Trivia: You can eat the seed of a Jack Fruit. Just boil it for at least 15 minutes, peel it's outer shell and eat it. It's my favorite. A young unripe Jackfruit can be used as vegetable in many Soth east Asian countries.
In Mexico Tamarinds are very popular, Mexican Tamarind candy is amazing, more on the sweet side. They are often used to make icy/fresh-sweet Tamarind water. However, my personal favorite is Tamarind syrup flavored shaved ice!
Mallorie Macklin this was in my saved videos for over a year... watched it and thought of you when she mentioned mangosteen. Imagine my surprise to see your comment lol
Dragon fruit is one of my favorite fruits, I would definitely recommend you try it before assuming you won't like it. It's probably the prettiest fruit I've ever seen as well.
Dragon fruits taste like a really watered down kiwi, or at least the ones I've tried. She's right though, they do taste pretty boring. They really are more of an aesthetic type of fruit.
in Indonesia, we have another variety of dragon fruit. they are red, orange, black and green dragon fruit on the inside. i love the red dragon fruit with red fleshy inside. they are so sweet
Thanks for all of the suggestions, Louise. These are amazing. I was initially searching for information about papaya, since I had purchased one in the store but wasn't sure which portions were edible. I'm glad I found your video, after hearing about the potential hazzard of eating the seeds (which was exactly what I was wondering about). The first RU-vid video I watched about papaya didn't even mention the seeds, so your tip was particularly appreciated. But your display of all of the other fruits and the details about them was very educational. I have never even heard of most of these. I need to get out more, in terms of eating fruit. In America, we also call them stones or seeds, btw. Not sure you need to apologize for using that terminology. Very common here. Oh, it was also helpful that you mentioned about what signifies ripeness in fruits. The other video about papaya didn't and actually displayed an unripe, yellow papaya. Mine is ripe, and darker orange, with red, as you describe. It's people like you, who make services like RU-vid so enjoyable. What a treat!
Zephyr Juney. yes, I couldn't imagine not eating them everyday. They don't know what they are missing. I'm fortunate enough to live in an area were we grow grapes, apples, pears, peach, nectarine, plum, cherries, berries and lots of others
Don't worry, in English there are multiple words to describe seeds in fruit and stones is one, there's also the word pit too. I understood what you meant when you said stones.
we eat a lot of papaya and tamarind in mexico, actually we make "tamarind water" by removing the hard shell and veins, rinsing it, then soaking the flesh and seeds in a bit of hot water for 30 min after which you can easily remove the seeds and throw the flesh and water in a blender, then you pass it all trough a strainer and mix that with cold water and sugar and there u go, tamarind juice.
I admit I'm a Fruitaholic lol I've heard of most of them except 2 of them. love mango papaya and dragon fruit. I would love to try mangosteen. I recommend persimmons, they look like a yellow tomato but taste totally different. let them get really soft then it's like eating jam. another of my favourite I'd passion fruit.
And for the person who keeps complaining about calling the fruits "exotic". ex·ot·ic iɡˈzädik/ adjective adjective: exotic 1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country. "exotic birds" synonyms: foreign, nonnative, tropical; introduced, imported Since most of those fruits fruits do not grow in Denmark (I'm guessing) then they would be exotic to her. Stop trying to turn this into something it's not. She's not being offensive. And yes, if bananas do not grow in your country they would be exotic - even if they are common. Exotic (as the definition proves) does not mean rare. Exotic also does not mean amazing or awesome either. Just because something is exotic does not mean it's something beautiful. So a BUICK would be EXOTIC to a German. So that being said, please try to look up words before you go on rants. You can't change the definition of words just to fit your wants.
***** Considering Italy has been growing their own tomatoes all by themselves since the 1500's, I think it's safe to say that they are no longer "exotic". I would say that probably prior to that, they were most definitely exotic.
C. Evangelista Show me a source where Germans and Italians considered a Buick is an exotic car. Don't tell me you're going to pull it out your ass. You said tomatoes are no longer exotic after 1500's because italy has been growing their own tomatoes. So these tropical fruits are grown in Florida, are they considered exotic too? dumbass.
TukTuk Syko You confuse 3 different terms: *exotic, native and naturalised*. Before you argue, check your facts in *Glossary of botanical terms* on wiki.
ur exotic to people from north America and Europe bc we eat round big plump apples and mangos are seasonal and small we a fruit called pears which grow great in cooler places wich look like rose apples but are soft and juicy and Grapes OMG! THERE THE BEST grapes are the best google them u gotta try those there exotic to you depending where you live...
Maybe you have sugar in every meal and drink soft drinks 24/7 so pretty much nothing tastes sweet to you...almost all the dragon fruit I've had were noticeably sweet and quite tasty; although, I must admit, I've only eaten dragon fruit in its native Asia and in season.
Mememe 155 Why did you even bother to comment?.. youre irrelevant here. If noone cared as you so claim then why did you even bother commenting?? Kinda contradictory tbh. Why dont you go find something more productive to go with your time, like getting that stick you jammed up your ass checked out by a doctor.. might actually help you
Except for snake fruit, rose apples and the fruit that looks like plum with white stuff on the inside and green spheres on the outside we get everything else where I live. I love those mangoes and jackfruit
*I come from an Asian family that has ties with growers. I live by Chinatown and it's not hard to find these fruit. My grandpa grows dragon fruit in our garden. 😂 Other fruits you should've shown are longan, durian, rambutan, soursop, etc...
It's not unsafe to eat papaya seeds, unless you are pregnant. Papaya should not be eaten in general while pregnant because it contains high amounts of vitamin c, which can induce your period. Otherwise, papaya seeds can be quite tasty! They are very peppery, and some people actually dry them and use them as an alternative to peppercorns. Me personally, I like them blended up into a salad dressing.
SweetSailor: In my whole life i never see anybody eat papaya seeds, because its have no taste/smell, have nothing to eat. Of course you cant eat papaya seeds just like you cant eat mango seed, mangosteen seed, longan or rambutan seed... More exotic fruits is more healthy we have lol ^^ All of this fruits is from Vietnam & some Southeast Asian (Thailand,Lao,Cambodia,Malaysia..) Mangosteen is 100% delicious fruits, against cancer, brighter skin... PS: You can boil jackfruit's seed, its yummy. Its like...almond or some kind of seed. Tropical fruits is amazing, but people always like or want something we dont have. I mean im absolute love Asia tropical fruits, i eat alot fruits evryday for my diet. But im also addiction to oversea fruit (cold place country) cherry, berries.....
Actually, i quite like the use of the word "stone" instead of "seed." It sound much nicer in my opinion. Thanks for posting this video, i thought it was very interesting. I hop i get to try some of these someday.
Flick Wise actually in America it is common to call "stones" pits even though fruits with pits are called stone fruits. But the difference between pits and seeds are the number. There is only one pit but there are multiple seeds, and yes usually they are smaller than pits but not always.
Angela Catherine nope let me refine that answer actually the stone or pit refers to the hard shell surrounding the seed. But I was right in saying there is only one per fruit.
No need to say sorry, in English/American English seeds can be refereed to as stones, especially when it comes to certain fruit such as peaches, plums, and apricots(all called stone fruits)
i eat papaya,mango,rose apple,tamarind,sapodilla,jack fruit. we have those treed at our garden papaya ,mango ,rose apple,jack fruit,and sapodilla tree.
+Mahèé iFTi +vera k +Mia Golen Papaya seeds is highly toxic which the fetus can't handle them. Even the birds won't eat them. Anything that the birds won't eat, is also harm to human.
the thing i like best in this video is how to tell if they aren't ripe or too ripe as well as what they look like when they are good to eat. most videos cut that part out and it's important!
These are not exotic fruits. They are fruits some people haven't seen before, but that doesn't make them exotic. Mexico has some fruits that I haven't seen before in a mexican market, that doesn't mean those fruits are exotics.
ex·ot·ic iɡˈzädik/ adjective 1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country. I don't see any of those fruits in any of my local grocery stores and like she said those fruits are native to Thailand, let alone countries in Asia. I don't know where you live but if you don't live in Asia, that means those fruits are exotic to you.
Sean Gallon like i said, fruits you haven't seen don't consider exotics. Lots of americans haven't seen napa grapes that you make wines out of, that doesn't mean napa grapes is exotic. I haven't seen african cucumbers, that doesn't mean their cucumbers are exotic.
If you told me they are tropical fruits, then I agree wholeheartedly. But exotic, I disagree. It defends on how you define exotic. There are fruits that are native to America and why don't those fruits consider exotic? But fruits from asia are considered exotic? it's a weak argument if you told me because they're from asia.
here in my country, usually we make tamarind juice (just mix it with water n add a bit of honey to reduce the sourness) to treat sore throat. but this is the first time I actually knew someone ate it just like that 😂
+Nik Nurmadihah in mexico its acually a very common fruit to eat in lots of differnt ways. lots of our candy is tamrind flavour like tamrind rolled in chile or in sugat or made into agua fresca its actually really tasty
Where I come from, I know all of these fruits and I eat them all the time, the yellow ones that kinda look like trapezoids, they're my favorite! Anyways, I'm Asian so I know all those fruits American people think are weird.
I haven't seen rose apples or snakefruit in Vietnam. She mentioned the name of the "yellow trapezoids" in the video which as jackfruit In vietnamese it would be called Mit and sounds like "meat" and people can buy them as fried fruit chips, they're pretty nice.
•Ellie SunShower• Are you Vietnamese, i am too. But Xanat Mena is right. Some fruits can grown up in Mexico or Sout America. Its easy understand cause these fruits grown up in tropical place, where sunshining LOL :) Like Longan & Lychee is orginal from Vietnam, but in many year ago, tthey grown up in China, Thailand, Malaysia or even in Indonexia as well Now adays, alot bussines grown mango, longan, dragon fruit, jackfruit in USA (i search it grown at CA & Miami...) By the way, its just a fruit. Happy these fruits can grown up in oversea over there so people can eat them more & cheaper. Like, Vietnam dont have cherry & strawberry, berries... but now adays have bunch of strawberry tree, its not mean strawberry from Vietnam.
some fun facts about mangosteem that my parents told me! if you look at the bottom of the mangosteem, you will see petal like pieces at the bottom. They tell you how many pieces are inside and how large they are. I generally look for the ones with small petals because they dont have seeds and are way easier to eat. Oh and when they are hard, they are generally rotten as well which is why i never bother opening hard ones.
I've had a dragonfruit. It does look very pretty but it has the texture of a kiwi, but with almost no flavor, and if there is a little bit of flavor, it is very bland. But it has a lot of antioxidants, so it's really good for you. But you're better off eating other fruits.
Thank you for the review. I see these fruits in the store, but have been unsure of how to eat them, or if I will like them. Now I’m more likely to try.😉
the names are so different from what we call them in Jamaica... the mango is a cross between a Julie mango and an east Indian mango, Idk wats the right name for it tho, the sapia thing we call it naseberry... jackfruits are sooooo good especially when its super ripe with salt on it... tamberin is good with brown sugar , just roll them up with sugar its soo good.... and the last one I think we call that star apple... Idk why but yeah...
You all have gotten the commercial tamarinds, ie picked before they are fully ripen. Ripe tamarinds are sweeter than dates. Next time you're in Mexico, asked for the ripen tamarinds, though they are a different variety than those of Southeast Asia they are similar.
We have lots of varieties of fruits here in Mexico, including Papaya, Drangon fruit (Pitaya) and we eat it with honey, Saramuyo which are opaque green, kinda small, and are super sweet and creamy, Tamarind, Zapote, etc
They have tamarind and papayas in Mexico. There's alot of stores in the US as well that carry these along with dragonfruit, mangosteen and rose apples. I live near Chicago and select stores have jackfruit is also readily available.
***** Some fruits don't properly ripen off the tree. They may get old, but the taste is still not good. That may be the case for these fruits, I don't know...I have had some fruit that got old and wrinkled but still did not ripen, so I am guessing that is the case for this lady. Blessings!
Papaya is my favorite fruit! I can eat a whole papaya by myself in one sitting. I find that a good way to tell if it's ripe is by the smell. I also found that for some reason it is sweetest when you see white mold starting to grow (but no green mold!) On the outside. I have never gotten sick and don't know if the development of the mold can be an indication of the amount of sugars developed (if that means anything) but every time I let it ripen to that point the papaya tastes amazing. Fresh papaya is also delicious with homemade whipped cream, melted chocolate, or mascarpone cheese. Make a milk and papaya smoothie. You will thank me.
I live in South Florida so all of this is normative to me lol we have a variety of mango, dragon fruit, etc...I love living in a tropical climate because I eat so much out of my back yard...nothing like grabbing a snack off your tree for free as opposed to going to the grocery store.
just a bit of sharing (cause I saw some of my favorite fruits in the video) here in the Philippines,Rose Apples are called Makopa. and it has a very interesting legend about it... the fruit after the Dragon Fruit is called Chico and they're more rounder and a bit bigger... we call tamarinds, Sampalok, and we eat them when their sour and unripe,and put them in soup sometimes...and we also call the Jackfruits, Langka....
WildFireWoo I can't quite recall the characters,but it was that the fruit tree was originally a church bell that was very valuable in a town,and then there were bandits that tried to steal it. but then a townwoman took the bell and hid it deep underground in the woods. and then time passed and a tree grew in its place,bearing fruits that looked like small bells.... then i can't recall the rest... :/
I think the fact i've already eaten almost all these fruits is amazing. Thank you Brazil, to be a very fertile earth and thanks mercadão de São Paulo hahahah
The mangosteens can be opened from the bottom were the small jagged circle (it's week point) is by pressing on it with you thumbs and it should give in not creating a big mess.
I'm jealous. My husband's Vietnamese and he ate ALL KINDS of awesome foods when he visited there! You can't get it here, they irradiate the fuck out of it first, and all you get is ruined fruit. :/
i am from Nepal.all the fruits shown in the videos are available in our country as well and probably in better taste in comparision to those in thailan.i came to know the taste of those east asian fruits when i was in singapore.
Mónica Ángel Sorry but the dragon fruit is NOT a common mexican fruit, plus dragon fruit does not have thorns on all its surface and is NOT pitaya, the pitaya is a fruit that grows on a big catus like looking plant surrouded by thorn and the pitaya itself has thorns on all is round surface, plus the interior of the pitaya fruit is a dark bright red plup with Little black eatable seeds the pitaya tastes very sweet, acidic, delicious and has like creamy consistancy, you must very careful when harvesting this fruit very dangerous, pitayas are round and normaly are the size of alittle larger than a tennis ball, the exterior skin of the fruit is from dark red to dark purple covered in small fine and thick thorns, do to the thorns on the cactus plant and the fruit itself. I have noticed that in some websites they put dragon fruit and pitaya as the same kind of fruit the similarities they have is that the interior of the fruit the pulp has Little black eatable seeds.
toni fagbure Hmmm, I spent half my life in Oz and the rest all over the world... I always thought too, that Paw paw and papaya are slightly different in shape and flavour, paw paws are bulkier and less thin at one end... then there is the Mexican papaya, or so called, they are quite large, watermelon size, green and beloved by the locals, they eat them with lime juice and salt, otherwise they have almost no flavour, a truck driver mate of mine used to pick them up for this Mexican wife and family... Can't be bothered to research any of this but going on my memory and experience..
Steve Sturges Wrong again they are the same fruits just different breeds. It's like when you have different breeds of mangos or different breeds of Bananas they look slightly different and have slightly different tastes but that doesn't make them a whole different fruit.
I dont think you've actually tasted the tamarind. Those things are mostly sour and a little sweet. They taste good though, especially if you break them down to get all the flesh off the seed and make popsicles, candy or a sauce or dressing with it.
Green papaya is also good for som tum. I am Thai, I'm surprise I didn't see rambutan or lychee or durian. I love jack fruit and durian the best. The jack fruit you have has already been removed and cut for you, lol. Tamarinds are good for sauce, like pad thai. Mangosteen is also called the Queen fruit. I always use my hands though lol. Durian is the King of fruit!
Fruit in Thailand is simply amazing ! One of many reasons to go there. I'm lucky enough to have visted this beautiful country & tried a lot there food and made me realize how bad UK food is in comparison.
PiPLevyy Pick a nice one, tomato's are best when grown outside in summer months,wash dont keep them in the fridg. Turn so stem end is to the side and slice. If you cook some bacon and have a little lett. & bread make it into a sand or if you are a vegan just enjoy on some white bread toast.yum made me hungry. Hope you enjoy many tomatos, happy eating 😜
You live in cold country, That fruits, Live in tropical Country, Like philippines, We know all that, so, For you its Exotic, And Try the StarApple , And Balimbing :)
Dragon fruit is a super fruit! High in antioxidants, anticancer properties. How is that a boring fruit? Jackfruit tastes lime a mix of mango and pineapple. All these fruits are actually in the US international stores. It's not necessary to travel to Asia. Good video.
