As I wrote before, after the cold front the air in São Paulo became very dry. Relative humidity during the afternoons is below 30%. We can really see the air we breathe! It's a grey and thick air, the reason for so many running noses in the streets. The dry air makes me want to eat fruits. I always liked fruits, but haven't ate so much as I should, so today I brought an apple to eat at work. My favourite fruits are bananas and papayas, but this last one is not very practical to be eaten at the work desk.. Fruits in Brazil are cheap and tasteful. One can find great variety, except berries, that grows only in cold climates. Papaya trees, for instance, grow very easily by seed. It's common in the country and small cities to see papaya trees in sidewalks or backyards, like this one that grew up in the middle of nowhere:
The papayas of this spontaneous trees are usually not very good to eat, they are not as sweet as the ones we buy. But they are a given gift, so we must not complain. Home grown bananas, on the other side, use to be much more tasteful than the “bought” ones. Commercial bananas have a whitish pulp, and some are not very sweet. Home grown ones have a yelowish and succulent pulp and are sweeter. Obviously this is not a rule, it's only my observations. Other regions (Brazil has 27 states) may have different patterns.
