"New" Fruits

[Kasept]

I'm at the grocery store and I see these "new" oranges.. "Cara Cara" oranges.. $1.29 each.. Features include less acidity, tart-sweet, etc.. I try one just now... WTF? For starters, once the peel comes off the softball size thing, it's the size of a tennis ball. And it seemed no different to me than any 3 for $1.00 navel orange I get in Florida all the time...

So I get to thinking.. Has everyone noticed these 'new' fruits that keep popping up?

It started with the Rainier Cherries.. OK great. a yellow cherry that tastes like a plum.. WINNER.. Available three weeks a year.

Then we got the wacky new apples.. Fuji.. Pink Lady.. etc.. Whatever. They're apples. They don't fall too far from the tree if you know what I mean.

Have you had the White Nectarines? A home run.. And I have a great appetizer salad recipe for Bibb lettuce with white nectarine slices and blackberries on a parmesan crisp with a lime vinagrette, so the white nectarines are a winner...

There's others.. I can't even think of them all...

'New' fruits.. Kooky... And don't even get me started on the broccofleur...

[timmgirvan]

Bykster...you are a man of many talents!! Fuji apples are the nuts....and Rainer cherries were a pleasant surprise!

I'd like to have some of what this fruit's havin...

[Kasept]

Pants,

Is that a mango in your pocket or are you just happy to see her?

Originally Posted by Kasept

Pants,

Is that a mango in your pocket or are you just happy to see her?

It's a taser.

[Grits]

Another I could add, that I came across in the market in recent seasons, is donut peaches. Strange things, they are. The look like a flesh colored, rose toned hockey puck. And their flesh is white. And they do not have the same sweet flavor as that of the other summer peaches.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Grits

Another I could add, that I came across in the market in recent seasons, is donut peaches. Strange things, they are. The look like a flesh colored, rose toned hockey puck. And their flesh is white. And they do not have the same sweet flavor as that of the other summer peaches.

There you go D-G.. I've seen those.. Who would eat one? And why? And what's up with 'star fruit'?

[Grits]

Originally Posted by Kasept

There you go D-G.. I've seen those.. Who would eat one? And why? And what's up with 'star fruit'?

Star fruit is useless, I had just as soon eat a rubberband. It makes a fine garnish adding to presentation in the better eateries; still beyond that, forget it.

[Grits]

Also, shipped in during these winter months, small watermelons that are the size of cantalope or honey dews. Dark green, deliciously sweet and juicy inside with far fewer seeds. At $5.00 a piece, I still love them, though I love them better on sale.

I picked up some nice avocados thursday night and made some mean guac. Mmm mmm good.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Grits

Also, shipped in during these winter months, small watermelons that are the size of cantalope or honey dews. Dark green, deliciously sweet and juicy inside with far fewer seeds. At $5.00 a piece, I still love them, though I love them better on sale.

Up in Toga we have those but the REAL hit is the YELLOW FLESH WATERMELON... Like juicy cotton candy. Unbelievable... And the jersey melons up here of course in late July-early August. I bring in a bushel of the watermelons and hand (jersey) melons to the Barbecue every week. I give them to the 'special guests' around the 'Cue... Especially the yellow watermelon. No one has ever seen them. Mustapha Fastok LOVES the damn things, and Nick Zito loves the cantelopes. I give him one whenever he heads back to the barn.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Grits

Also, shipped in during these winter months, small watermelons that are the size of cantalope or honey dews. Dark green, deliciously sweet and juicy inside with far fewer seeds. At $5.00 a piece, I still love them, though I love them better on sale.

The smaller watermelons In SoCal are called "Dulcinea"...no seeds! Spectacular! They have a "season" also

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I'm at the grocery store and I see these "new" oranges.. "Cara Cara" oranges.. $1.29 each.. Features include less acidity, tart-sweet, etc.. I try one just now... WTF? For starters, once the peel comes off the softball size thing, it's the size of a tennis ball. And it seemed no different to me than any 3 for $1.00 navel orange I get in Florida all the time...

So I get to thinking.. Has everyone noticed these 'new' fruits that keep popping up?

It started with the Rainier Cherries.. OK great. a yellow cherry that tastes like a plum.. WINNER.. Available three weeks a year.

Then we got the wacky new apples.. Fuji.. Pink Lady.. etc.. Whatever. They're apples. They don't fall too far from the tree if you know what I mean.

Have you had the White Nectarines? A home run.. And I have a great appetizer salad recipe for Bibb lettuce with white nectarine slices and blackberries on a parmesan crisp with a lime vinagrette, so the white nectarines are a winner...

There's others.. I can't even think of them all...

'New' fruits.. Kooky... And don't even get me started on the broccofleur...

Racist.

[Sightseek]

I've been buying Pink Lady Apples for years...they are less acidic.