Exotic fruits what have you tried

amother

Rose

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 4:46 pm

Anyone know which other of the ones listed are in season? It's not worth getting if it doesn't taste good! I prefer fruits that taste sweet to tangy/sour/tart.

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 4:48 pm

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

Anyone know which other of the ones listed are in season? It's not worth getting if it doesn't taste good! I prefer fruits that taste sweet to tangy/sour/tart.

where do you live ?

amother

Rose

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 4:52 pm

Thanks OP, but I actually wanted the name for this fruit. I live in the USA.

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There's also a different fruit that is a little similar to passion fruit but orange peel and greyish inside and it's so sweet and delicious!

rowo

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 4:54 pm

Black Sapote, ‘chocolate pudding fruit’ is fun to try.

There are so many awesome tropical fruits, but a lot of them don’t store or travel well.

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 4:58 pm

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

Thanks OP, but I actually wanted the name for this fruit. I live in the USA.

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There's also a different fruit that is a little similar to passion fruit but orange peel and greyish inside and it's so sweet and delicious!

I don't know what part of the USA you live in but near where I live in brooklyn I've seen passion fruit, sweet lemons , lychee.(I also am seeing cherries and nectarines now although they are not exotic) I am sure that soon the jewish stores will have more stuff right before tu bshvat (everything is imported). If you live OOT and are willing to pay more amazon has most of the stuff listed above (but they cost a fortune!)

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:00 pm

rowo wrote:

Black Sapote, ‘chocolate pudding fruit’ is fun to try.

There are so many awesome tropical fruits, but a lot of them don’t store or travel well.

Never heard of that one ! Do you know where I can buy ?

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:04 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

What is that ?

Brazilian fruit. Jaboticaba kind of looks like a grape and grows on a tree and acerola looks like a cherry.

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:05 pm

amother [ Firebrick ] wrote:

Brazilian fruit. Jaboticaba kind of looks like a grape and grows on a tree and acerola looks like a cherry.

Where did you get it from ?

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:08 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Where did you get it from ?

Got it while traveling there, I don't think I've ever seen it here or anywhere else.

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:10 pm

amother [ Firebrick ] wrote:

Got it while traveling there, I don't think I've ever seen it here or anywhere else.

Did you have Brazilian Pappaya when you went there ? I heard it's very tasty.

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:12 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Did you have Brazilian Pappaya when you went there ? I heard it's very tasty.

Absolutely delicious, every fruit there is sweeter. They also have a huge variety of bananas.

amother

Pewter

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:27 pm

My parents were born and raised in Cuba
They grew up with the following fruits
Not sure if they are in season now
But as a child we had these or desserts made with these

Tamarind
Guava
Guanábano also known as Soursop
Mamey
Mamoncillo -a type of lychee
Níspero
Cherimoya

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:32 pm

amother [ Pewter ] wrote:

I saw tamarind in the store but never had it. I heard it is very sour. I see soursop in the stores very often I thought it was a veg LOL. How does it taste ? I saw mamey on amazon but never in the stores. What is Nispero ?

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:45 pm

amother [ Pewter ] wrote:

I had a tamarind candy thing once that was very good, don't know the name though.

ra_mom

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:45 pm

HILY wrote:

I love tamarillo, I'm always looking forward to tu bishvat season and rosh hashana season when the jewish fruit stores are selling all types of exotic fruit.
There's also a different fruit that is a little similar to passion fruit but orange peel and greyish inside and it's so sweet and delicious!

Lychee?

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

Thanks OP, but I actually wanted the name for this fruit. I live in the USA.

Quote:

There's also a different fruit that is a little similar to passion fruit but orange peel and greyish inside and it's so sweet and delicious!

Lychee

Good Friend

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:51 pm

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

Thanks OP, but I actually wanted the name for this fruit. I live in the USA.

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There's also a different fruit that is a little similar to passion fruit but orange peel and greyish inside and it's so sweet and delicious!

You might be talking about Granadilla. I live in South America, my kids eat it a lot. I personally am not a fan.

amother

Thu, Jan 06 2022, 5:54 pm

Good Friend wrote:

You might be talking about Granadilla. I live in South America, my kids eat it a lot. I personally am not a fan.

Wow ! It looks beautiful on google !