Kiwano

[Jamie D]

What do you do with this:

[justmeinoz]

Try and work out which episode of "Dr Who " they were in?

[Jamie D]

I don't eat vegetables that remind me of fractals!

[Cindy]

I don't eat vegetables that remind me of fractals!

What is it?

The first one I think is Malaysian and stinks to high heaven but tastes great.

[justmeinoz]

If it is a Durian, eat it in the middle of the backyard as it  WILL stink the house out.  Apparently taste is amazing though, and worth it. 

I think fractals are cool!

[Jamie D]

The kiwano is also known as the "horned melon" or "African horned cucumber."

That green thing is a romanescu broccoli.

[Jamie D]

If it is a Durian, eat it in the middle of the backyard as it  WILL stink the house out.  Apparently taste is amazing though, and worth it. 

I think fractals are cool!

I have had durian fruit in a Thai dessert before.  I do not believe they can be legally imported into the United States.

[Cindy]

You can buy them in Adelaide. They totally stink. I wonder how anyone eat the first one Its macabre to think of the first person who did so. What is a romanescu broccoli? some clever  breeding or does it occur naturally. Then again the best thing to do with broccoli is to look at it or feed it to someone else

[Jamie D]

Speaking of stinky fruit, if you have one of these in the neighborhood, you will know it!



Amazing medicinal properties though. Also, one of the oldest existing genera.

Ginkgo biloba

[Jamie D]

You can buy them in Adelaide. They totally stink. I wonder how anyone eat the first one Its macabre to think of the first person who did so. What is a romanescu broccoli? some clever  breeding or does it occur naturally. Then again the best thing to do with broccoli is to look at it or feed it to someone else

It dates back, at least, to 16th century Italy.

Those Italians must be clever, because the "spirals on the head of Romanesco broccoli is a Fibonacci number."

[Cindy]

Not particularly unusual in plants

[Jamie D]

Now these are pretty good.  You more often run across beverages flavored with the fruit extract, but the raw fruit is good too.  They come originally from Central America, where they are called "pitaya."  The rest of the world knows them as "dragon fruit."



It is actually the fruit of a cactus.

[AbraCadabra]

It, (Durian) tastes like eggnog and is VERY high in protein... can give you protein shock like having had too many oysters.

Now as for the smell... really old sweaty socks might come close, though once you start to eat it, the smell just (for the eater) goes away. Don't ask me why

As for oysters once they have a smell other then fresh sea or fresh ... ja well, ja now fine, they are best avoided and in any case not eaten if the month does not have an "R" in it.

AxIt, (Durian) tastes like eggnog and is VERY high in protein... can give you protein shock like having had too many oysters.

Now as for the smell... really old sweaty socks might come close, though once you start to eat it, the smell just (for the eater) goes away. Don't ask me why

As for oysters once they have a smell other then fresh sea or fresh ... ja well, ja now fine, they are best avoided and in any case not eaten if the month does not have an "R" in it.

Axélle

[Jamie D]

It (Durian) tastes like eggnog and is VERY high in protein... can give you protein shock like having had too many oysters.

Now as for the smell... really old sweaty socks might come close, though once you start to eat it, the smell just (for the eater) goes away. Don't ask me why

As for oysters once they have a smell other then fresh sea or fresh ... ja well, ja now fine, they are best avoided and in any case not eaten if the month does not have an "R" in it.

Michelle

All of my significant others were required to imbibe raw oysters.  Good practice, you know!

[AbraCadabra]

Yes I DO KNOW... gooood practice in deed

Axélle

[Felix]

They sell the first one at Fred Meyer and it tastes good.

[Jamie D]

I think our Asian and Australian friends see these more than we do on the mainland U.S.

Star fruit, or carambola



I buy one when I see them in the grocery, and use it in a tropical fruit salad.

[Cindy]

The Adelaide  market is full of these beautiful and exotic foods. You can buy star fruit to go with your crocodile steak, or kanga banga (kangaroo sausage) or buffalo. Then have a Ukrainian breakfast or my favourite of spinach, fried eggs, bacon, sausage, tomato, mushroom, toast washed down with Russian tea.

Mmm time for dinner

[Jamie D]

The Adelaide  market is full of these beautiful and exotic foods. You can buy star fruit to go with your crocodile steak, or kanga banga (kangaroo sausage) or buffalo. Then have a Ukrainian breakfast or my favourite of spinach, fried eggs, bacon, sausage, tomato, mushroom, toast washed down with Russian tea.

Mmm time for dinner

The last time I had anything made of kangaroo,I wore them on my feet.

BTW, I have some authentic Louisiana alligator jerky in the pantry.  My daughter brought it back with her from college.

[Felix]

Star fruit shows up here (west coast u.s.) sometimes but it sure looks a lot cooler than it tastes.