This morning, one of my neighbors posted in our neighborhood Facebook group asking if anyone wanted some Suriname cherries. My first step was to come here where I found a couple of posts from @shain (whose posts I miss and hope is Ok) in this topic and over in the gardening topic which convinced me they’re edible. I also found an old post in a topic about unusual ice cream flavors that mentioned making a sorbet with chilies. Interesting! So I went over to meet my neighbor and picked these from 3 different trees in his yard:
Sorry for the poor focus. As @shain mentioned, when they’re ripe, the fruits fall right off the tree so it was more like catching them than picking! My neighbor said that last year, the dark variety were the biggest but this year, that tree produced a plethora of tiny fruit instead.
I believe they are from the same Eugenia family as the Rio Grande cherry that I posted about upthread. These are smaller but also more flavorful. The flavors of the fruit from the three different trees were distinctly different but I think I will combine them and try the sorbet idea. The pit is pretty big so it may be just one serving!
