got a taste of it again at the markets in Chile.

My fruit salad dealer makes me never want to leave Sucre.

That… and my fear of Bolivian buses.

Comments

  4. Argentina definitely doesn’t stock up much on fresh fruit salads, but they do have really great fruit IF you know where to go. By my first apartment there was a great fruit stand and once the guys got to know me, they always gave me quality stuff. I never could find an equally good one near my second apartment!
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  7. I love bonding with vendors in these places. If you’re doing the fruit salad for breakfast virtually daily I think it’s a great and smart idea to eliminate those sugary extras. That ensalada de frutas is about as good as a breakfast can get. For just over a buck, you’re looking at super healthy and super cheap simultaneously. I love it when that happens.
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  10. Oh wow… I want one!!! I love when Im in a town or city & I fall in love with some type of food and visit the same lady or man to get it. I love the smile they give you knowing you are not from there, but are going to them all the time. Your lady is so cute!
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  11. Honestly, I’m jealous of you! How fresh the Fruits looking are! And the photo at the top? Just tempting. I guess such fresh fruit is another reasons behind your beauty… :)
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