Fruit

[ama]

I eat a lot of fruit and love to try new ones and new varieties of existing ones. Lately, I have been eating a grapefruit (usually, Texas Red Star), a pomegranate and a few clementines everyday. Summer is my favorite season, I can eat berries, cherries and assorted rock fruit all day. I also cook and bake with them.

Do you all eat fruit? What are your favorites? Any cool uses or spotting of unusual or new fruits?

 

[JayJay]

My favorite fruit currently is Bosc pears. I also enjoy dried cranberries, Red and Golden Delicious apples, and grapes. I love fruit.

 

[West24]

conne

 

[Joffrey]

I eat lots of fruit and have lots of favorites. HEre goes: Grapes, white peaches, yellow peaches, cantaloupe, pineapple, guava, any crispy sweet apple, black cherries, tangerines, clementines, watermelon, mangoes, others that I'm surely forgetting.

 

[tor]

I love fruit too. Grapefruit is nice, although I can't always find good ones. Very crispy grapes are nice. Probably my favorite fruit is cherries though. Have you ever had rainier cherries? Probably the best fruit I've ever had.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by tor

Have you ever had rainier cherries? Probably the best fruit I've ever had.

Those are very good.

Have you guys had Honeycrisp apples? Maybe the best apple I've ever had. Very crispy, sweet and a little tart. Its got everything!

 

[West24]

Originally Posted by ama

Those are very good.

Have you guys had Honeycrisp apples? Maybe the best apple I've ever had. Very crispy, sweet and a little tart. Its got everything!

thats funny, because your mom said the exact same thing about my cack.

 

[kwilkinson]

Have been enjoying a lot of Buddha's Hand lately.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Have been enjoying a lot of Buddha's Hand lately.

I've only had those twice. Not so easy to find yet. Tasted kind of like a citron, but sweeter. Very interesting all-in-all. What do you do with it?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by ama

I've only had those twice. Not so easy to find yet. Tasted kind of like a citron, but sweeter. Very interesting all-in-all. What do you do with it?

Sometimes I chop it and put it in a salad. Mostly I steep it in oil or cream to use the flavor in other applications. It makes an absolutely killer flavored oil.

 

[samus]

Had a nice couple of persimmons this week.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Sometimes I chop it and put it in a salad. Mostly I steep it in oil or cream to use the flavor in other applications. It makes an absolutely killer flavored oil.

Ohhh, great idea! I've done citrus oils plenty, but never cream. I'll give that a shot! What is the preparation for that?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by ama

Ohhh, great idea! I've done citrus oils plenty, but never cream. I'll give that a shot! What is the preparation for that?

There's no real recipe. I have to deal with that **** at work, so when I'm home I just eyeball it all. But I'd say half a decent-sized Buddha's Hand will really powerfully flavor 2 qts oil.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

There's no real recipe. I have to deal with that **** at work, so when I'm home I just eyeball it all. But I'd say half a decent-sized Buddha's Hand will really powerfully flavor 2 qts oil.

Sorry I wasn't clear. I was asking about cream, you mentioned that you infused cream with it.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by samus

Had a nice couple of persimmons this week.

Good choice, they have a great complex flavor and I really enjoy the waxy mouthfeel.