"Hey! Dragon. *Dra-gon* Not lizard, I don't do that tongue thing."
~ Mushu
Truthfully, that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw these in the produce section at Geant.
It's a dragonfruit; or pitaya. I've discovered that they carry a lot of Asian fruits & products because of the high population of Southeast Asians. Here's what they look like on the inside.
Cool, huh? Though they look pretty, they are not that tasty. Maybe ours wasn't ripe enough (I wouldn't know how to tell) or just not a good fruit. I did notice that there were other varieties of dragonfruit listed on the wikipedia page.
Peeling & slicing the fruit was easy, the skin just came right off in one piece. It was semi-firm; I like the texture. I don't like to eat mushy fruit. Mealy apples? *blech* When you bite it, the little seeds popped kind of like poppy seeds in a muffin. But it tasted like dirt. We tried putting some sugar on it to see if it would improve the taste. It just tasted like sugar on dirt. But it's a pretty fruit & we had to try it once!
We cut up a more familiar piece of produce, pomegranates. Jacqui is the most fond of these little seeds. They make a great garnish for salads & I am so glad they get to be a staple in our meals again!!
~ Mushu
Truthfully, that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw these in the produce section at Geant.
It's a dragonfruit; or pitaya. I've discovered that they carry a lot of Asian fruits & products because of the high population of Southeast Asians. Here's what they look like on the inside.
Cool, huh? Though they look pretty, they are not that tasty. Maybe ours wasn't ripe enough (I wouldn't know how to tell) or just not a good fruit. I did notice that there were other varieties of dragonfruit listed on the wikipedia page.
Peeling & slicing the fruit was easy, the skin just came right off in one piece. It was semi-firm; I like the texture. I don't like to eat mushy fruit. Mealy apples? *blech* When you bite it, the little seeds popped kind of like poppy seeds in a muffin. But it tasted like dirt. We tried putting some sugar on it to see if it would improve the taste. It just tasted like sugar on dirt. But it's a pretty fruit & we had to try it once!
We cut up a more familiar piece of produce, pomegranates. Jacqui is the most fond of these little seeds. They make a great garnish for salads & I am so glad they get to be a staple in our meals again!!
2 comments:
I wonder if the dragon fruit has to be cooked or something.. .got to go google recipes now, you made me curious!
btw - your Mushu quote reminded me of one of my favorite knick knack buys from the Crazy Brothers at the Khan. ( Mushu ) It was a funky old dragon candle holder, i probably would have bought it anyway, but I mostly wanted it because the salesman had so much fun selling it to me, quoting Disney and giggling like a kid! :)
wow. pretty!
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