We have a number of fruit trees on the compound --most of which are easily identifiable.
Mango. Papaya. Banana. Lemon.
But there is one tree which produces a knobby, green, wart-like cluster that I cannot seem to identify.
Last year when they were in season I didn’t recognize them as food and thus didn’t pick any. However the Africans on the compound ate them with gusto.
I remember asking to try them but not being impressed (at the time). Eating it was too much work.
Why?
Well... the fruit is picked when green. Then it must ripen for several days. Once ripe it squishes to the touch and can be torn open. Inside is a treasure trove of black seeds covered in sweet, slightly-textured slime.
Yum!
I asked its name but nobody seems to know for sure. The best guess I got was Custard Fruit.
Does that sound right to you all? Anyone out there know for sure? I’m in love with a new fruit and need to know its name!
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I've heard it called custard apple...
ReplyDeleteYes, it's part of the custard apple family. You can look online and find out which one.
ReplyDeleteThe one I'm familiar with from the Philippines is called soursop and sweetsop, but it looks a little different.
I saw several different kinds that looked like the one you have pictured in the mountains of Nepal.
Anything from the custard apple family is absolutely delicious!!! It is my favorite fruit on earth!!
It's a sweet sop...that's what we call them in Jamaica..otherwise known as a sugar apple. it's in the custard apple family
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, but it makes me think of my surprise when I first got to the Philippines and saw all the crazy fruits I had never heard of! Like jackfruit, rambutan, soursop, and durian! You will find out I'm sure! Hope you discover the name of your mystery fruit!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all those who helped me with this!
ReplyDeleteMystery fruit is solved!
--sour sop
--sweet sop
--sugar apple
--custard apple
Whichever name we choose it's still delicious!