Author Topic: Anyone else ever noticed root beer flavor in a sapodilla?  (Read 669 times)

Zafra

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Anyone else ever noticed root beer flavor in a sapodilla?
« on: May 11, 2020, 02:34:00 PM »
I have 4 ginormous sapodilla trees on my property. Two give pumpkin shaped fruit with dark flesh, sometimes slightly grainy (not at all offensive), intensely sweet and richly flavored. I couldn't pin down what the flavor was exactly until the other day when it just hit me - root beer! It tastes like the best root beer ever! Has anyone else ever detected root beer flavor in a sapodilla or is it just me (or just my sapodillas)?

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Re: Anyone else ever noticed root beer flavor in a sapodilla?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2020, 03:00:49 PM »
Not in Sapodillia as of yet, but 100% in Abiu

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Re: Anyone else ever noticed root beer flavor in a sapodilla?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2020, 04:53:24 PM »
To me, it is more like cream soda and brown sugar.
And did anyone ever notice that when blooming, poison hemlock smells just like Fritos???

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