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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2017-02-15 23:09:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2017-02-15 23:09:00

Mood: busy

Exotic Fruits

Here's a huge list of exotic fruits. Some of them I'd love to try.

Tags: food

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rix_scaedu

February 16 2017, 06:22:48 UTC 4 years ago

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The chayote is called a choke over here. The vines used to be grown over suburban outhouses, providing camouflage for said building and fruiting copiously to provide a cheap and versatile food during the depression and WWII.

They're the sort of thing that picks up other flavours and doesn't have much taste of its own.

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ysabetwordsmith

February 16 2017, 06:30:59 UTC 4 years ago

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That sounds useful for spicing and blending.

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rix_scaedu

February 16 2017, 07:50:42 UTC 4 years ago

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My phone corrected 'choko' to 'choke'!

I found this in the Wikipedia entry on chayote:

"In China, the chayote is known as the "Buddha's Hand Melon" (Chinese: 佛手瓜; pinyin: fó shǒu guā) or alternatively in Cantonese choko (cau1 kau4) 秋球 [lit. autumn ball], and is generally stir-fried. The common Australian and New Zealand word, choko, comes from the 19th century Cantonese market gardeners who introduced many vegetables into those countries."

I rather like them peeled, then boiled or steamed, and served with a cheese sauce. :)

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rix_scaedu

February 16 2017, 07:51:50 UTC 4 years ago

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Also this recipe link: http://www.sbs.com.au/food/ingredient/choko

fayanora

February 16 2017, 21:05:35 UTC 4 years ago

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Ugh, durian. Durian smells worse thank skunk butt. No idea how it tastes, but if it tastes even half as bad as it smells, it tastes like death. And lychee tastes utterly disgusting as well.

fayanora

February 16 2017, 21:07:59 UTC 4 years ago

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Albertson's had some Buddha's Hands for a while, but since even I wasn't adventurous enough to try one, it's little wonder they stopped carrying them.

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 16 2017, 21:11:06 UTC 4 years ago

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Harvest Market is catering to foodies, some of whom will buy something because they've never had it before. The more nifty things I see in the exotic fruit bin, the more I want to try. :D Which is to say, that has become a reason to stop there every time we're in town and not running late, because many exotic fruits have a very short fruiting period. More traffic, more sales. I want this place to succeed, I like them.

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fayanora

February 16 2017, 21:13:15 UTC 4 years ago

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Cool, cool. My main thing with the Buddha's Hand was I didn't have clue one how it was even edible, as it appeared to be made entirely of zest.

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ysabetwordsmith

February 16 2017, 21:28:27 UTC 4 years ago

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Exactly. It's what you buy when you want the very best of zest or peel, rather than juice or flesh. One could also use bottled lemon juice and Buddha's hand zest.

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fayanora

February 16 2017, 21:28:12 UTC 4 years ago

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Speaking of exotic fruits, there's a number of fruits in my worldbuilding stuff about Traipah. The two major ones are Alora and Findok fruit. Alora is Traipah's biggest fruit export, as it's got a sweet but cinnamon-spice sort of flavor that is highly popular, and makes a great "wine." (I put wine in quotation marks because I haven't decided if they actually ferment it or not, since alcohol doesn't affect the people of Traipah like it does us.)

The other one, Findok, is famous for having a very strong smell when ripe.

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ysabetwordsmith

February 16 2017, 22:08:55 UTC 4 years ago

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Yay! That's really cool.

johnpalmer

February 17 2017, 17:00:52 UTC 4 years ago

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My local QFC has jackfruit.

But it seems they're trying to sell a whole one. I don't have a family of five bringing their friends, all of whom are very hungry.

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