Some unusual fruits and vegetables have varying health benefits.
Posted on 03/21/2009 10:12:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Some Odd, Others Bizarre - These Items Are Not Just for Foodies Anymore: In the industry they're known as exotic or specialty produce, but consumers might think of these fruits and vegetables as unusual, uncommon or simply strange... What follows are descriptions of 13 exotic fruits and vegetables that may have never made it into your shopping cart -- let alone your mouth. The next time you're in the supermarket, perhaps you'll give them a closer look.
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Some unusual fruits and vegetables have varying health benefits.
That star-fruit is pretty good! :)
LOL ... that’s what those Chayote Squash remind me of.
I’d like to try some durian sometime. Just because most people call it a disgusting nauseating fruit and I want to judge it for myself.
LOL!
hmmm, fruit or vegetable...or both! LOL!
LOL. Not the first thing I think of when I think of exotic fruit.
Wake me when they make a bacon-melon.
Thanks.
MEMORIES!
The pummelo is just about the best citrus fruit. But the ones you can buy in a supermarket are not very good.
All fruits and vegetables are good for you! Dig in and enjoy! I had a great fruit salad for breakfast. It gives me bountiful REAL energy in the morning — compared to a cup of caffeine with its artificial stimulation.
Durian is a funny fruit that causes all kinds of weirdo overreactions. But it’s worth a try.
You can always buy frozen whole durian at most Asian markets in the U.S., it’s not as good as the fresh SE Asian variety in the same way that frozen peas aren’t as good as fresh peas. But it’s OK.
Sometimes you can get fresh in-season durian in the States. In both cases it’s pricey, just as it is in SE Asia.
Barney: Both a weird fruit and a rotten apple who spoiled the entire U.S. economy (and has so far gotten away with it).
Is that Singapore Changii airport? IIRC Singapore Air enforces a ban on durian in the passenger sections of the plane.
The caption stopped me as I read the ABC page. And some unusual fruits and vegetables have unvarying health benefits?
Reminds me of a line in a textbook I once edited: All roads in New England go uphill.
I just grabbed the pic off the net. I heard about the durian from the guy on the travel channel who eats all the strange things. He hated the durian.
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