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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pejibaye, Sugar Apple
« on: July 16, 2012, 03:21:03 PM »
This weekend I was able to try two fruits I have not tried before.
My small balcony Sugar apple tree, produced 1 fruit this year, I picked it on Saturday, and gave it a try, it was sweet and tasty, my fruit was very small, and had a lot of seeds.
The biggest surprise was the Pejibaye or peach palm, ( Bactris gasipaes ).
I had no idea what to expect with these, thoughts of stringiness or sour / sweet maybe.
This is how they were prepared, after they were cut down off a tall tree, the fruits were sliced open length wise, and seed removes, they were then placed in boiling water for about 40 min. salt added when they had 5 min more to go.
So what did they taste like? drum roll please, ........buttered corn on the cob !
they were great. the buttery taste must be from the natural oils, as none was added. I ate them skin and all, no stringiness, just nice firm flesh that was smooth.
My small balcony Sugar apple tree, produced 1 fruit this year, I picked it on Saturday, and gave it a try, it was sweet and tasty, my fruit was very small, and had a lot of seeds.
The biggest surprise was the Pejibaye or peach palm, ( Bactris gasipaes ).
I had no idea what to expect with these, thoughts of stringiness or sour / sweet maybe.
This is how they were prepared, after they were cut down off a tall tree, the fruits were sliced open length wise, and seed removes, they were then placed in boiling water for about 40 min. salt added when they had 5 min more to go.
So what did they taste like? drum roll please, ........buttered corn on the cob !
they were great. the buttery taste must be from the natural oils, as none was added. I ate them skin and all, no stringiness, just nice firm flesh that was smooth.