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I finally got one!
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: October 20, 2012 09:08PM DRAGONFRUIT!!!!!
I can't believe that it took going up to Devon Avenue (big area for Indians and Middle-Eastern peeps) to find this elusive fruit.  And the price? $3.99 a pound, which translates to about $2.69 for one the size of very large avocado.
I will update when I slice into this beauty Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
powerlifer
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Date: October 20, 2012 09:19PM Ohh lucky you BW, one fruit i still haven't come across yet.
How was it? [www.vegankingdom.co.uk] Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/2012 09:19PM by powerlifer. Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: October 20, 2012 09:33PM LOL--I am not home yet. Will let you guys know ASAP! I also saw a quince and realized I've seen them before. Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: October 22, 2012 05:22PM Meh. Just meh. It looks cool but is rather bland-tasting and I don't think I got a bad one. I went online to make sure it was ripe enough to cut open and found out that it's supposed to be from the cactus family and sure enough, it tastes like tuna (that prickly pear thingie!). And tuna's cheaper so I will go with that in the future. Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
Jgunn
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Date: October 24, 2012 09:30PM i was really dissapointed trying one of these as well i thought for some reason it would be really fruity tasting but mine was totally bleh meh bland too
oh well looks can be decieving lol ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist  Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
chat
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Date: October 25, 2012 04:10AM powerlifer Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Ohh lucky you BW, one fruit i still haven't come > across yet. > > How was it? > > [www.vegankingdom.co.uk] Tesco have them in them from time to time. They are bland tasting, even more disappointing as you normally expect more looking at the bright colours of the fruit. >Banana ice-cream rocks!< Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
fruitloverlady
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Date: October 25, 2012 06:54AM That's great! It's really hard to find dragonfruit in our area as well. And you got it with a cheaper price. That's nice! Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
powerlifer
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Date: October 25, 2012 08:13AM chat Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > powerlifer Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ohh lucky you BW, one fruit i still haven't > come > > across yet. > > > > How was it? > > > > [www.vegankingdom.co.uk] > > > Tesco have them in them from time to time. They > are bland tasting, even more disappointing as you > normally expect more looking at the bright colours > of the fruit. Cheers Chat, damn they sound abit disappointing. Id love to try a fresh mangosteen or something exotic. I wasn't impressed with my first durian tasting session. [www.vegankingdom.co.uk] Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: October 25, 2012 03:52PM HA HA! funny
well.. yeah, it does taste like cactus... glad u had fun though anticipating that it tasted like something more exotic Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
brome
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Date: October 25, 2012 08:11PM Here's a picture of Dragon Fruit in bloom:
"The round flowers are the size of dinner plates, with a sweet smell that appeals to bats and moths. Their wide, cupped shape is thought to reflect the signals of hungry echo-locating bats more than other flower structures." [www.kew.org] [en.wikipedia.org] Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
NGU
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Date: October 25, 2012 09:28PM dragonfruit- one of the big disappointments of the fruit world Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: October 26, 2012 05:19PM I love them. The flavour is very subtle, not a big wow in the mouth but so delicate and mild. Mangosteen are very flavourful. Quince, no. You have to cook those, they are impossibly untasty raw  .Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
NGU
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Date: October 27, 2012 04:57PM Reminds me of a joke I heard a long time. Stop me if you heard it already .
Homeless chap walks up to the back door of an Inn named"George and the Dragon" and asked the Innkeeper's wife for some food. The woman glanced at his shabby, dirty clothes. No, she shouted. Could I at least sleep in your stable? he said. No, she shouted again. The hobo thought for a moment then said D'ye suppose that I might have a word with George? Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
fruitylou
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Date: October 27, 2012 07:00PM Yeah, I'm a lover of sweet fruits and when I heard accounts of the dragonfruit not even being that sweet, I was turned away. They are beautiful though; hard to pass up. Sometimes I will buy them only to put them in a smoothie just so I can say I "ate" dragonfruit. Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: October 27, 2012 08:06PM well, at least it looks pretty
and if you are REALLY hungry then anything tastes good Re: I finally got one!
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: October 28, 2012 12:15AM My guy liked it...I just thought it would taste more dramatic... Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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