Canistel also known as egg fruit
@allknowing (153529)
India
October 5, 2021 8:31pm CST
We have this tree. The fruit is also called egg fruit as it tastes like the yellow of the egg boiled and sweetened.
Canistel is loaded with health properties specially the niacin in it helps control the bad cholesterol LDL.
Canistel can be eaten and it can also be used to make desserts.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
6 Oct 21
We have a close cousin in my country and it is my favorite fruit. I use it with cream to make fillings for cakes.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
This fruit is also used for making sweet snacks
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
6 Oct 21
@allknowing I saved the seeds when I was a child as they were so beautiful.
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@DaddyEvil (174708)
• United States
6 Oct 21
I would love to try that but it looks like it isn't sold in my part of the US. It's grown in Florida and is, apparently, too fragile to ship far.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
You can eat it with skin and all and if you like the sweetened yellow of the egg it tastes exactly like that
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
@DaddyEvil No one does that but that is how Canistel tastes.
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@DaddyEvil (174708)
• United States
6 Oct 21
@allknowing I love egg yolk but have never tried adding sweetener to it.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
@Shavkat Wasting of fruits is seen in our property as well. It happens when there are no takers.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
I have not seen them in stores. What grows profusely I think is not sold locally atleast
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
6 Oct 21
@allknowing A neighbor two blocks from my place, they have this tree with fruits. But never harvest them and let them fall on the road. What a waste.
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@rakski (156709)
• Philippines
7 Oct 21
@allknowing that was way long ago, I was still a kid and growing up, I see less and less of them
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@Deepizzaguy (122313)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Oct 21
Thank you for sharing the post about the canistel.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
6 Oct 21
As long as it tastes good I will eat it
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Oct 21
May be it grows only in Asian countries I am not sure
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@Fleura (35122)
• United Kingdom
6 Oct 21
@allknowing I expect it is a warm-climate fruit.
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