Jack Fruits
@allknowing (153530)
India
February 22, 2016 9:14am CST
In a few months' time we will have a bumper crop of jack fruits. We have three trees. Last year that mini tornado had uprooted one of our yielding trees. There is not much demand for this fruit and if the nuns do not take them we will be posed with the problem of disposing them. Perhaps our compost pits will be well fed.
Do you eat jack fruit?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Feb 16
i don't reckon i've e'er seen one fer sale'n these parts? if'n so, i'm sure i'd been tempted to give one a try. do the nuns make a jelly 're preserves outta these fruits? pardon my ignorance, but i know not a thingy 'bout 'em. (the fruit, not the nuns, lol)
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
22 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx I have not tried that but we make other dishes out of them. They can be eaten as a fruit. They are sweet and tasty. Their seeds are either roasted or boiled.
You can see the jackfruit seeds here
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Feb 16
@allknowing that's wonderful! do ya know if'n they can be made into a tasty jam'r somethin'? like i said, i aint ne'er run 'cross one so've nary a clue.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Feb 16
I like it as a dessert fruit when it is ripe. The taste reminded me of peaches.
I also love it when it is unripe because it is a meat textured vegetable.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
22 Feb 16
@allknowing Jack Fruit is another one of my favorites.I like raw jack chips,Jack fruit curry and mango,drumstick and jack fruit seed curry.As far as ripe ones are concerned,we can eat them or prepare many dishes.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
22 Feb 16
They are my favourite too. We make many dishes out of them.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
23 Feb 16
@allknowing The only problem is when in season,there is too much of it.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
23 Feb 16
@silvermist I have that problem. Nowadays the nuns also do not turn up and so my compost pits get fed.
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
22 Feb 16
I've never had a jackfruit and not even sure what it is
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
22 Feb 16
My niece who is in New Jersey tells me they are sold there but very expensive. The fruit looks like this
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
22 Feb 16
lychees are tiny unless what you are referring to is different.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
23 Feb 16
@allknowing No, lychees is what I thought. Totally different I guess!
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
23 Feb 16
@DianneN What is the size of the lychees that you have in mind? I have tasted only these lychees
@GardenGerty (169477)
• United States
1 Jun 16
No, I have never had a chance to. They probably do not get imported here.
