old entry from between jun 25 and jun 28

I finished my book, which makes me sad because I feel like ive made such good friends with oskal schell

i learned about/ate “pataste”

google translate says in english its “chayote” but i’ve never heard that in english.  it’s similar to a potato.  in some other language its called potato from the sky.

the dictionary says:

“the green or white, furrowed, usually pear-shaped, edible fruit of this plant.”

here is a picture i found of it