Comments on: Lick the produce: Mutant spawn edition

By: cedar

cedar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:01:45 +0000

hmm. i have to say i’ve never tried any of the hybrid fruit you’ve mentioned.

how about non-hybrid fruit for the next challenge? go to an asian supermarket and pick up pomelo, jack fruit and the like.

By: chidame

chidame — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:04:19 +0000

How about this one next? I desperately want one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fractal_Broccoli.jpg PQ - That is way cool.

By: Zandria

Zandria — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:05:05 +0000

I think that fruit looks delicious…and I’ve never tried any of it! I want some! :)

By: Dianh soar

Dianh soar — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:15:39 +0000

psychsarah—your kid licking the pudding spoon at the buffet incident reminded me of the kid I saw in a restaurant who unscrewed the bottle of catsup and sucked a bunch of it out—when his mother caught him she scolded him, put the lid back on the bottle and set it back on the table! That put me off communal condiments for good. I generally eat only indiviually prepared sealed versions. Now I’m going to have to rethink buffets…ewwww is right.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:45:40 +0000

I love pluots – which, incidentally, also have a trademarked name. (I like to imagine the mad-scientist creators forcing growers to scribble little (R)s on the fruit as they ripen…)

By: K

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:04:51 +0000

Ah, but nectarines are hybrids, too (peach and plum) and clearly that was a mutant made in heaven. Mmmm, nectarines. Why isn’t it summer?

I have never encountered Derby Pie, but it certainly sounds good…

PQ – Oh! I had no idea nectarines were hybrids! The name isn’t a portmanteau, so I figured it was a naturally occurring fruit. If it was called a pleach or a peaum I might have caught on.

By: P.O.M.

P.O.M. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:35:02 +0000

Wow thanks for the info. I saw the last two at my market but just wriggled up my nose and kept walking. I’ll definately try the broccoflower!

By: airlie

airlie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:28:51 +0000

i will have to pay more attention to these things and see what hybrids there are down here in oz?

By: Marshmallow

Marshmallow — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:13:55 +0000

Ooooooooooooooo my scientific nerves are trembleaicious at this hybrid goodness. What else can they come up with? Rasporooms? Boysenmatos? Avomango? The possibilities!

By: Stephanie Quilao

Stephanie Quilao — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:37:07 +0000

Wow! That was really educational. I have never even heard of the Brocoflower or Ugli Fruit. I’m waiting for the fruit + Spam hybrid. Now that’s something to chat about.