It was great my surprise when I went out today in the late afternoon to the front yard to show the fruits of feijoa to my nephew and instead of being hanging like several months ago, were on the floor. Sign that had ripened and were ready to be devoured!
The "guayabo del país" (so-called "false guava", feijoa, etc.) is very important to me for several reasons: it was the first indigenous fruit I got, withstands -11 º C, so it can be cultivated in Junin even outside the urban environment ( in a field) and is grown commercially in several countries such as Australia or New Zealand, where they have produced varieties with highly desirable characteristics.
My feijoas (3 plants in garden soil and another ones in familiar's pots) were obtained from seed, so the flavor, size and other characteristics of the fruit are not identical, thus I could expect any surprises, even the fruit could be ugly.
In other countries they call it "pineaple guava" (feijoa), but I did not find any resemblance to the taste of pineapple in my fruits.
The size of the fruits of this plant is not the greatest, but not bad.
I cut it in half and prepared a spoon to remove the pulp:
It has several subtle seeds, pulp oxidizes rapidly changing color to light brown from crema.
Perfume is like a cross between kiwi, banana and lemon, the flavor seemed very similar to kiwi, sweet, sour, nice! It also reminded me a bit to red arazá (SG).
I was not disappointed at all. It's a strong flavor without being too, with moderate acidity but not leave you indifferent, say it's a bit less tasty than the red arazá (Psidium cattleianum), but it has nothing to envy. The pulp had a texture similar to apple perhaps, firm. Regarding arazá, has the advantage that the seeds of feijoa are very tiny.
I liked the taste more than the kiwi, but I will have to try other times to "get it" better, imagine a feijoa jam would be very appetizing, as in juices or other preparations, but mostly I'm excited by the fact that the fruit is good to eat naturally.
One more detail: the shell is not bad, has a more pronounced flavor and bitter taste very similar to the petals of the flower (which are delicious), but identical: more good news! Next time I'll try whole shell and all.