Posted on 05/01/2014 6:54:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Picture reminds me of Breadfruit.
If they grow to a 100lb how do you get one home, or is that an extreme example. Watermelons are big enough....I struggle with those things.
We called it Starvation Fruit in the USVI. You had to be starving to eat it.
Jackfruit also has a somewhat unpleasant smell.
If it would thrive because of commercial cultivation, involving oil in the slightest way, all the libs would say it is bad. Just because.
We call them “crab apples”. Or “Osage orange”
Thanks. Well, maybe high in protein for fruit, but very low when trying to reach the 60 - 80 grams needed per day.
Looks like 2 grams protein per 5.8 ounces of jackfruit. But it could be a valuable food for other nutrients it has.
My grandfather said the family used the pawpaw to kill mites and fleas, around the turn of the last century (1900s). It had medicinal properties for his older brother who had asthma. They made a poltice from the crush fruit, for skin irritations.
I eat jackfruit ( I call it nangka) quite frequently. It is very good.
Have you ever eaten jackfruit?
I had one growing in my yard ... yuck.
Since it was near the street I put up a sign “free jackfruit, take as much as you want”. It was gone as soon as it was ripe. I guess some people like it.
If you let it fall to the ground and rot the smell is horrible and it’s an awful sticky gooey mess.
Yuck.
Interesting. Sounds like something that doesn’t grow up north.
No, hedgeballs are inedible of not poisonous. The center though is very anti-bacterial I guess.
Had a tree in my backyard for a number of years. It did NOT smell like durian.
Durian is much worse than jackfruit, that is true. It does smell like rotting flesh. Corpse fruit. I am told it tastes different from how it smells, but I cannot verify that as I’ve never been able to get up the nerve to taste it.
Nothing smells as bad as durian.
Those are small ones. Ripe jackfruit, as the article notes, often weigh 80lb or more. They’re generally about the size and shape of a large picnic watermelon, but far heavier. They have a tough outer rind, similar to but not as hard and spiky as a durian. They do have an odd odor when opened, but the actual flesh of the fruit is quite sweet, sort of like ice cream. There are two main varieties, one with very soft flesh that’s almost liquid, and another with more firm flesh. The softer variety is sweeter. I happen to love them, and they’re insanely cheap here in India: about $3-4 for a whole fruit.
Really? I’m going to have some in my lunch today. I am looking forward to it.
hilarious commercial!
I haven’t tried durian either. They grow in this part of the world, but not in my specific area.
If it was the same pawpaw as we have in Michigan they are very tasty and not poisonous
Hah! But a jackfruit, now that is some celestial goodness. I haven’t had one in years, but I suspect I would still love it. Papaya was the tropical fruit I never liked, and I still don’t.
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