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We are in the season of the abundance of African star apple popularly known as udara or agbalumo in Nigeria.
Though this season, I have not seen it being sold cheaper 🤔maybe it's just coming out.
Even our own in my hometown is not yet ripe.
With the look of things, it is likely to ripe the ending of January.
I have missed enjoying our sweet Udara this year because when next I will be home, it must have finished and the season would be over.
When I visited my hometown market, they sold four big udara for two hundred naira, and the smaller ones five for two hundred naira.
Then I came back here to see them sell the same number and same price.
So it's not cheap, and they have the same price tag from two different cities.
Maybe the economy affected this one too🤔
As a Nigerian, we all have experienced the scam from Udara sellers.
They will sweet talk that their Udara is sweet Udara.
By continuously calling you to buy "Udara nwa nnu", "Udara shuga", "Udara uto gi" etc.
Then, when you eventually buy it to enjoy, it turns out to be sour.
Though a few sellers are truthful while some don't even know because they buy in bulk from different people who plucked from their various trees.
So, if she tasted one and concluded that it's a sweet Udara.
The other person's own that she did get to taste might be sour.
The sour undetermined one will now spoil things through categorising all to be the same.
While some are very much aware that the Udara they are selling is not sweet but sour.
They buy it cheap and sell it at the normal price and number for the sweet ones.
At least when you go for large amounts that are cheap and you taste it, you won't really complain about the sourness.
The people who suffer more from buying sour Udara are travellers.
Because once they buy it on a rush, their vehicle quickly moves to another location, and you won't be able to see the person that sold to you to complain to.
I remember one of my friend then in secondary school.
Her house is very close to the market.
So, one day, she went to the market to buy things and one of the vendors that sells Udara called to her to buy "sweet Udara".
She bought it and left.
On getting home, she quickly washed it and the taste she got was sourness.
She angrily went back to the woman and complained bitterly.
She made trouble to the extent that other people who came to buy left because they are convinced that the Udara is not a sweet Udara.
I know you have experienced something related to deceived sweet Udara.
Do well to share it in the comments section.
Thank you very much for reading through 😊
Do enjoy the rest of your day 💓
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