Many of you were correct yesterday. The mystery fruit was Dragon Fruit.
Dragon Fruit is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. They are also grown in Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. You can also find them in Hawaii, Israel, Australia (the northern part), China, and Cyprus. It is believed that Europeans introduced the fruit when they brought it from the New World.
I cut into it last night and ate all of it in one sitting for dessert. The fruit is sweet and juicy. For those who haven’t tried it, the best way I can describe the flavor is to say it tastes like a cross between a kiwi and pear. If you come across it, give it a go.
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I’ve seen them but never eaten one. I think I will try it now!
It’s tasty!
very dramatic appearance with that purple flesh … i have only eaten the pale fleshed species which is also delicious 🙂
I was surprised when I cut it in half. I was expecting the white color inside.
This is one of my favorite fruits haha. I lovee it!! Another version is a white one! That’s also sweet but heard that red one’s more delicious!!
It was years ago when I tried the white one. It would be fun to do a taste test.
I haven’t tried this variety either, certainly looks more appealing 🙂
I was surprised by how beautiful and stunning the inside looked.
I like it, mostly because it’s purple 😀 Have you seen this? http://blog.wwf.ca/blog/2013/01/14/amazing-snowy-owl-carved-from-dragon-fruit/dragon-fruit-snowy-owl/
That is so cute. Thanks for the link! And purple is my favorite color.
Weird but cool!
I had the pale one. It looks delicious 🙂
finally I got something right!
I had complete faith in you buddy!
Yummmers!!! IT looks delightful and I bet it tasted even better than it looked!!!
It did!
Yummy, yummy, yummy – I love dragon fruit! I put it in my fruit smoothies :).
I think I will the next time I see it – have always been wary as I do not like bitter fruit.
This one was sweet–I didn’t get a bitter taste at all.
Never seen this before, or heard of it for that matter. But, I love kiwi and I love pear so it’s like a win/win!
Lynn 😀
I hope you can try it. I loved the flavor!
I haven’t met with this one before…. seems like water melon… Thank you dear, love, nia
Looks a little like watermelon, but not the same taste. This has more flavor I think.
The color reminds me a little of watermelons. Will give it a try if I come across it.Thanks for the introduction.
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I hope you get a chance to try it. Yummy!
Mhhhhhhhhhhhhh I love them, so yummy 😀
I’ll have to give them another go!
It’s nice to have a “guinea pig” try all these new things. 🙂 Thanks for the review.
Ha! I love it. So far no side effects 🙂
So interesting!!
Cool! I never heard of or seen this kind of fruit before but it looks delicious!
give it a go if you ever see it.
I have to admit, the skin reminded me of an artichoke.
I’ve seen dragon fruit all over Southeast Asia before, but never anywhere else! Must have been exciting seen it in London.
Daniel
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I almost wrote, it’s not an artichoke as one of my clues. It does look like it a little.
How beautiful, will have to look otu for these!
I bet you could whip up a fantastic dish with one.
I found the white ones more than the red. I like them both.
The fruit often brings back memory of my mother because my mom liked it.
I hope it’s a happy memory.
It was 🙂
I’ve never had dragon fruit – that I knew about anyway.
If you can, try it.
It’s good to know it tasted good!
Interesting. Kind of intimidating on the outside, but sweet and juicy on the inside.