My long time followers may remember that I enjoy unusual culinary treats. Today I’d like to share the inedible remnants of a favorite exploration:
Fruit doesn’t scream as loudly as meat when you cut it open.
This is Rambutan. You can see the sizable interior and exterior of the husks as well as the almond-sized pits. I hope that this will serve as an important reminder of several things:
1- If you bite into an unfamiliar fruit without removing the not-so-tasty bits, you probably won’t have an pleasant experience. I bet this stuff makes a mouth full of lemon peel look pleasant.
2- If you would like to keep your teeth, don’t bite willy-nilly into a fruit. Those pits ain’t soft.
3- If someone tells you that they’ve designed a bra or jockstrap based on some unknown tropical fruit, it will probably turn out worse than the ever popular banana hammock. Just say no.
4- Tropical fruit may look expensive, but it’s worse than you think. There’s a reason the grocery store doesn’t clue you in to all of these inedible components. The fruit part of a rambutan probably takes up only half to a third of the weight you’re paying for.
Good to know.
Leslie
They look like something from a Dr Seuss book. Does the edible part at least taste good enough to make it worth the effort?
Very much so. They have to taste that good for people to buy them more than once.
Looks really interesting!
I’ve seen it in markets, but never got to try it.
It definitely is worth a try as long as you eat it correctly. Too many tries will make you broke, though.
I think I’ll stick to scuppernongs. 😀
No wonder the basket of cherry tomatoes I sent you were not well received. You’re into the hard stuff.
Actually, I like tomatoes. I can make my own pasta sauce. 🙂
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I appreciate you looking our for our wellbeing…
You’re welcome. However, if I really was that nice, I would have brought it up before your tropical vacation…
well I spelled out wrong… so…
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