Ahhh cooking padwan. The Buddhas hand is a herb for the most part. It is always in my local Kroger. Think lemon zest on steroids. (Fish, baked products, dressings, etc.) PM me when you want to know what to do with Dragon Fruit. ;-)
Or god forbid you find one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
Very very stinky. I did not use enough verys.
Writing in 1856, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace provided a much-quoted description of the flavour of the durian:
The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acidic nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. ... as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed.
How about Lychies. Much much easier place to start in the exotic tropical fruit world. Weird. Delicious. Even Guava. Not as weird and delicious too. You could go biblical too and try fresh figs. They are awesome.
If you want something wild, try this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O8WG0d9jaY
I’ve had fresh figs plenty of times.
Fresh figs ROCK!
Like a fig newton on steroids!
Gen 2:16-17 (AV)
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
Wonder what else was in the Garden of Eden that they shouldn't eat . . .
It’s odd that Wallace says nothing about the smell. Whoa!