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Love of fruit Scarlett "Boss" Chan lived above the produce market her family owned. She loved how some fruit made you work harder than others. How spiky exteriors begged for respect, and some melted in your mouth. She could identify every type of mango and tell the difference between a ripe cashew fruit and one that would tie your tongue like a whip. Her ability to open an avocado on the day of perfect ripeness was a miracle. She decided a pineapple was sour from a sniff, could tell if a governor plum had worms with a shake, and knew a soursop was sweet by giving it 'cut eye'. Her tamarind was never bitter, the pomeracs plump, passionfruit always heavenly and her sugar apples made the sunri...View all