Fruit

[KennethT]

6 minutes ago, shain said:

 

Thanks. Not sure of the variety I think it is Kent or Keitt, possibly an hybrid.

I thought it looked like a Keitt - but it's hard to tell from the photo.  I just finished a box of about 25 of them! (grown in Mexico). 

[shain]

25 minutes ago, KennethT said:

I thought it looked like a Keitt - but it's hard to tell from the photo.  I just finished a box of about 25 of them! (grown in Mexico). 

 

 I love those mangoes. It's the second best I had, when picked ripe. Best I had was grown by a friend from chance breeding (mangoes are prone to mutate when grown from seed, though not as much s apples do).

I like it being low on fiber, good tartness-to sweetness ratio and having hints of coconut and orange.

[KennethT]

27 minutes ago, shain said:

 

 I love those mangoes. It's the second best I had, when picked ripe. Best I had was grown by a friend from chance breeding (mangoes are prone to mutate when grown from seed, though not as much s apples do).

I like it being low on fiber, good tartness-to sweetness ratio and having hints of coconut and orange.

exactly!

[MokaPot]

Honeycrisp apples are available and tasting pretty good this season (not mealy). Just letting you guys know. Little bit expensive, but hey.

[liuzhou]

Fresh dates

 

 

[shain]

Annona, gift from a neighbor. I didn't know that they come in red (only ever seen the green type).

o good. To me it tastes like pears and vanilla ice cream.

 

 

[heidih]

2 hours ago, shain said:

Annona, gift from a neighbor. I didn't know that they come in red (only ever seen the green type).

o good. To me it tastes like pears and vanilla ice cream.

 

 

 

That red is stunning.  I am not a custardy fruit person - why my neighbor loved me as I let him have all the white figs he wanted. One place I lived had a cherimoya (related I think) It was big! Owner did not enjoy the fruit so all the Asian and Latin old ladies schlepped over with their bags and filled up (in front yard). I can still smell that sweetness during peak season as the kids rode their bikes and skateboards over them on sidewalk. Took dog across road to avoid stickiness. Now I miss it...and the neighbors

[shain]

38 minutes ago, heidih said:

That red is stunning.  I am not a custardy fruit person - why my neighbor loved me as I let him have all the white figs he wanted. One place I lived had a cherimoya (related I think) It was big! Owner did not enjoy the fruit so all the Asian and Latin old ladies schlepped over with their bags and filled up (in front yard). I can still smell that sweetness during peak season as the kids rode their bikes and skateboards over them on sidewalk. Took dog across road to avoid stickiness. Now I miss it...and the neighbors

 

Actually some of the fruits were very ripe and custrady but the rest much less so, somewhere between the very custrady ones and a lychee.

[heidih]

1 minute ago, shain said:

 

Actually some of the fruits were very ripe and custrady but the rest much less so, somewhere between the very custrady ones and a lychee.

 

Ah!  lychee in ice water and popped free from skins - perfect outside on a hot day with friends

[liuzhou]

Pomelo (with avocado for scale). A PITA to peel, but worth it in the end.

 

 

[shain]

I love pomelos! We don't have a tree, but we exchange oranges and mandarins with neighbors for them every winter.

They are also great in salads.

[liuzhou]

16 minutes ago, shain said:

I love pomelos! We don't have a tree, but we exchange oranges and mandarins with neighbors for them every winter.

They are also great in salads.

 

Agreed. Round here the peel is also processed and braised with pork.

[TicTac]

6 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Agreed. Round here the peel is also processed and braised with pork.

Also great if you remove the pith, in tea.

 

 

[liuzhou]

Pomelo pith is made into a marmalade-resembling product here.

 

 

 

Despite its appearance, it is in fact, used for making pomelo tea.

 

 

[heidih]

1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

Pomelo pith is made into a marmalade-resembling product here.

 

 

 

Despite its appearance, it is in fact, used for making pomelo tea.

 

Yes - I enjoy the similar Korean one with honey that I think is citron though I see it as yuzu as well. . A cure-all they say.  

[liuzhou]

It's New Year's Day - Year of the Ox. Perfect time for the market to be selling these.

 

They have two names in Chinese. 贡柑 (gòng gān), meaning "Tribute Tangerine". "Tribute" applied to food usually means that it was once reserved for the Emperor and his household. Commoners would be executed for eating them.

 

The second name is 发财柑 (fā cái gān), meaning "Get Rich Tangerine". 发财 (fā cái) is the Mandarin version of "fat choy" as featured in the Cantonese new year greeting, 恭喜发财 / 恭喜發財 (gong hei fat choy) which means "wishing you great happiness and riches". In Mandarin, this expression is rarely used and Chinese people here are baffled as to why foreigners address them in Cantonese, a language less than 5% speak! And the few who do live mainly in the south and Hong Kong. The most common greeting elsewhere is a simple 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè), meaning "Happy New Year".

 

Now, you are probably thinking 'tangerines! those small orange-like fruits!' These are like no other tangerines. They are huge.

 

 

They are also incrediby juicy. I ate the one on the right and needed a shower! Biting into it is like I imagine it would be biting into a water-filled balloon. Next time, I'll just eat them in the shower.

 

The also contain a lot of seeds and are quite bitter - but not unpleasantly so.

 

 

I have attempted to find an English or Latin name, but failed. So far.

 

Edited July 2, 2022 by liuzhou (log)

[shain]

Weirdest kiwi I've ever seen. They're good though.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by shain (log)

[liuzhou]

8 hours ago, shain said:

Weirdest kiwi I've ever seen. They're good though.

 

 

 

I see these misshapen kiwis in my local supermarket from time to time. They are fine.

[heidih]

I don't seek out raspberries and similar though I do pick our local ones when on a canyon trail and they are ripe and within reach. My sister is a huge boysenberry fan. Supposedly originated locally. First preserves I ever made were boysenberry for her Christmas gift as a teen, Clueless about canning so I sealed jar with wax. Local newsletter just announced a festival. I sent her the link to torment her.

History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boysenberry

Festival:  https://www.knotts.com/events/taste-of-boysenberry-festival

[liuzhou]

Yellow Watermelon

 

 

[liuzhou]

Jamaican tangelos aka Ugli Fruit. These have recently been introduced to China where they are known as 牙买加丑橘 (yá mǎi jiā chǒu jú), literally 'Jamaican ugly tangerine'.

 

 

 

[Katie Meadow]

On 4/21/2021 at 5:25 PM, liuzhou said:

Yellow Watermelon

 

 

I adore a good yellow watermelon. Don't you think it has a slightly vegetal quality? Hard to describe. I'm convinced the ones with seeds are better than seedless. But I think that's true of all watermelon. Looking forward to the season here in northern CA. I will be in Atlanta in June and I wonder if yellow watermelon is popular there. I'm looking forward to everything but the flight, that dreadful airport and the weather. 

[liuzhou]

Just now, Katie Meadow said:

I adore a good yellow watermelon. Don't you think it has a slightly vegetal quality?

 

I can't say I'd know the difference between a yellow and a regular in a blind taste test, to be honest. That's just maybe my poor palate.

I've never encountered a seedless watermelon, so I prefer the ones with seeds!

[rotuts]

red is more water-melon-ey

 

then yellow.

 

as red tomatoes ( even bad one from the Super )

 

have more tomato flavor than , say yellow etc

 

its p0ssible the yellow is sweeter

 

but might be a field-ripeness issue.

[liuzhou]

I was long convinced I could taste the difference between red dragon fruit and regular dragon fruit. Then, with a friend's help, I did a blind tasting. I hadn't a clue.

I'm convinced now that a large part of taste is decided by expectations - especially visual.