First Jackfruit of the Season-awesome

[bsbullie]

While ebay is an option, here are a few other sources:

http://nuts.com/driedfruit/jackfruit.html?utm_source=googlebase

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LY0GFK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0015RWSJS&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=13KY701MYBYPF0ES52V1

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbm=shop&sclient=psy-ab&q=+dried+jackfruit&oq=+dried+jackfruit&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=serp.12...4347.4347.7.6032.1.1.0.0.0.0.66.66.1.1.0...0.0.DQMaUIP63ro&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=f8975011980908b5&biw=1280&bih=632

[puglvr1]

Thanks for the suggestions Oscar, BMc (appreciate the picture, now I know what the package looks like) and thanks for the links(Rob). Will check them out later...

[FloridaGreenMan]

Hey Marin
I picked my first J-31 jakfruit today. It was a small one and only weighed 12lbs. This is my favorite!

[puglvr1]

Wow...Nice Jackfruit and Mangoes FGM...looks delicious!!

[MarinFla]

Hey Marin
I picked my first J-31 jakfruit today. It was a small one and only weighed 12lbs. This is my favorite!

That J-31 is my absolute favorite!! I cleaned one already and plan to clean the second one Saturday morning. The first one was 21#. I didn't weigh the second one yet. If it were possible to get Jackfruit poisoning and it were deadly they would be playing taps for me already
I have been eating a pound or two per day  .  I started some seedlings and will try to graft a few of them.
PS I have the Miami Lecture you did on a DVD for you.

[Mike T]

There is no rest for the amberjacks and just as well as they command the highest price.The next generation of rootstock for jacks and chempadak varieties in a farms' 'lab'.

[FloridaGreenMan]

There is no rest for the amberjacks and just as well as they command the highest price.The next generation of rootstock for jacks and chempadak varieties in a farms' 'lab'.

Mike
Here's what we call an AMBERJACK in Florida
(:>) FGM

[murahilin]

There is no rest for the amberjacks and just as well as they command the highest price.The next generation of rootstock for jacks and chempadak varieties in a farms' 'lab'.

Mike,
I think you put the wrong last pic.

[Mike T]

I have caught amberjacks around here and that is why the amber jackfruit has such a catchy name.

[fruitlovers]

Mike,
I think you put the wrong last pic.

Yes, that last photo are durians, not jacks.

[johnb51]

Let me know when you have another one ripe.  I'd like to come over and sample it!

Johnb51.... you are in luck. I picked up another one!

I tasted this jackfruit today.  I would describe the flavor as "mango-like with melon and banana notes."  I can understand the comparison to Juicy-Fruit gum.  Sweet.  Somewhat crunchy.  (I'm sure the flavor must vary from one cultivar to the next.)  Thanks, Marin, for saving some for me.

[MarinFla]

John, when it is frozen it doesn't seem as sweet. If you leave a piece on a plate and let it defrost (but don't let it get warm) it will taste sweeter. I freeze it right away instead of letting it sit in the fridge 1. because I love it frozen like a tropical fruit bar and 2. it will continue to ripen more in the bag and it becomes too sweet for me. ( and 3. because my family complains that it stinks up the entire refrigerator and all the food in it starts to taste like Jackfruit  ... Next time I get one, which should be March 23rd, I will get it to you fresh (or you can come over to partake of the joy of cleaning one of these  ) so you can compare the difference! Plant those seeds in some pots!!

[bsbullie]

John, when it is frozen it doesn't seem as sweet. If you leave a piece on a plate and let it defrost (but don't let it get warm) it will taste sweeter. I freeze it right away instead of letting it sit in the fridge 1. because I love it frozen like a tropical fruit bar and 2. it will continue to ripen more in the bag and it becomes too sweet for me. ( and 3. because my family complains that it stinks up the entire refrigerator and all the food in it starts to taste like Jackfruit  ... Next time I get one, which should be March 23rd, I will get it to you fresh (or you can come over to partake of the joy of cleaning one of these  ) so you can compare the difference! Plant those seeds in some pots!!

You are gonna make John wait 9 months??   

[MarinFla]

John, when it is frozen it doesn't seem as sweet. If you leave a piece on a plate and let it defrost (but don't let it get warm) it will taste sweeter. I freeze it right away instead of letting it sit in the fridge 1. because I love it frozen like a tropical fruit bar and 2. it will continue to ripen more in the bag and it becomes too sweet for me. ( and 3. because my family complains that it stinks up the entire refrigerator and all the food in it starts to taste like Jackfruit  ... Next time I get one, which should be March 23rd, I will get it to you fresh (or you can come over to partake of the joy of cleaning one of these  ) so you can compare the difference! Plant those seeds in some pots!!

You are gonna make John wait 9 months??   

Wow Thanks Rob...overdosing on tropical fruit is causing me Alzheimer type symptoms:) Thanks
No That would be June 23rd LOL

[bsbullie]

John, when it is frozen it doesn't seem as sweet. If you leave a piece on a plate and let it defrost (but don't let it get warm) it will taste sweeter. I freeze it right away instead of letting it sit in the fridge 1. because I love it frozen like a tropical fruit bar and 2. it will continue to ripen more in the bag and it becomes too sweet for me. ( and 3. because my family complains that it stinks up the entire refrigerator and all the food in it starts to taste like Jackfruit  ... Next time I get one, which should be March 23rd, I will get it to you fresh (or you can come over to partake of the joy of cleaning one of these  ) so you can compare the difference! Plant those seeds in some pots!!

You are gonna make John wait 9 months??   

Wow Thanks Rob...overdosing on tropical fruit is causing me Alzheimer type symptoms:) Thanks
No That would be June 23rd LOL

By the way, you need to cleanse your palate with other varieties of jaks...too much of one kind will burn you and your taste buds out 

[MarinFla]

John, when it is frozen it doesn't seem as sweet. If you leave a piece on a plate and let it defrost (but don't let it get warm) it will taste sweeter. I freeze it right away instead of letting it sit in the fridge 1. because I love it frozen like a tropical fruit bar and 2. it will continue to ripen more in the bag and it becomes too sweet for me. ( and 3. because my family complains that it stinks up the entire refrigerator and all the food in it starts to taste like Jackfruit  ... Next time I get one, which should be March 23rd, I will get it to you fresh (or you can come over to partake of the joy of cleaning one of these  ) so you can compare the difference! Plant those seeds in some pots!!

You are gonna make John wait 9 months??   

Wow Thanks Rob...overdosing on tropical fruit is causing me Alzheimer type symptoms:) Thanks
No That would be June 23rd LOL

By the way, you need to cleanse your palate with other varieties of jaks...too much of one kind will burn you and your taste buds out 

Meet you for a Jackfruit tasting at Excalibur??

[Jackfruitwhisperer69]

Hi,

Here's the Famous Koala canned Jacks



I dumped the jacks in a colander...till there no more trace of that nasty syrup on them jacks. I put the jacks in the fridge and was serve cold.
It was good Next time, never again eating canned jacks without straining the syrup.

ps...it was an excellent snack while I was watching ''A Man Named Pearl'' 

[puglvr1]

Steven, those looks pretty good for canned. I have one can left...saving it since its my last one,lol...

[Jackfruitwhisperer69]

Steven, those looks pretty good for canned. I have one can left...saving it since its my last one,lol...

Hi Nancy,
It was the last one on the shelf too I striked whilst the iron was hot. they fly pretty fast you know