I have a Mexican friend Louis who I met when he came to buy citrus trees from me. He speaks only halting english. He says his english is not too good because he always has worked with Mexicans. Nice fellow though.
He usually brings me tamales at Christmas time but this year his wife injured her rotator cuff from how he describes the surgery she had so no tamales.
He brought what he calls "punch" to me yesterday. Funny punch! It is like mulled cider to me and is served hot. It has about half cooked cut up fruit and crushed sugar cane in it. It has golden apples, guava, and something I can't ID:
What fruit is it????
The fruit has 3 or 4 largish seeds in it and looks like a crabapple. Quince maybe? The taste is not sweet with a rubbery consistency. Well, not like I can really ask Louis what it is as he probably doesn't know the English word for it.
Louis is a very nice fellow. I have met his family as well and been at his house. He two kids speak perfect english but were born in Mexico. He has been here more than 10 years and I suspect he is illegal. He works in a local foundry as a pattern maker. I told him I was selling out my citrus trees and he has brought over about a dozen co-workers to buy some from me. Louis has made me think about the status of illegals here in a pretty sympathetic way. He has several siblings that also live here. His boy has opened an auto repair shop here and his daughter just graduated from college. Surely the plan can't be to kick out successful illegals like Louis? Too late IMHO.
