Best Fruit Poll.

Tangerines and persimmon/Sharon fruit.

A very ripe persimmon that’s almost too wobbly to peel is wonderful. Persimmons that are not ripe enough give me fuzzy mouth, though.

it seems like there's (at least) two kinds of persimmons - one can be tasty, the other is garbage but attractive on the tree

Nectarines. I love most of the fruits in that list but good nectarines are on another level.
Raspberries possibly the best flavour but can be dry when fresh.

I feel like plums should be amazing but I've never had one that isn't disappointing on some level.
Shout out to lemon for being one of the best flavours of things, and also pears which can be perfect in desserts.
I would love to be 6 again and taste guava juice in South Africa for the first time. Just one of those flavours I don't want to 'wear out' the Proustian rush.

I have that with papaya eaten in Florida as a kid (see also: the fresh fruit offer at Disney World hotel breakfast buffets).

I had a truly incredible pluot last night

the only plum i've ever had that i loved were these tiny golden plums from a tree in a yard where i lived once. beautiful flowers in the spring too.

a few decades ago I had some fried plantains at a Caribbean restaurant and was like, wow, this is truly amazing and deliciously nutritious food and not at all yucky slop like most fruit is. Never had fried plantains since, this is something I need to try again.

oh yes they are perfect for breakfast with eggs, fried in coconut oil

not at all yucky slop like most fruit is

'yucky slop'?? where are you getting your fruit?

I posted a photo upthread!

Shit! Missed it. I was lucky to grow up in an area full of wild berries—thimbles, wild strawberries, the teensy tiny bright blueberries that bears go nuts for, etc.

Feijoa (the people's fruit)
Tamarillo (thanks for repping, just1n3 <3)
Boysenberry

Used to eat a lot of cape gooseberries and banana passionfruit as a kid but it's a little harder (former isn't commercially grown here and I haven't had a proper garden in ages, latter is now classified as an invasive species)

Need to hunt around for pepinos, naranjillos and cherimoya a bit more.

Intrigued by JCLC's importing-Pakistani-mangoes-to-the-US story - never seen them in NZ; are they available in the UK/Europe?

They are - whether Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim or Sikh, all the big South Asian neighbourhoods in London (and any other areas known for huge SA communities) get loads of them and there’s an associated seasonal frenzy where families buy them by the boxful.

Fried plantains are ubiquitous in NYC and I find them delicious but unfortunately difficult to digest, to the point they’re an automatic no. Other people apparently don’t have this problem.

Looks like getting mangoes past NZ biosecurity etc is a pain:

https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/04-01-2024/when-it-comes-to-mangoes-new-zealanders-arent-getting-the-good-stuff-2

My friends’ parents used to bring crates of mangoes back from visits to Pakistan, they were amazing. Presumably bio security was less of a thing in the late 80s.

Xps the best strawberries I’ve had in recently memory were in Finland. Cheap, too.

Xp to etc: I can never eat feijoas or kiwi fruit again because we gorged on them as kids.

milo, I agree with you about honeycrisp apples, those are the ones I always go for if I'm not in the mood for baking with or eating Granny Smiths

kinder, I loved plums as a kid, they were just sweet and juicy enough to be satisfying without being over the top, but for years now when I buy them in grocery stores they mostly seem dry and tasteless, same goes for apricots. My best friend loves apricots above all, but they aren't good any more, I think they are best when baked in galettes or tarts

the only good plum is one plucked straight from the tree... Santa Rosa is the best varietal imho

California is avocado heaven. I had trouble getting used to them since I never had them as a kid - like with cilantro I originally thought they tasted soapy - but now I eat them in salsa, as guacamole, as avocado on toast (which requires other ingredients like hard boiled eggs, roasted tomatoes, onions, herbs, bacon, salmon, or goat cheese to be really great), cut up into a salad (which is my usual way to eat them now), or halved with soy sauce sprinkled over them, or just digging into them with a spoon

I had a truly incredible pluot last night

10-12 years ago our Whole Foods got the most incredible pluots - multiple colors, varieties, and flavors - the green ones were especially zesty. They have been slowly disappearing in the years since the Amazon acquisition.

halved with soy sauce sprinkled over them

now we're talking

'yucky slop'?? where are you getting your fruit?

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, October 2, 2024 2:40 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Real England

fuzzy mouth

this is such a real challenge when it comes to so many great fruits :/

this is an incredibly informative thread.

this is so false! ever been to the farmer's market in any Bavarian town? ever hear of a Bergman movie, wild something, can't quite place it? berries in Europe have an intensity only rivaled in the PNW

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 2 October 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Do people have berries on their own? I like 'em but I can only have bluebberies with porridge. Strawberries do go with cream.

Papaya can go on its own. This is a kind of fruit rockism but I value fruits that can just be tasted on their own. That are enough.

Scottish raspberries are absolutely amazing. Not all fruits need blazing sunshine.

I was just in Italy and the average fruit served for breakfast in a hotel was definitely superior to the average fruit I buy in a supermarket in the US.

I go through at least two pineapples weekly, so they're the clear winner.

Also, in reference to this, I had been cutting up pineapples solely with a knife for years, which was a little tiresome and frustrating and limited my pineapple intake. But earlier this year, I discovered the most glorious kitchen tool - the pineapple corer! Now, pineapples are ready for consumption in a matter of seconds and nothing can stop me.

https://cdnimg.webstaurantstore.com/images/products/large/622312/2271314.jpg

that is very cool

do you have a good deal if i purchase in the next 30 minutes

jeez, get a diamond edge knife sharpener instead!

I've already got core hole bits for my pistol drill, but don't need that shit in the kitchen

Sadly a tad allergic to pineapple :-(

oh so you don't like pizza then

Sadly a tad allergic to pineapple :-(

My boss said his teenage daughter at a pineapple core and got crazy hives... I guess the core is somewhat toxic?

Lol Calzino.

Never looked into it. Just get a weird reaction in my skin.

Digging the new Trader Joe's Soft Dried Apricots... grown in Uzbekistan!

i quite like dried apricots.. i get "dried turkish apricots" from sprouts from time to time.

lol eating two pineapples a week is insanity

not if you want to be very welcoming to everybody

The pear I ate earlier today was really good, gonna vote for that. The fruit I actually eat the most of is banana, it's cheap, portable and non-messy.

I once ate an entire pineapple by myself because it was so good and the stomach pain will never be forgotten. I still love pineapple but try to limit my access — they make me crazy and I eat too much.

im trying not to spoil any of this but with the plotlines and the hitrate so far im very surprised how many of the cast i see credited with 40+ episodes tbh

pineapple has the powerful digestive enzyme bromelain, which can cause nausea and diarrhea when eaten in excess

bromelain more like bro m layin down

:) I do love pineapple

uh

my post was for the yellowstone thread ffs

will and grace

there's a joke here somewhere

i also ate at least one if not two pounds of grapes by myself
do NOT recommend

it felt like my body was trying to dissolve itself

I grew up with muskmelons. My father spread plastic over the soil in our garden surrounding them like he did with our pumpkins so when they fruited they would be protected and their roots/stems would hold the heat in and thrive in our autumn upstate NY weather.

They were so juicy and awesome. From what I’ve read they are almost synonymous with cantaloupe but I've never had a cantaloupe from a grocery store that approximated them