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PasturesNew

Those people that have had Sharon fruit.... how did you first eat one?

I'd not randomly spot a funny fruit/veg and buy it to try. Might not like it, might do it wrong. e.g. imagine if, having never seen a banana, you bought one and ate the whole thing, including the skin? You need to know what you're doing. And - how do you know if you've had a good one - you might hate the first one and that's because it wasn't ripe/was over-ripe and you'd not know that without the experience or somebody to also taste it and advise.

Amys

I've been eating Sharon fruit for years, I will usually slice it in a similar way to slicing a tomato.

Another unusual fruit, although it is not in season at the moment, but often goes down well the children is the star fruit, when sliced this looks like a five pointed star. It is not quite as sweet or nice tasting as Sharon fruit, but the novelty of the shape creates interest.

I also love Cape Gooseberries, or the acquired taste kumquats. most people cook with kumquat, but I like eating them raw, including skin.


If you like juicing, then it is worth looking out for a dragon fruit, although not so nice eating raw.

troll35

If I spot some fruit/veg I've not tried before (and its at a reasonable price) then I'm quite happy to buy some to try without considering how it should be eaten. Google then supplies the answers. With fruit, most are ripe when the skin 'gives' a bit when you press on it gently.
I didn't like dragon fruit when I tried that and prickly pears (a cactus fruit) I first tried in Turkey many years ago, buying them off street sellers who sliced them into 1/4s and showed us how to eat them. They were delicious then, but when I've tried them since, I didn't like them...strange.
Spirit of adventure:j

meritaten

Fruball - I would liken them to a cross between peach and melon but sweeter!
Pasturesnew - I prob wouldnt have bought them except they had a little info label on them! explaining you could eat them like an apple or cut them up . The skins are edible - but i found them a bit too tough. so sort of ate the inside - while OH ate the lot!
I have seen Sharon fruit in Adsas, and these were far larger and darker orange - which is why I thought them 'strange fruit'! the ones I bought seemed very ripe, perhaps adsas sell them underipe?
but, they were lovely and have gone to the top of my list of 'fave' fruits!

Tiglath

I've seen sharon fruit but don't remember ever trying them - my local market does them about 6 for £1. In South America I ate something called cherimoya - think they're related to custard-apples but are slightly different.

V_Chic_Chick

I've never had persimmons before, but I am rather partial to mangosteens. Unfortunately, I discovered them whilst abroad where they could be bought very cheaply from local street vendors if you knew what you were doing (if you didn't know what you were doing, then they would try to charge you £3 for a mango :rotfl::rotfl:). Having returned to the UK, the only place that sells them is the Chinese supermarket - £4.50 for three tiny little fruit :eek::eek:

If anyone knows where to find mangosteens at a price that doesn't imply that they have to be smuggled into the UK in someone's underpants then I'd be much obliged!

SailorSam

I must have misunderstood the thread title,
i was going to say Craig Revel Horwood.

meanmarie

Pastures New....you reminded me of a friend, who when first given a kiwi, ate the whole lot....you can eat the skin,great for fibre, but not the nicest thing I have ever eaten.

I love persimmons too, very short season unfortunately.

Marie

lostinrates

To any one who has a good fruit stall at a market try persimmons there. I was never fussed until my husband showed me they are best in the varieties that go translucent and soft. If one is not proud when they are soft enough you can bite a hole in them and suck out the innards like a slurping vampire, or if you are more polite, you can eat them with a spoon, but these 'caci' I have never seen outside London in uk and never in a supermarket ( fruit stall outside the waitrose at Swiss cottage used to have delicious ones a this time of year).

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Those people that have had Sharon fruit.... how did you first eat one?

I'd not randomly spot a funny fruit/veg and buy it to try. Might not like it, might do it wrong. e.g. imagine if, having never seen a banana, you bought one and ate the whole thing, including the skin? You need to know what you're doing. And - how do you know if you've had a good one - you might hate the first one and that's because it wasn't ripe/was over-ripe and you'd not know that without the experience or somebody to also taste it and advise.

Pn, the Internet is great. Anything you find to eat, you are sure to find advice on how to prep it. .