What's in Your Fruit Bowl ?

[shyvas]

A huge pineapple, a kilo of persimmons and 2 kg of apples.

 

[PTree15]

Nothing. I want more apples, bananas and whatever else I can get on sale.

 

[shyvas]

Nothing. I want more apples, bananas and whatever else I can get on sale.

That's not good.

 

[shyvas]

2 kg of oranges and 1 kg of Arian apples.

 

[shyvas]

A kilo of persimmons apples and oranges.

 

[KLS52]

Bananas, pears, avocado.

 

[shyvas]

Bananas, pears, avocado.

I'll have the avocado. They have suddenly become so expensive over here.

 

[KLS52]

I'll have the avocado. They have suddenly become so expensive over here.

They’re always expensive here, too. I have to be careful because they often go bad before I get a chance to eat them so I’ve taken to bringing them to work where I can at least give them to coworkers so they don’t end up in the trash. It’s so wasteful.

 

[shyvas]

They’re always expensive here, too. ☹ I have to be careful because they often go bad before I get a chance to eat them so I’ve taken to bringing them to work where I can at least give them to coworkers so they don’t end up in the trash. It’s so wasteful.

I used to pay $1 or 2 at Aldi in CA. At my local Lidl's they cost 1.45 Euro for one. I find that far too expensive so wait until
they are on SO.

 

[shyvas]

Bananas as they were on SO at Lidl's. Some of them will go to the freezer.

 

[PTree15]

Bananas as they were on SO at Lidl's. Some of them will go to the freezer.

Same here on the bananas, and I, too, will be freezing some.

 

[KLS52]

Feeling grateful for the bounty.

 

[KLS52]

What the heck does one do with this? I forgot the name. It’s some kind of spiky exotic melon. I thought it would be fun to try. It’s disgusting. $4 down the drain. Grrrrr.

 

[PTree15]

I didn't know what it was, either, but I found this:

https://parade.com/64398/linzlowe/what-the-heck-is-a-kiwano-melon-and-how-do-you-eat-it/

This seems to me to be the best use of it.

Kiwano melons are also excellent in exotic drinks. Check out this yummy recipe for a minty gin-and-champagne kiwano cocktail!

 

[KLS52]

I was going to google it when I was in the store but I didn’t. I would have never purchased it if I did. Cucumber is a good description of the taste. What a disappointment! I was expecting it to be like a cantaloupe. Lol.

 

[Val]

Quince fruits, kiwis, asian pears, Reinette Simirenko apples from our garden.

 

[shyvas]

Sad and empty.

 

[shyvas]

What the heck does one do with this? I forgot the name. It’s some kind of spiky exotic melon. I thought it would be fun to try. It’s disgusting. $4 down the drain. Grrrrr.
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It looks like passion fruit. I would have extracted the pulp and added sweetener and lemon juice.

It could be used as a topping for ice cream/yogurt/vanilla cream pots etc.

I gather that it's too late as you may have binned it.

 

[KLS52]

I gather that it's too late as you may have binned it.

Oh hell yeah, lol. Even if it had any flavor at all, those seeds would do me in. I don’t do seeds in fruit. It’s why I have a hard time with raspberries. I even stopped eating strawberries because of the black dots and I always buy seedless jam.
Just today I was Adam’s Fairacres Farm and bought a jar of “Christmas Jam”...the name got me, lol. It was strawberries and cranberries and looked really smooth. I thought it was worth a try. But when I tasted it...yuck...it had the skins of the cranberry all throughout. They were ground really small but it ruined it for me. It’s a shame because it has a nice flavor.

 

[shyvas]

A kilo of kiwis and a huge persimmon.

I feel better now as I loathe having an empty fruit bowl.