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1 hour ago, heidih said:

Oh you! @blue_dolphin I just said in another topic I am not a fruit eater but I miss my plums and nectarines and peaches. Tree ripened, low watered stone fruit I do love. The problem is when you've had the best, settling sucks. Cue David Masumoto's "Epitaph for a Peach"

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20 hours ago, Anna N said:

Wonder how long before we get to see them, if ever. Do tell us what they taste like when you get a chance. Can you taste the cherry? The idea of a cherry/plum cross really appeals to me!

They really do taste like a cross between a cherry and plum. I get a sweet cherry taste upfront and the tarter plum on the aftertaste. The flesh is relatively firm and crisp. This is the first week for them. Not sure if they will get softer or more sweet later in the season.  They are very cute little things!

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They really do taste like a cross between a cherry and plum. I get a sweet cherry taste upfront and the tarter plum on the aftertaste. The flesh is relatively firm and crisp. This is the first week for them. Not sure if they will get softer or more sweet later in the season.  They are very cute little things!

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36 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

They really do taste like a cross between a cherry and plum.

Thanks. They do indeed sound like a fruit that I would love.

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Really ripe apricots are a treasure. My friend and I went to an estate sale once and there was an ancient tree - the kids let us pick - the car smelled incredibly sensuous. I caved to a Tuscan style cantaloupe today. From Dulcinea Farms in Fresno, Ca. I put it in my room as stepmom intensely squeezes fruit to check for ripeness. I will sleep with the perfume before I cut into it tomorrow - quite large for $3 per melon.  https://www.dulcinea.com/

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I just got a box of these Phulae pineapples (a Thai variety) grown in Guatemala and picked ripe (not picked green).  I have strong memories of going crazy over the pineapples in Thailand and Vietnam... They're much smaller than the pineapples we get here but they have such a strong flavor and aroma and are ridiculously sweet and juicy.  While carving this one, I had to stop a few times to remove the juice off the board so it wouldn't spill onto the counter.  Don't want to waste it!

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My mediocre carving job to remove the eye

 

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Finally!!!!  This plate lasted about 1-1/2 minutes between me and my wife.

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32 minutes ago, KennethT said:

My mediocre carving job to remove the eye

 

Not so bad! I'm always fascinated by how quickly the market people can peel and de-eye pineapples here. A few seconds per fruit.

I even bought one of the dedicated pineapple peelers they use, but I'm still hopeless.

 

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Lovely looking pineapples you got there!

 

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1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

 

Not so bad! I'm always fascinated by how quickly the market people can peel and de-eye pineapples here. A few seconds per fruit.

I even bought one of the dedicated pineapple peelers they use, but I'm still hopeless.

 

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Lovely looking pineapples you got there!

 

I've seen people in Thailand peel and de-eye them so fast - with a cleaver!

 

This was definitely the best pineapple I've had in the continental US. (I remember having some fantastic pineapple in Hawaii - but that was many years ago). I'm so happy I stumbled on to this Facebook group about buying/selling fruit. The quality is so much better than I can get locally - it's too bad shipping is so expensive.

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Yes. I've seen here and all over SE Asia.

I have a great memory of getting a pineapple like this - peeled and de-eyed but on a stick from a vendor roaming the beach in Thailand. Wish I took a photo of it.

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I have a great memory of getting a pineapple like this - peeled and de-eyed but on a stick from a vendor roaming the beach in Thailand. Wish I took a photo of it.

 

Me too. And I never took a photo either. Too busy wiping pineapple juice from my face and hands, I guess.

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Cute critter. Reminds me internally of passion fruit. The seeds are scooped out with the flesh and eaten?

I had an interesting fruit thing today at mainstream grocery. They labeled rambutan as lychee. No produce manager around so I bit my tongue. There were no lychee around, They looked  pretty fresh though.

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On 7/13/2021 at 4:18 AM, liuzhou said:

刺角瓜 (cī jué guā) Cucumis metuliferus - Horned Melon

 

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How's the flavour? I tried these once because they looked intriguing, but they tasted very weakly of cucumber and nothing else, and I wondered whether this had something to do with the degree of ripeness/shipping conditions.

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How's the flavour? I tried these once because they looked intriguing, but they tasted very weakly of cucumber and nothing else, and I wondered whether this had something to do with the degree of ripeness/shipping conditions.

 

Yes, they do taste somewhat of cucumber. After all, they are part of the cucumber family, as are all melons. In fact, Mandarin Chinese doesn't differentiate between melons, squashes, cucumbers etc. - they are all some kind of 瓜 (guā ).

 

That said, any time I've had these melons, I've more noticed a banana-like flavour. They also have a slight citrus flavour. Try lightly salting them; that brings out the flavours more.

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21 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes, they do taste somewhat of cucumber. After all, they are part of the cucumber family, as are all melons. In fact, Mandarin Chinese doesn't differentiate between melons, squashes, cucumbers etc. - they are all some king of 瓜 (guā ).

 

That said, any time I've had these melons, I've more noticed a banana-like flavour. They also have a slight citrus flavour. Try lightly salting them; that brings out the flavours more.

 

Thanks! I'll bear that in mind next time I try one; I've heard of people salting melon to bring out the flavor, too, though I've always found that melon has a lot of flavour to begin with.

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Could not resist stopping in the Asian supermarket on my way to the office this morning, picked up a case of 16 Ataulfo mangoes for $16.99, gave a bunch away to co-workers (one person took 5 to make fruit leather). They are from Ecuador and a little more tart.

 

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2 hours ago, KennethT said:

Since I won't be going to SE Asia any time soon, I decided to bring some of it to me... Just got in a box of a Thai variety of pineapple (grown in Guatemala).

 

 

 

Nice dressing of the pineapple. Here is my somewhat battered (well-used), dedicated pineapple shucking implement as used by every pineapple vendor in my local markets. Cost about next to nothing, back in 1997.

 

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Today they cost just over nothing.

I never tire of watching those vendors peel, de-eye and spiral cut those babies in seconds, over and over every day.

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Since I won't be going to SE Asia any time soon, I decided to bring some of it to me... Just got in a box of a Thai variety of pineapple (grown in Guatemala).

 

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In Shoprite this afternoon I saw an Asian looking woman with about eight or ten pineapples in her cart.  I wondered what she was doing with them.

 

 

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9 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Nice dressing of the pineapple. Here is my somewhat battered (well-used), dedicated pineapple shucking implement as used by every pineapple vendor in my local markets. Cost about next to nothing, back in 1997.

 

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Today they cost just over nothing.

I never tire of watching those vendors peel, de-eye and spiral cut those babies in seconds, over and over every day.

I need to get me one of those.  It is a real pain in the a&& going it with a knife!

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Even though we don't celebrate it, we got some green mango as a little Christmas gift to ourselves.  The seller called them "Taiwan mangoes" which I've seen them named before, but when we received the box, they actually are a product of Vietnam.  And huge!  Each mango is a little over 2 pounds!!!!  It was fantastic with a little bit of sugar/salt/chilli but it was great on its own as well.

 

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