I am so excited because a friend just gave me a gift of nances--something I know I will not be able to find in the US (correct me if I'm wrong!). Nances are a sour yellow cherry-like fruit that grow plentifully here in the valley of Comayagua. The picking season is from June to August and most people don't eat them fresh. They are very popular as a conserve or a ferment with lots of sugar (and sometimes alcohol). I was told that the bottled nances are best one they have set for about 6 months. Here, people eat them straight out of the jar (like my second picture, complete with the little pits), or use them as a topping for ice cream or snow cones ("minutas") much like we might use maraschino cherries.
For more info, see this link to Wikipedia :)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrsonima_crassifolia
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