dragonfruit | Imamother

greenfire

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 5:55 pm

what was your new fruit ... we had dragonfruit and passion fruit ...

geemum

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:16 pm

custard apple. ewwww

much prefer your shehecheyanu fruits...mmmm

greenfire

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:24 pm

I usually have fresh figs - but there were none left ...

Newly Wed

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:26 pm

Saw the dragon fruit in the store. Whatsit like?

solo

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:27 pm

custard apple? I havent seen that around in brooklyn. it sounds good.
we had:
passion fruit. yummy.
figs. good too
pepino melon. not even sure its haetz but bought anyway. it tasted like throw up.
rimon. always good. but not exciting and different. we have it a lot at home
dragon fruit. tasteless. I bought one in israel when we were there for yom tov that was purple inside - this one was white - and it tasted incredible. never had such good shehecheyanu fruit as when I was in israel.

NotSoNewKallah

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:28 pm

we had passion fruit last year in the hotel we went to. this year we bought dragon fruit cuz it looked so cool! its kind of like kiwi inside but less flavorful and less acidic.

greenfire

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:34 pm

NewKallah wrote:

this year we bought dragon fruit cuz it looked so cool! its kind of like kiwi inside but less flavorful and less acidic.

exactly how I described it ... we ate the pink skin too ... Tongue Out

NotSoNewKallah

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:36 pm

greenfire wrote:

NewKallah wrote:

this year we bought dragon fruit cuz it looked so cool! its kind of like kiwi inside but less flavorful and less acidic.

exactly how I described it ... we ate the pink skin too ... Tongue Out

didnt know it was edible also...

solo

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:38 pm

hmm . ur absolutely right! dragonfrit really does have the texture of kiwi, with all those tiny seeds, but none of the taste. didnt think the skin was meant to be eaten either

pina colada

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:39 pm

We had dragon fruit and fresh figs.

The dragon fruit is pretty bland tasting. The figs were really sweet.

We also had dates on a stem, very sweet, star fruit and pomegranate.

greenfire

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:47 pm

we thought the skin would make for a more interesting event ...

also had a pomegranate - but that was for the 613 seeds ... which we didn't try to count ...

solo

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 6:56 pm

greenfire, one very boring succos when I was single I counted 5 pomegranates. with the unripe seeds, without, including the rotten ones... there was never 613. mostly way more!

ROFL

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 7:00 pm

We had horned melon. Did anyone ever have it. My Dh who eats anything thought it was gross. Or better yet as my DD said slimly yet unsatisfying.

Rubber Ducky

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 7:06 pm

We ate a star fruit. It was OK, but a bit insipid. Usually it has more tang.

What is a dragon fruit?

Raisin

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 7:08 pm

papaya, mango, passion fruit, lots of fresh figs, dried dates, pomegranates.

imasinger

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 8:07 pm

We had dragonfruit, too. And quince, ugli fruit (though I joked about whether that might not be a good siman), and starfruit.

I wasn't that impressed with the dragonfruit. I guess it's better when it's fresh from the tree.

mother48

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 8:11 pm

I saw a dragon fruit for the first time-it it so cool looking! Looks like something you'd see swimming in a coral reef.

We had pomegrantes, sabras, horned mellon, fresh dates and figs, red tamarillo and star fruit.

ffbmom

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 10:15 pm

Ever try yellow dragonfruit? Much better and sweeter than the red, but very expensive and rare.

greenfire

Mon, Sep 21 2009, 11:33 pm

solo wrote:

greenfire, one very boring succos when I was single I counted 5 pomegranates. with the unripe seeds, without, including the rotten ones... there was never 613. mostly way more!

we have tried ... never to the end ...