Culinary uses of hog plum in the town of Guama

Abstract

Venezuelan cuisine is very rich and varied depending on the region, always including in its preparations derivatives based on fruit, in natural or processed form. Particularly, the state of Yaracuy has mountain valleys that allow both in low and high areas, the production of quality fruit trees, whether cultivated or wild. The latter grow in the patio of most houses and in their surroundings, where the stone plum, semeruco, malay apple, hog plum, among others, are found and are consumed as in the rest of the country. Especially, the hog plum Spondias mombim is a fruit that is produced in the municipalities of Bruzual, Arístides Bastidas and Sucre, according to information provided by local residents. In the municipality of Sucre, specifically in Guama, some hog plum trees can be found and when it is in season you can see the exuberant yellow carpet formed by its fruit that aromatizes the environment.