Comments on: Lick the produce: What nice melons you have!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:32 +0000

I love Lick the Produce. It’s always fun to see what you pick up. Passion fruit makes an absolutely heavenly (but expensive) jam. Just the fruit pulp, some sugar, and a little water simmered until they are thick, and you’ll think you died and went to heaven. I think I’m going to start growing them just to get my fix.

Two words:

FRESH FIGS.

Nothing like ‘em. They taste kind of like Fig Newtons only, you know, real.

Oh, and actual dragonfruit – really flavorless and not worth the expense. You’d probably get more enjoyment from kindergarten paste.

By: Lars

Lars — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:28:22 +0000

A bit of casaba melon trivia: In the movie “Psycho”, Hitchcock used the sound of a knife plunging into a casaba melon for the stabbing in the shower scene. Neat, huh?

And I hate passion fruit. I find the taste absolutely horrible.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:29:34 +0000

My first time commenting, but I thought I’d get in on the passion fruit discussion. It is all over the place here in Brazil – maracuja. Maracuja mousse is one of my favorite desserts.

We have the yellow variety though. They are very tart. It is also known to calm you down and make you sleepy.

I love it mixed in with yogurt including the crunchy seeds. I went to a yoga class a few weeks ago and we had maracuja tea. It doesn’t have any tea in it, but you drink it warm. Take a pot of water, add the pulp of the fruit and a few pieces of ginger, and some sugar if you need it. Boil for a while and then pour thought a strainer. It is a great drink for a cozy evening.

By: Ash from Australia

Ash from Australia — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:42:19 +0000

Surely you did not bite into the passion fruit?! They have to be cut in half with a sharp knife and then you use a small spoon to scrape the deliciousness out.

By: ginna

ginna — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:47:12 +0000

Try a chermoya. Cut it in half and scoop. When they are ripe, they taste sort of like a cross between a banana and a pineapple.

By: Marshmallow

Marshmallow — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:32:46 +0000

Hmmm... not sure why my comment hasn't appeared - but essentially, you're not supposed to bite into passionfruit. Here's a link that has some Q&A about passionfruit: http://www.passionfruit.org.nz/Consumer_FAQs.htm

By: Marshmallow

Marshmallow — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:25:33 +0000

What the? Since when do you bite into a passion fruit? I was under the presumption that you cut them in half, and ate the insides with a spoon – and don’t eat the skin?

By: PastaQueen

PastaQueen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:09:01 +0000

@Kyle – My picture is blurry, but the sticker looks like it says Ecuador.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:04:21 +0000

Was the pepino melon from Chile? I see someone already beat me to the reason it tasted like cucumber. That fruit is pretty popular here, but I have to admit that I don’t love it, even when ripe. I don’t think it’s particularly sweet either so maybe in this case Wikipedia is just wrong.

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:14:19 +0000

FD makes it out to be scary, but Durian is THE BEST. You can find it frozen in Asian markets, or, if you’re super lucky, maybe a store in your area has fresh ones. The smell has tones of garlic and onion in it, but the taste is creamy custard. Initial reactions tend to be horrified, but you DO get the hang of it with repeated exposures.. after all, it’s not the most popular fruit in the world ’cause it’s absolutely barking nasty. The “learning curve” does make it fun to try out on friends, though, once you’re used to it.