Strawberrys

Milo Yiannopoulos

I can't narrow it down to 1, so here's my top 2.

I love the 4012 Oranges and the Pacific Rose Apple.


Then, if and when available, a really good and fresh Hawaiian papaya with a fresh lime squeezed over it. Must be a Hawaiian papaya, none other are as good.

Desert several nights a week is a bowl of strawberries, blueberries and banana with a spritz of whipped cream.

Peaches are wonderful when fresh, I have 2 peach trees in the back yard. I'll make peach jams and jellies out of the ones I don't devour, freeze or can.

Mangosteen.

I've never seen them in the US, but if you ever see them, buy a whole lot of them.

Trying to describe their flavor is like trying to describe a new color. They have a coarse brown rind, and, inside, the fruit is sectioned, sort of like an orange. How good are they?

In Sri Lanka they are only available for a few weeks, when they are in season. I had my driver take me to Kandy to buy some at the market. I forgot that General Zia, then the president of Pakistan, was in town for the day. So, we drove into a sea of people just as the General was arriving in a motorcade preceded by lance carrying horsemen.

My driver began looking around desperately, trying to find a route out of this madness. But I had spied a mangosteen stand. "Stay right here!" I yelled, opened the door, and jumped out into the insanity.

I made it back with two bags of mangosteens, a few bruises, and only one shoe.

Yes, they are that good.

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Originally posted by bendable:
on the rare occasions that you can find good one's, plums.

the short shelf life makes it tough to find

Growing up in Michigan, a "neighbor" (several miles away) had a plum orchard. When they were tree-ripe, we'd go over and get a bunch (a bushel, maybe?) and Mom would can them, pits and all. They're excellent fresh of course, but they're also a treat canned along about February...

Red raspberries.

Already posted Honeycrisp apples but someone mentioned plums. Damned hard to find around here but the golden yellow plums are fantastic.

My favorite fruit is ripe fruit, which I don't think I've had in 35+ years.

Wild blueberries picked from Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia.

Peach.

Simply...a peach...I be loving me some "just right" (where the juice runs down your chin) ripe peaches

Apples. Pink lady or ambrosia.

I guess my favorites are Pink Lady, Gala, or green (unripened) delicious apples. A good, potent orange is right behind.

I won't touch the following:

Peaches
Apricots
Plums
Tomatoes (Most disgusting thing to ever come out of the ground, IMHO)

Lime...

Lime in my Mexican beer.
Lime with my high $$$ Tequila.
Lime in my guacamole..
Lime in my meat marinade.

Lime.

A good ripe Texas pink grapefruit is a close second....

Pluots, but ask me tomorrow and it might be mangos or or plums. Hard to pick just 1.

Aloha,
I like Dragon Fruit, comes in different colors both outside and inside.

What is usually sold



The inside



Fairly bland tasting but very good for your health.

Toss up between a good ripe eating (versus cooking) pear or a tree ripe peach.

Once, when my daughter was younger, I asked her what fruit she would like with her dinner. She answered, "steak." That's my child.

Anyhow, the correct answer is blackberries.

Gee, that's a tough one. I don't know that I have favorites, because for me it's seasonal.

As a side note, we're having an elderly friend over on the 4th who has been on a restricted diet and has a hard time getting around with arthritis, and she really like fruit, but hasn't been exposed to too many international types, so we went over to our local "exotic" food store, Jungle Jim's, and picked up a variety of fruits she has never tried, various mangoes, papayas, some lychees, dragonfruit, etc. We'll see what her favorite it.

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Originally posted by YogiBear:
Aloha,
I like Dragon Fruit, comes in different colors both outside and inside.

What is usually sold



The inside



Fairly bland tasting but very good for your health.

I've been told the more common white-fleshed type is more bland. I've never had the darker dragon fruit but would like to try.