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"Drupe" is the botanical term for a fruit with an exocarp and fleshy mesocarp surrounding a hardened endocarp that protects a seed inside. In other words, a drupe is a stone fruit. Peaches, nectarines, plums.
But be not mistaken, not all fruits that have a hard center and a fleshy outside are drupes, and fruits that you'd never guess were drupes, in fact, are. I thought I was brilliant when I thought an avocado was a drupe because technically, an avocado is a fruit, but it's not a drupe. An avocado is a berry. But there are berries that are really drupes. Blackberries and raspberries, also known as bramblefruits, are aggregates of little drupelets.
A mango is a drupe. Duh. Of course it is.
Dice a couple of mangoes, which is a drupe, a couple of avocadoes, which is a berry, a couple of tomatoes (also a berry) and toss it with cut grilled shrimp, a squeeze of lime juice, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. If you are so inclined, add a splash of tequila. Serve with tortilla chips, and I guess if you think about it, you're eating one hell of a fruit cocktail!
If you live in
LA (not "if you are from" LA because I don't know a single person "from" LA), or know
anything about this odd city at all, then you know that LA's downtown shuts down into a veritable ghost-town after 5
PM. Or 6 PM if you're an attorney.
