Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ I don't know if this is a regional thing or what, but as a kid growing up in the St. Louis area, I knew pomegranates as "Indian apples."
Originally Posted By Kala I love exotic fruits! Growing up in Hawaii we had papaya every morning, cut in half, scoop out the seeds and squeeze lemon in the cavity then scoop it out, that is heaven to me. Big Hayden mangoes can't be beat! When ripe they are sloppy and messy I remember eating mangoes from our mango tree and having to make sure we washed our hands and face right away or we would get a rash the sap is like turpentine. Pickled mango is the best! Lilikoi, or passion fruit, looks weird, dark purple when ripe but is sooo good and sweet! Breadfruit is a bumpy green thing, but baked in the oven and eaten with butter YUM!! It is very starchy. Guavas are also my favorite eaten ripe, or green, sliced up and doused with shoyu, vinegar and pepper. Guavas have lots of seeds. Green mangoes also taste good this way. Red lychees from the lychee tree very sweet, sticky, sticky jack fruit, star fruit, dragon fruit, mountain apples all good, but if you have the chance to eat the custardy fruit of the durian try it! The fruit smells awful! My father use to cut it up outside and scoop out the seeds and flesh then triple bag the skin and dump it right away. The taste is sweet like a pudding. Durian milkshakes ohhhh man. Great now I'm craving guavas and mangoes. :9
Originally Posted By beamerdog I ate pomegranates back in the '60's. I love the burst of flavor when you bite down, yum. I've got to try some of the others I haven't had. Are these seasonal in any way?
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Get a good, ripe passionfruit, get a small teaspoonful of the pulp and drop it into the bottom of a champagne flute, top with your favorite sparkling wine.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Kala, You've piqued my interest in trying more exotic fruits. In Asian supermarkets, you can get guava juice and other exotic juices.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Beamerdog: Passionfruit seeds are edible, but they're awfully crunchy and tough to chew. I don't like to eat them, and it's really easy to separate the pulp from the seeds themselves. I didn't realize until a few years ago that pomegranate seeds are entirely edible, but there again they're hard to chew. I just eat 'em like seeded watermelon. *ptui!*
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lol Tim, in the UK, most people eat the seeds and throw away the Pomegranite.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I think he sucks the pulp off the seeds and spits the hard pip out, tossing the fruit once the seeds are "eaten".
