Fruit Maven » african http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Kiwano/Horned Melon http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/kiwanohorned-melon/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/kiwanohorned-melon/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:43:04 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=713 If you’ve been looking for a way to legitimately use the word “horny” in a conversation, then this is the fruit for you! Kiwano Melon
APPEARANCE 5 out of 5 stars

This reminds me of a punk rock tiger fish! It is a spiky orange fruit with animal-like yellow spotting. The flesh is a gorgeous bright green that is in an amazing geometric pattern.

AROMA 2.5 out of 5 stars

None

TEXTURE 1.5 out of 5 stars

Very gelatinous – each seed is surrounded by a little jelly sack with a very firm membrane – its not like you can bite through and get to juice.  Lots and lots of edible seeds (think cucumber).

TASTE 2.5 out of 5 stars

The jelly part is a lot like a cucumber with the slightest hint of melon or kiwi or maybe lemon.  The seeds are fairly neutral tasting and somewhat annoying – they aren’t easy to chew or swallow.

OVERALL 2.88 out of 5 stars

Way more fun to look at than eat in my opinion. Granted I have not yet doctored it up with sugar and poured it over ice cream but I could douse lots of things in sugar and down them with a bite of ice cream and I’m not sure that justifies eating them.

FRUIT

Kiwano/Horned Melon

VARIETY

Unknown

PEAK

Year Round

ORIGIN

Africa

GROWN

New Zealand

PURCHASED

Grocery Store

NOTES

Also called African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, melano or Kiwano melon but the best of the best names this guy goes by is a Southwestern US nickname– Blowfish Fruit!

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