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16850485 No.16850485 [Reply] [Original]

what is the best exotic fruit?
For me, it's custard apples

>> No.16850495
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>>16850485
Medlars are delicious. Also called the open-arse for obvious reasons

>> No.16850600
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16850600

Bitter melon

>> No.16850609

>>16850485
those are artichokes

>> No.16850622

really like wax apples. gorged myself with them when I was in Taiwan

>> No.16850623

mangosteens and durians. unmatched

>> No.16850624

>>16850495
because you cram them?

>> No.16850659

>>16850600
does it taste bitter?

>> No.16850667

>>16850659
Yeah. Fresh bitter melon tastes like cigarettes

>> No.16851048

>>16850485
They decided for some reason to only sell this new pineapple flavoured cultivar of custard apple in Australia.

>> No.16851054

>>16850609
no they're not, they're pinecones

>> No.16851779
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>>16850485
I really like star fruit. Found out about them when I used to work in produce at a grocery store, they taste like a mix of sour apple and Bartlett pears

>> No.16853632

>>16850667
No it doesn't? Cigarettes taste sweet, creamy and vanilla. Bitter melon tastes like cucumber if done right.

>> No.16853648

>>16850485
Those are really great OP, seriously. I grew up in the sub-tropics and had the pleasure of eating those on occasion, namely the 3 days a year when the fruits of the local tree were ripe. Delicious fruit.

>> No.16853661

>>16853632
>Bitter melon tastes like cucumber if done right.
No, it tastes like cucumber if it's not fresh. Fresh bitter melon has a sharp, pungent bitter flavor. If the bitter melon you've had tasted like cucumber then you were eating 10x frozen bitter melon harvested half a year ago

>> No.16853692

>>16853661
>when done right
Bitter melon only tastes bitter if it's prepared incorrectly.

>> No.16853707

>>16853692
Wrong
You've never had good bitter melon

>> No.16853821
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>>16850485
I fucking hate that I can't get these back home. Also ripe Jackfruit and Fresh Durian are godly

>> No.16853836
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>>16850485
These fuckers aren't necessarily the best but the ones I want to eat again the most because they are so fucking weird. Don't know the name but some call them Indian Olives. Can mostly be found in North East India and they really really sour and eaten with salt.

>> No.16853843

>>16853707
No, I've had poorly prepared bitter melon that still tastes bitter and astringent like acetone, if that's what you think is good. I feel bad for you if you've never had it done the right way and you think all bitter melon is supposed to be bitter lmao

>> No.16854105

>>16850485
Loquat

>> No.16854344

lychees are nice. they have them in france more than here for some reason.

>> No.16854363

>>16853836
This guy did a video on those, he has done a video on everything in this thread so far I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivOuMs5SMQ

>> No.16854437

>>16854363
This guy is so fucking based. I've watched so many of his videos. This board doesn't appreciate a true foodtuber like Weird Explorer

>> No.16854451

>>16850600
Do tastelets really?

>> No.16854460

>>16850495
>Medlars are delicious
OP said exotic, retard, not 'native to the cradle of civilization and cultivated since before the birth of Moses'

>> No.16854464

>>16850485
I love custard apples.

>> No.16854470

>>16854460
As someone who worked at a 'restaurant' serving these lil bastards? People have no fucking clue what medlars are, they might have been eaten for a long time but they definitely classify as exotic.

>> No.16854485
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16854485

I like these

>> No.16854505

>>16854470
The people that visited your restaurant probably think shit like mulberries and dates are exotic though.

>> No.16854521

>>16850485
They’re the new avocado for hipsters over here.

>> No.16854678

>>16850485
Mango.

>> No.16854767

>>16853843
>I had 100 times frozen bitter melon and it tasted like nothing
Uh, proud of you

>> No.16854806

>>16854437
Yeah, I don't know if it is impressive or crazy / dumb how he travels all around the world and usually ends up in bumfuck no where by himself eating local food. His YouTube channel is a 1000 times more educational than anything on the travel channel or food network.

>> No.16855078

>>16854363
yes that's the one I had it in the same town as him. I don't understand his overly germaphobia. I ate raw fruit all the time in india never got sick. interesting channel though

>> No.16855119
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>>16850485
Custard apples and similar fruit (cherimoya, pawpaw, anona) are goat and I hope someone figures out a way to store and distribute them effectively.

>> No.16855850

>>16854767
>I eat fruit that tastes like paint thinner
Uh, proud of you

>> No.16855866

>>16854460
>>16854505
Are you aware that people live all over the planet

>> No.16857168

>>16855850
Let me guess, you don't drink beer

>> No.16857307

>>16850485
Mangosteen. If you mean what grows here, then red huckleberries.

>> No.16857682
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nothing beats those bad boys

>> No.16857689

>>16857682
I might add that the jam smells a bit like vomit, but the taste is godly

>> No.16857710

>>16854460
>OP said exotic, retard, not 'native to the cradle of civilization and cultivated since before the birth of Moses'
Do you know what exotic means? It doesn't mean novel, retard.

>> No.16857717

>>16850485
anana

>> No.16857750

>>16857168
Let me guess, IPA's are your favorite variety? I'm currently struggling with the waning märzen season.

>> No.16857763

>>16857750
I don't like IPAs. I'm a lager man
>I'm currently struggling with the waning märzen season.
Me too

>> No.16857768

>>16850485
all exotic fruits are nice, but if they were any good they wouldn't be exotic in this modern age

>> No.16857842

>>16857768
>shelf life = quality
Kek

>> No.16857857

>>16850485
Dried dates are awesome, I love baking with them.

>> No.16857868
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Do these count?

>> No.16858428
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>>16850485
infungo. This tastes like a mixture of berrys. Currently in season in southern africa.

>> No.16858440

>>16855866
Yeah. Apple trees are an introduced species to USA, so I'm going with apple.

>> No.16859459

>>16857682
Salmon berries?

>> No.16859607

>>16855119
>cherimoya
I kneel. The fucking seeds though...

>> No.16859883

>>16851779
RIP

>> No.16860145
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wax apples. like a flowery tasting apple but lighter and juicier. i only ever found them in taiwan.

>> No.16861067

>>16859459
Here we call it chicoutai or plaquebière, in english it seems to be called cloudberry and it is often confused with salmonberry.

>> No.16861167

>>16854767
I have never had frozen bitter melon, I've always had it when my sri lankan wife made it from fresh, and it's never been bitter when she makes it. I've only had it taste bitter when other people who don't know what they're doing try to prepare it. Sorry that you've never had bitter melon made by someone who knows how to do it.

>> No.16861205

>>16850485
Passion fruit

>> No.16861286
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I don't care if most of it is one big seed, I fucking love lilly pillys.

>> No.16861674

>>16851779
I picked them off trees when I was in costa rica but ive never found any in the store since that tasted anywhere nearly as good.

>> No.16861686

>>16850485
All the best exotic fruit, like banana and pineapple, are heavily cultivated.

>> No.16861746

>>16857682
Cloudberries are delicious

>> No.16862108

>>16857682
this isnt valheim, nigger

>> No.16862728
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>>16850485
I really like rambutans. They look, taste, and feel good.

>> No.16862770

>>16850600
>Bitter melon
Outright disgusting, normally when something tastes that bad you're supposed to assume its poisonous and never eat it again, but I guess that doesn't stop some people. Is there some way to prepare it so that it doesn't taste like shit?
>>16851779
Love starfruit too friend, I don't know that I've seen it in stores lately though.

>> No.16863079

>>16854505
Who thinks mulberries are exotic? They grow all over New Jersey

>> No.16863164

>>16862728
mmm fruit flies with a side of pit seed mlord

>> No.16863204
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Dragon Fruit is really good when extra ripe. It became popular, and now it's it's cool to sell it under it's name Pitahaya instead of Dragon Fruit. I'm guessing for a more authenticity? I don't know, was always Dragon Fruit around here.

>> No.16863205

>>16850485
lol

>> No.16863214
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You can't get ripe fruit in American supermarkets.

It's all unripe frankenshit because producers in this country are greedy pigs that want enhanced shelf life. I've never had a sweet strawberry in my life and I live in a big city.

Fuck the USA

>> No.16863220

>>16863214
I started growing my own raspberries a few years ago, and I gotta say, for how low-maintenance fruit trees and bushes are, they're demonstrably better than literally anything store-bought. I always strayed away from walmart or other grocery store raspberries because they were always almost-hard and tasted like nothing.

Fresh raspberries actually have flavor, who would have guessed. They're soft and you get a good 1-3 pints off one bush per year, depending on the canes. Buying a damn raspberry cane starter is less money than a single pint of raspberries, and if you plant in early spring, you can expect your first harvest in September, and if you plant them in open soil instead of a planter, those fuckers SPREAD.

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>>16863220
I accept your well intentions anon. Nontheless, I have no land and have not the slightest inclination to remain in this country. I shall go to Italy and eat proper food harvested by humans who aren't completely rotten to the core.

The American experiment has failed. I'd much rather prefer we stop referring to it as a country, but rather a conglomeration of corporate entities.