CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 A family-owned shop on the Westside is keeping an Easter tradition alive by offering a deal oncascarones.<\/p>\n
Sally Martinez works at Fruit King Produce on Ayers, where the confetti-filled eggs are a hot seller thistime of the year. The eggs have been a staple for decades.<\/p>\n
“They’re calling their family members saying go get me some more. Go get me some more,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n
Martinez said her grandfather started the store 50 years ago.<\/p>\n
“He had a big family. And he had a lot of mouths to feed,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n
Martinez has been involved with the shop for years, walking me through memory lane.<\/p>\n
“Since they started in the beginning selling the cascarones out here, I was the one out here actually doingit as a teenager,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n
When it comes to cascarones, the shop says they have the hottest deal in town.<\/p>\n
“You get two bags. Two bags! For only $22,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n
That post is what caught the attention of customer Monica Reyes. During a time when families have tochoose between things like groceries and fun, places like Fruit King Produce are helping them hold on toboth.<\/p>\n
“So we’ve been going all over Corpus, four different places just to look for it, and we finally found it. Sowe’re here we’re fixing to take four bags, girl,” Reyes said.<\/p>\n
For neighbors like Martinez and Reyes, these are childhood traditions they will never forget and will passon to their children.<\/p>\n
“All the cousins getting together, and cracking eggs on each other,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n
“Family is everything. Enjoy it,” Reyes said.<\/p>\n
Martinez said seeing families laughing and cracking cascarones, just like her family has done her entirelife, is what makes the tradition so special.<\/p>\n
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