Here are some feijoas from the grocery store. Kiwis LOVE feijoas. They make them into ice cream and smoothies.
These four little beauties set me back $2.55 NZD. Chopped 'em up into quarters.
Feijoas are the size of limes. They look like limes inside too but they're not citrus. You eat them by nibbling the soft inner pulp. Closer to the skin, they get too grainy to eat. They smell sort of flowery, and taste like sour kiwifruit. Quite nice.
The experts warn that feijoas have a short window of ripeness, and imply that they are unappetizing when overripe. Conveniently for my little experiment, I think I must have gotten one that had gone a bit too far (the one in the far back, the one that's just slightly browner than the others). Unlike the rest of the batch, it was softer and had an offputting, distinctly 'chemical' flavor which immediately brought to mind the industrial cleaning products from my grim high-school jobs of yore. OK, that's a check in the 'replicated' column...
Fun feijoa fact: Feijoas get their aroma and flavour from naturally-occurring methyl benzoate. Just like snapdragons. And cocaine. Nature does some weird stuff, yo. Kiwi drug-sniffing dogs must get awfully frustrated during feijoa season.
*The j is pronounced like a y; rhymes with 'balboa'.
These four little beauties set me back $2.55 NZD. Chopped 'em up into quarters.
Feijoas are the size of limes. They look like limes inside too but they're not citrus. You eat them by nibbling the soft inner pulp. Closer to the skin, they get too grainy to eat. They smell sort of flowery, and taste like sour kiwifruit. Quite nice.
The experts warn that feijoas have a short window of ripeness, and imply that they are unappetizing when overripe. Conveniently for my little experiment, I think I must have gotten one that had gone a bit too far (the one in the far back, the one that's just slightly browner than the others). Unlike the rest of the batch, it was softer and had an offputting, distinctly 'chemical' flavor which immediately brought to mind the industrial cleaning products from my grim high-school jobs of yore. OK, that's a check in the 'replicated' column...
Fun feijoa fact: Feijoas get their aroma and flavour from naturally-occurring methyl benzoate. Just like snapdragons. And cocaine. Nature does some weird stuff, yo. Kiwi drug-sniffing dogs must get awfully frustrated during feijoa season.
*The j is pronounced like a y; rhymes with 'balboa'.
6 comments:
To me, it look so much closer to guava.I love guava's smoothie.Love you all.
Yes I agree - looks just like guavas which all self respecting South Asians love!
It has a "distant affinity" to guavas.
Wait. Have I ever eaten a guava? I don't think I have! I'll add that to my List.
Well girl next time you're in H-town or Chi-town, we'll make sure we get some for you. There's this dish called "fruit chaat" - diced pieces of different fruits including guavas, sprinkled with some powdered sugar and really sour spices and a tablespoon of orange juice. Oh yum - a healthy and refereshing treat is ready!
That sounds so good!
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