Laura B., fruit

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That's wonderful you found avocados. I eat 1/2 of one

3-4 times a week with my lunch. A veru favorite of

mine.

The star fruit is nice cut in thin rounds and used for

decorations on top of cheesecake, on a salad dish,

etc. I don't think there is too much of a flavor I

crave there. Dragon fruit I see all the time but have

only tasted it in a fruit drink, my friend buys them

when they are soft to the touch.

Jackfruit is already sliced and wrapped in the produce

area of our one main Whole Foods store, I don't see it

too often, the fruit itself is HUGE and I have never

seen the whole fruit sold, I only see it sold in large

wrapped slices.

Donna

 

--- " L.B. " <elbee577 wrote:

 

>

> This actually happened to me the first time I ever

> purchased an avocado to eat; it not being something

> I had " grown up with " , I was ignorant of what to

> look (or feel,etc) for in purchasing such fruit.

> The one I bought was a little too " green " , and I

> wasn't too sure I liked it, but I got an inspiration

> and it came out pretty well, after all. I was in

> school at the time, and was buying a few groceries

> to " take back to the dorm " . I added to my avocado a

> carton of lemon flavored yogurt, some " own juice "

> canned pineapple, and when I got to the dorm, I cut

> up the avocado into chunks, stirred it into the

> yogurt with the bits of pineapple, and ate it--it

> was GOOD. From then on, I was a fan of avocado--and

> later learned how to better tell when such fruit was

> " just right " to eat. (MMMM!)

>

> I am also curious about " starfruit " --which looks

> pretty, but someone told me doesn't taste like much.

> I've never tasted it. And " Jackfruit " --what is

> THAT? I saw some mention of that recently here,

> didn't I?

>

> Well those are my fruit questions. What is a

> Jackfruit, a starfruit and what do they taste

> like--how can the ripeness be determined? (and on

> that last question, I add, how can a dragonfruit's

> ripeness be determined?) Thank you for any answers!

> This is a very interesting and informative group!

>

> --Laura B.

>

>

>

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>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

 

 

 

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Jackfruits are big fruits with spikes and yellow meat

with big edible seeds.

 

Very popular in Asia. In the Philippines, we eat

everything - the fruit when ripe can be eaten fresh -

quite yummy; and can be also cooked in sugar and eaten

as dessert. When fruit is unripe, it can be cooked

with coconut milk, onions, pepper and eaten as a

vegetable dish; or marinated in vinegar - eaten as a

salad. The seeds are boiled an eaten as a snack! Ripe

fruit can be dried and eaten as a snack too!

 

Durian is as versatile - eaten fresh, flavouring in

ice cream and candies!

 

Dragon fruits are kinda exotic even for me; but again

quite delicious and we eat them fresh.

 

All these fruits readily available in various markets

all over Asia. Same as avocados, bananas, mangos

etc...

 

Gigi

 

--- Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote:

 

> That's wonderful you found avocados. I eat 1/2 of

> one

> 3-4 times a week with my lunch. A veru favorite of

> mine.

> The star fruit is nice cut in thin rounds and used

> for

> decorations on top of cheesecake, on a salad dish,

> etc. I don't think there is too much of a flavor I

> crave there. Dragon fruit I see all the time but

> have

> only tasted it in a fruit drink, my friend buys them

> when they are soft to the touch.

> Jackfruit is already sliced and wrapped in the

> produce

> area of our one main Whole Foods store, I don't see

> it

> too often, the fruit itself is HUGE and I have never

> seen the whole fruit sold, I only see it sold in

> large

> wrapped slices.

> Donna

>

> --- " L.B. " <elbee577 wrote:

>

> >

> > This actually happened to me the first time I

> ever

> > purchased an avocado to eat; it not being

> something

> > I had " grown up with " , I was ignorant of what to

> > look (or feel,etc) for in purchasing such fruit.

> > The one I bought was a little too " green " , and I

> > wasn't too sure I liked it, but I got an

> inspiration

> > and it came out pretty well, after all. I was in

> > school at the time, and was buying a few groceries

> > to " take back to the dorm " . I added to my avocado

> a

> > carton of lemon flavored yogurt, some " own juice "

> > canned pineapple, and when I got to the dorm, I

> cut

> > up the avocado into chunks, stirred it into the

> > yogurt with the bits of pineapple, and ate it--it

> > was GOOD. From then on, I was a fan of

> avocado--and

> > later learned how to better tell when such fruit

> was

> > " just right " to eat. (MMMM!)

> >

> > I am also curious about " starfruit " --which looks

> > pretty, but someone told me doesn't taste like

> much.

> > I've never tasted it. And " Jackfruit " --what is

> > THAT? I saw some mention of that recently here,

> > didn't I?

> >

> > Well those are my fruit questions. What is a

> > Jackfruit, a starfruit and what do they taste

> > like--how can the ripeness be determined? (and on

> > that last question, I add, how can a dragonfruit's

> > ripeness be determined?) Thank you for any

> answers!

> > This is a very interesting and informative group!

> >

> > --Laura B.

> >

> >

> >

> > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> > removed]

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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