Having seen her blog... I'm not sure about that haha. I just leave for a few months during the winter.

Haha, no problem Mike. Favorite fruits are of course very much a matter of opinion. I'm not a grower or an expert on fruit, I'm a traveler with a fascination. I haven't had all those varieties, but I'm sure as my hunt continues my favorites will change exponentially.

Nice video Jared!!!

Thanks for sharing

And thanks for the shout out!!!

Annonas and garcinias at the top of the list!!! I agree with your findings!!

No problem Adam! Thanks for introducing me to such a great fruit!

Interesting while atemoya is clearly better than other Annonas and he prefers rambutan to lychees and longans having achachas as his number 1 is contraversial.

Why controversial?

Good luck in Iowa! You might find some pawpaws. Look for woods and creeks, especially where forests border fields/clearings...look along this interface.

That's about all I can offer.

If you make it to Nashville any time, please let me know! I'd love to go Pawpaw and Maypop hunting with you.

EDIT: I would add that you may not find any ripe pawpaws in mid-September. Especially being a cooler zone, they may ripen even later in Iowa if you can find them.

Thanks for the tip!  I'll be there around the 19th. If there aren't paw paws there,  I may wander off to the paw paw festival in Ohio the week before. And definitely, always happy to fruit hunt with some company. I don't have plans to visit TN anytime soon, but I do make my way out that way every once and a while.

Great video.

Regarding number 6 though, it wasn't too clear if you thought they were the same species.

Yes, I was worried it would be a little confusing to see all the footage of the different species when I'm only talking about one. But without it it was not a very entertaining segment. Goal of this video was to just briefly discuss the past episode and not be a full review, so I compromised a bit on that.

Nice video of Jared making all kinds of terrible faces. Congratulations! You managed to offend 3 different cultures in one short video:
Durian: much of Asia's #1 favorite fruit
Chempadek: highly revered, especially in Malaysia
Ume: highly thought of in Japan
FYI noni fruit was never eaten by Polynesians, except perhaps as a starvation food. Mostly it was the other parts of the plant that were used medicinally: roots, leaves, bark. It was actually Europeans that started touting noni fruit as anti cancer.
Don't consider chewing betel eating a fruit! Especially what you were eating, which was combination of betel seed, betel leaf, and lime powder.

Hahaha  I have surprisingly only really gotten serious complaints about the cempedak review. Durian and Ume lovers maybe are more used to hearing some resistance?
True about Betel, technically that was mostly a seed review.

Thanks Kared, you made my day. I really LMAO!!!!!

There are some Cordias that I am sure you will love, the problem is, these will glue you lips and tongue and you will be not able to finish the video LOL

Cheers

Carlos

You know I'd try it at least once...

Awesome video!
Except… I have to disagree on the noni.
I love noni …
Tastes like a combination of two of my favorite things - bananas and stinky French cheese!
(I have about a dozen noni plants in my greenhouse in Idaho right now)

Carolyn

Carolyn, You are a stronger person than I.

Awesome video!
                           Always enjoy watching them, though I do like myself a good Chempedak and the Betel piper leaf is bitter but not nearly as bad as fresh Kratam! God Thats a foul tasting plant! 

Betel leaf wasn't terrible, but not enjoyable at all. Kratam I'm glad to say I haven't tried yet.

Mid September I'll be coming to Iowa for work. Anyone know of anyone growing anything interesting or any markets to check out? I'll have a car and a lot of free time, so anywhere within a few hours of the Des Moines area is fair game for me. I'm excited about tracking some pawpaws if anyone knows a good place, but other uncommon fruit would also be great!

I binge watched this weekend after you linked it

Great stuff well done I love watching someone actually eating a fruit Im interested in!
Also really cool you give fruits second and even third chances when its not too your taste

Thanks Stuart! Sometimes a fruit tastes terrible the first time but then I aquire a taste for it. Like Durian for instance, couldn't stand it the first time. 

Hi Jared, I second Vernmented's thoughts. I have been a big fan for quite a while. Keep up the great work. Best regards, Chris

P.S Someone should do a compilation of your "tasting" face...I would like to see the variation (or lack thereof). Thanks

 The next two episodes will be on the top ten worst and best fruits that I've had. So it will be mostly to footage of me cringing/enjoying. ha

The video is back up. The copyright issues on this are driving me up the wall. I've been flagged for using a cover song (even with permission from the band) and for using public domain music... what the hell?

Anyway, the video is now here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcUFAu7D6QU

I just finished my 100th episode for my fruit hunting youtube series. I put a lot into this one, so I thought you all might like to take a look.
I normally don't post about my videos on here, since its a weekly series and I don't want to bombard the forum. If its not in the guidelines to have this post at all, let me know and I'll take it down, put on a dunce cap and never do it again. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcUFAu7D6QU

Thanks for the tips!

Greenman62, I'm taking notes on that! Especially interested in the Christs thorn jujube and the egyptian guava. I've never seen a guava like that before. very interesting.

Tropicdude, will definitely look out for the Taimor mango. Do you happen to have a photo of this so I know what to look for?

Tropicaliste, I won't be visiting Palawan this time around :/ And you are right about the SM mall, it has a great selection and not too much more expensive than the street vendors. My first market I visited I bought Marang and Caimitos for sale and she took me for 100 pesos/kg saw these cheaper at SM. So she was obviously taking advantage of me. Later that night I saw a street vendor with caimitos priced at 35php/kilo! I'm a little more street wise now.   

Viking guy, I actually have 4 weeks total (tourist visas are now for 30 days!). And I think its a pretty adequate amount of time for a vacation. I of course would like to stay longer and see more places for longer, but  I would much rather get a few days in several places than spend my entire time in one city. Most of my time will be spent in and around Manila with 2-3 day visits in other towns and cities. Domestic flights are quick and cheap so I'm not losing much time traveling, the worst travel will probably be the buses I plan on taking up to north Luzon but thats all part of the adventure . I'm definitely hitting Baguio as a short stop on the way further North. I'll mark down the botanic gardens on my list. I hear the main market at Baguio is great, anything in particular I should be looking for? 

Ben Mango, thats wonderful! I'm marking those markets down. I scheduled three full days in Davao so should be able to hit quite a few markets.

Tropicaliste, Oh thats really exciting Mabolo, marang, santol and Jambul have been on my hit list for a while now. I've never been in the right place at the right time when they've been in season. I'll be spending about a week in Manila so I'll check the supermarkets. Any open air markets you'd  recommend? I've heard the Cubao Farmers Market is supposed to be quite good.