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Just got some of these at the grocery store today. This has to be the most interesting fruit I've ever eaten

>> No.13504122

>Interesting.
That's an interesting way to describe "Somehow more boring than a normal naval."

>> No.13504123

How does it differ from a regular orange?

>> No.13504135

>>13504122
Maybe. It doesn't taste as sweet or tangy as tangerines

>>13504123
It's very unlike an orange. The look, texture, feel, taste... it's more like a giant berry than an orange. I still can't get over the feel of it. It literally breaks apart with the lightest pressure

>> No.13504158
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>>13504117
Lots of cool looking shit is bland as fuck. Like these things. Paid $5 for one and it's the most neutral tasting fruit I've ever eaten.

>> No.13504174

>>13504158
The patrician cactus fruit is prickly pear.

>> No.13504400

>>13504158
I got a 6 pack of blood oranges for $3. They're mildly sweet so not a bad value

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>>13504158
there are two different types of dragon fruit, for some reason grocery stores only carry the flavorless ones and on top of that they pick them too soon so they aren't even sweet. I grow my own and they are very flavorful and sweet,

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>>13504123
Tang of an orange with the tart of a raspberry.

>> No.13506206

>>13504123
these ones have partially developed baby orange trees in them

>> No.13507659

>>13504174
This. Probably the best tasting "weird" fruit. Hmart sometimes has them for ridiculously low price (like .60$ a pound) but never when I was there to actually grocery shop.

>> No.13507825

>>13505691
Are they easy to grow? Do you grow them outdoors? Where are you/what kind of climate do you grow them in

>> No.13509338
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These motherfuckers

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>>13507825
its a cactus that grows a one stalk up then a bunch of stalks pop out at the top like dreadlocks, growing them from seed takes awhile because they stay tiny forever, vt once the kick in and get big you'll have fruit within a year . They are a perennial so you'll keep getting fruit every year. I'm in northern FL but they seem to handle the cold because we had a couple hard freezes and it didn't affect them

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>>13504158
>>13505691
I just remembered dudley the dragon was a thing

>> No.13509867

>>13504158
Get a yellow one they actually are really sweet also dragon fruit can either taste like water or a mellow super sweet kiwi

Luck of the draw so be sure to check the ripe seasons

>> No.13511748

bump

>> No.13511974

>>13507825
In my hometown in Florida the cactus climbs palm trees. It's a no-maintenance plant. When a hurricane comes through it makes the cactus slide down the tree. It produces abundant, very large flowers which are quite beautiful and they open during the night and attract beetles. The flowers do not self-pollinate, if you want dragonfruit you need more than one plant and your plants can't be clones of each other. So you'd have to find a neighbor who has night blooming cereus and get a cutting and grow it. You can transfer the pollen with a small paintbrush.

If the cactus produces fruits they'll all become ripe at the same time so you have to figure out what to do with them. My mom was able to make it grow dragonfruit once and she blended a bunch of them and froze them for use in smoothies.

>> No.13512011

>>13509814
Huh!
Never saw the plant before. Didn't know it was a cactus, although it makes sense now that I know.

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>>13504158
Fucking true. I paid $7 for my dragon fruit and it tastes like sweet grass

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this is pretty interesting, it tastes like something between a raspberry and a tomato

>> No.13512674

>>13504117
everyone bought blood oranges this week
maybe they went on sale.
they're nice, much easier to peel than naval oranges, not as easy as cuties.

>> No.13513418

>>13504117
Why are citrus fruits suddenly popular? My grandma got bags of lemons, oranges, grapefruits, and blood oranges today even though we rarely eat that much fruit.

>> No.13513441

>>13513418
Jewish mind tricks.

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>>13504117

>> No.13513459

>>13513418
its winter, our bodies are starting to crave vitamin C. It helps with the depressing gray,cold wasteland that is winter

>> No.13514179

>>13509338
rambutan?

"almost as good as grapes"

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>>13504117
I'm suprised that nobody posted a pomegranite yet, they're awesome but one has to be careful with cutting into them when wearing a nice shirt, that juice can stain like a son of a bitch.

>> No.13514357

>>13514332
I've this to prevent the juice from spattering all over, fill a sink with water and cut it under the sink then use a collander to grab the seeds. It even works in an office environment.

>> No.13514359

>>13514332
I get a sharp knife then cut as close as possible to remove skin, then it breaks apart easy. I usually just use citrus press for juice. Chewing and suckling on seeds is annoying

>> No.13514367

>>13514359
In an office or work environment there aren't always super sharp knives around so the next best thing is doing it under the water of a filled sink.

>> No.13514370

>>13514367
Any environment with men around has sharp knives in abundance.

>> No.13514382

>>13514370
Maybe little pen knives that could pass through security and metal detectors, but not some proper big ass super sharp bowie knife though I did work for a publishing company when i was a little kid and had to deal with their printers so kept a big ass kitchen knife around to clear labels that stuck in the printer. When printing off 300 thousand labels at a time, it's a real hassle if one gets stuck in the printer, a good knife clears that out pretty quick.

>> No.13514814

>>13504122
blood oranges are way better than normal navel oranges what are you on

it's a sweeter, gentler flavor and it's amazing