All the passionfruits are above average

Hi guys! I'm writing this post just in case I don't get another chance before the semester engulfs me like it's a macrophage and I'm an opsonized antigen.

I hope this doesn't sound like a bright-siding exercise to cheer ourselves up because stuff in general is bad. We'd move back to the States in a heartbeat - don't get us wrong - but these are things about St. Kitts that legitimately and non-relativistically make us want to take our clothes off and roll around, they're so good.  These are the things that we'll say, "Remember that..." about when we're on our porch in rocking chairs in fifty years. These are the few small things we humbly suggest you should be jealous of. We've been talking about this blog entry for weeks, and I'm probably forgetting some stuff, but here goes:

Passionfruit
Let me tell you the secret to picking a good passionfruit: pick any passionfruit. No matter what the outside looks like, the inside will be flawless. They're grapefruity but different, slightly salty, the seeds are crunchy, and the name has to come from the silky, slimy, suggestive flesh.  They haunt my dreams. Laura got 8 of them yesterday for EC$5. (Less than US$2.)

Easy Bake whole wheat flour
What's really in this stuff? Who cares! It tastes like graham crackers, and when combined with some milk, molasses, baking powder, and the next item on the list, produces the most delicious pancakes I've ever eaten. (We had them this morning.)

Eggs

The chicken from the grocery stores here is a little tough and weird, but the eggs are cheap, thick shelled, irregularly shaped, bright yolked, and delicious. There are hens running around everywhere, which probably explains both.

Bananas

The bananas are soft and sweet and mild, like something a spoiled baby monkey would eat. Some are from St. Kitts, but the better ones are from Dominica, I think. And they're cheap. We put them on the pancakes.

Critters
Oh my god, the critters.

Zenaida doves

Hummingbird

Green vervet monkeys

Goat

More goats

Anole

Another kind of anole

Well, that took me all day. That's not all (of the critters), but you get the idea.