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07-28-2016, 01:03 PM
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Rambutan Rambut means hair and the name rambutan is derived from the word. So, hairy fruit. It’s native to Southeast Asia and is related to other similar fruits such as the longan. Once you peel off the hairy exterior, the white, ridiculously delicious tender meat is revealed.
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Mangosteen
About the size of a plum, the mangosteen has a super sweet fruit underneath its waxy purple exterior.
In Indonesia, it is common to make tea and jams out of the mangosteen, since it is extremely sweet. The fruit is also touted as a cure to some health ailments, although the science is out on that.
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Mammee AppleThe mamey (mammea americana) is also known as mammee apple. This tropical fruit is related to the mangosteen and is the size of a large orange. The mamey has a thick, russet bitter skin and sweet, juicy reddish or yellow flesh, with a taste similar to a naseberry. The raw fruit is often served in fruit salads or with wine, sugar or cream, especially in Jamaica. In The Bahamas, the flesh is first soaked in salted water in order to remove its bitterness. The skin is very soft when ripe and you can just cut it and eat with a spoon or directly from the peel.
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CherimoyaThe cherimoya, also spelled chirimoya, is the fruit of the species Annona cherimola, which generally is thought to be native to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia[1] then transported to the Andes and Central America.[1][2][3] Today, cherimoya is grown throughout South Asia, Central America, South America, California, Hawaii, southern Europe, East Africa, Kisii in particular and northern Africa. Mark Twain called the cherimoya "the most delicious fruit known to man."[4] The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, custard apple. Cherimoya is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 9 m (30 feet) tall. The leaves are alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, 7–15 cm long and 6–10 cm broad. The flowers are produced in small clusters, each flower 2–3 cm across, with six petals, yellow-brown, often spotted purple at the base. The fruit is oval, often slightly oblate, 10–20 cm long and 7–10 cm in diameter, with a smooth or slightly tuberculated skin. The fruit flesh is white and creamy, and has numerous dark brown seeds embedded in it.[1] When ripe, the skin is green and gives slightly to pressure. Some characterize the fruit flavor as a blend of banana, pineapple, papaya, peach, and strawberry. The fruit can be chilled and eaten with a spoon, which has earned it another nickname, the ice cream fruit. Indeed, in Peru, it is commonly used in ice creams and yogurt.
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AguajeThe Aguaje fruit grows from a palm tree. The fruit can be eaten raw or made into juice, jam, ice cream or fermented as wine.
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Durian No other fruit is as pungent and as divisive as the durian. You either love the smelly fruit or you hate it with all your heart. It’s hard not to notice this huge spiked fruit when you happen to go to a Chinatown. Some love the smell while others are repulsed by it. But just to be safe, some hotels and public transportation systems banned the durian as they smell even when the husk is intact. And the odor stays for days.
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Fruit of the HalaEast of the orange-y sections is called a ‘key’. They’re sweet but you don’t actually eat them. You just chew them and spit. Just like when you ‘eat’ sugar cane. They’re endemic to Hawaii.
Rambutan Rambut means hair and the name rambutan is derived from the word. So, hairy fruit. It’s native to Southeast Asia and is related to other similar fruits such as the longan. Once you peel off the hairy exterior, the white, ridiculously delicious tender meat is revealed.
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Mangosteen
About the size of a plum, the mangosteen has a super sweet fruit underneath its waxy purple exterior.
In Indonesia, it is common to make tea and jams out of the mangosteen, since it is extremely sweet. The fruit is also touted as a cure to some health ailments, although the science is out on that.
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Mammee AppleThe mamey (mammea americana) is also known as mammee apple. This tropical fruit is related to the mangosteen and is the size of a large orange. The mamey has a thick, russet bitter skin and sweet, juicy reddish or yellow flesh, with a taste similar to a naseberry. The raw fruit is often served in fruit salads or with wine, sugar or cream, especially in Jamaica. In The Bahamas, the flesh is first soaked in salted water in order to remove its bitterness. The skin is very soft when ripe and you can just cut it and eat with a spoon or directly from the peel.
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CherimoyaThe cherimoya, also spelled chirimoya, is the fruit of the species Annona cherimola, which generally is thought to be native to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia[1] then transported to the Andes and Central America.[1][2][3] Today, cherimoya is grown throughout South Asia, Central America, South America, California, Hawaii, southern Europe, East Africa, Kisii in particular and northern Africa. Mark Twain called the cherimoya "the most delicious fruit known to man."[4] The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, custard apple. Cherimoya is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 9 m (30 feet) tall. The leaves are alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, 7–15 cm long and 6–10 cm broad. The flowers are produced in small clusters, each flower 2–3 cm across, with six petals, yellow-brown, often spotted purple at the base. The fruit is oval, often slightly oblate, 10–20 cm long and 7–10 cm in diameter, with a smooth or slightly tuberculated skin. The fruit flesh is white and creamy, and has numerous dark brown seeds embedded in it.[1] When ripe, the skin is green and gives slightly to pressure. Some characterize the fruit flavor as a blend of banana, pineapple, papaya, peach, and strawberry. The fruit can be chilled and eaten with a spoon, which has earned it another nickname, the ice cream fruit. Indeed, in Peru, it is commonly used in ice creams and yogurt.
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AguajeThe Aguaje fruit grows from a palm tree. The fruit can be eaten raw or made into juice, jam, ice cream or fermented as wine.
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Durian No other fruit is as pungent and as divisive as the durian. You either love the smelly fruit or you hate it with all your heart. It’s hard not to notice this huge spiked fruit when you happen to go to a Chinatown. Some love the smell while others are repulsed by it. But just to be safe, some hotels and public transportation systems banned the durian as they smell even when the husk is intact. And the odor stays for days.
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Fruit of the HalaEast of the orange-y sections is called a ‘key’. They’re sweet but you don’t actually eat them. You just chew them and spit. Just like when you ‘eat’ sugar cane. They’re endemic to Hawaii.