Soursop - Guanábana - Guyabano

A wineskin shaped custard apple, green and covered in spikes. Cut in half, it is a white and black butterfly. A giant worthy of sticking on Nabokov's wall. When you turn it inside out mammary flaps fan like a pop up book, revealing soft white purses of mucus that hold black seeds similar to watermelon's. These pockets feel fibrous and sinewy until pierced by your canines and the seeds slide out. It's surprising when these storage disks detach cleanly, with less slime and hair than those in a pumpkin. The freed flesh is suddenly easy to chew. Teeth slice through it like morsels of flan fragrant with gardenia, wild yeast, banana, strawberry, mango, watermelon, cananga, pineapple, guava, vanilla, custard, and pear.