Dolores's Fruit Salad

Dolores (Granny) was known for her Fruit Salad.  Once you've tasted it, no other Fruit Salad will ever come close!  There are a few secret ingredients, but most important of all is to use your hands when mixing the fruit.  It really does make a tremendous difference.

Ingredients:

1 Golden Ripe Pineapple 
1 Beautiful Sweet Papaya
4 Glorious Mangoes
6 Juicy Grapefruit
6 Ripe Bananas
1/2 cup of Honey (to taste)
1 Tablespoon of bitters
1/2 bottle of Guyana Rum (at least)
If you can find Passion Fruit Juice, add a can for the original taste!

Directions:

1. Peel the pineapple, rub salt into it and then rinse it.  Now cut it in chunks removing the core as you go. Place the fruit into a large, deep bowl.


2. Slice the Papaya in half and scoop out the seeds. Gently peel the thin skin and slice the fruit into chunks and add it to the fruit in the bowl.

3. Slice the Mangoes, with the skins remaining, down the side on either side of the pit.  Take each "cheek" and score the fruit into 1 inch cubes.  They will easily pop out of the skin and slide right into the bowl with the other fruit.    

4. Peel the grapefruit,  section and remove the white pith, leaving only the fruit and mix it into the rest of the fruit WITH YOUR HANDS.

5. Slice the bananas and add them to the rest of the fruit. 

Mix the rest of the ingredients into the fruit.  First the honey, then the bitters and finally the Rum....MIX WITH YOUR HANDS and taste.  ADD a little bit more of whatever it needs...generally it is the RUM...chill for at least an hour.

Nothing beats Granny's Fruit Salad to put a smile on your face and pink in your cheeks!