We are enjoying jakfruit and bananas and plantains and passion fruit and oranges and avocados and guavas, every day, coming out of our ears, but I had to laugh when this particular fruit, the pineapple, showed up in our kitchen! What makes it even funnier is that we can get pineapples that are huge, sometimes 2 or 3 times the size of the ones you get in the grocery store in the U.S. Back in Congo, there was a wondrous word, at least for me, to indicate something extremely undersized. The reason I say “at least for me” is because I use it for things inanimate, but it actually is a derogatory word if used for people. The word is bamogigi. Isn’t that a great word? This pineapple, which fits in the palm of my hand (my hands are big, but not THAT big) is definitely a bamogigi. Please feel free to use this word, next time something of an unnaturally small size shows up near you! Bamogigi!
We did eat this pineapple, and it was nice and sweet.
