Fruit Juice without a blender

O.k., here comes the juice story part two. How to make fruit juice on the road without a blender. Or what to do with a bunch of Tree-Tomatos your given as a gift. 

Chop them in small pieces, by the way here mistake No. 1, next time I will peal them. 

Add a little water and cook the whole thing up on small fire. Add water as appropriate and stir occasionally.

 

When you think the whole thing has gotten liquid enough filter it through a strainer or alike to separate the juice from the remaining fruit bits. Let it cool off.

Fill it in bottles an put it in the fridge, that's where it is right now. 

I did taste a little and must admit, mistake No. 2, I should have added some sugar, it's kind of bitter. In the Land of sugar canes and rum I might just have to add a little of that fruit juice to make it sweet and tasty. 

Next candidate:

Cheers!

Ever Heard of Tree-Tomatos?

This really exists. And it is despite its name not a vegi, but one more fruit I had no idea about before I started my trip. Check this out:

Hi, I am a "tomate de arbol" = Tree Tomato

Now here is the problem, that thing is not really tasty just like that. So nothing like "a tree tomato a day keeps the doctor away" 'cause you need to process that bitter-sweet, much more like BITTER-sweet fruit somehow. The typical way here is to through it in the blender add water, ice or milk, suger if you want to, and within minutes you serve a very refreshing drink. 

Now, problem number two: As you might know, there is all kind of stuff travelling through the Americas inside, partially ouside of the blue truck. But, a blender is not part of that equipment. Often I am given fruit as a gift by the nice local folks. So, what to do with my tree-tomatos without a blender.

I am running an experiment right now, and if it is successfull, you might read here soon again how to make your very own fruit juice without being the proud owner of a blender, if not, not successfull I mean, you'll never read anything again about this or tree tomatos on this blog. 

Come back soon and find out whether success or not. 

Try that at home!

And let me know it if worked! An ecuadorian family I have met at one of the many "Midad del Mundo" (Mid of the world) monuments had me put that egg, they brought with them specifically for that reason, on its tip. Actually surprising, after about three attempts it worked and it wasn't very difficult either and the little metal piece that marks the exact equator line was not even flat but a little roundish towards the top. Now, the question, I have never tried that back home, far away from the equator, does it work too, or is the family from Ecuador right and that works only here, exactly at  the equator where the gravity between Northern and Southern Hemisphere  is balanced and centered. 

Looking forward to hear from you folks either out of the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, just if you life on the Equator, no need to comment, I know that works. 

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