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White Mulberry

Fruit Maven — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:08:57 +0000

If you tend toward the macabre, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE 1 out of 5 stars

Eww.

AROMA 2 out of 5 stars

Meh.

TEXTURE 4 out of 5 stars

Fine.

TASTE 4 out of 5 stars

SWEET!!! and a little more complicated than most of the black mulberries I have tried.

OVERALL 2.75 out of 5 stars

FRUIT Mulberry	PEAK Spring/Summer	PURCHASED Farmer’s Market
VARIETY White (likely Tehama)	GROWN California

Dr. White Cherimoya

Fruit Maven — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:55:29 +0000

If you start each day listening to Hearts on Fire and telling yourself you really are the greatest, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE 4 out of 5 stars

Heart shaped green fruit with smooth scales, big enough that I wanted to use two hands to lift it (maybe 4-5 inches across), beige flesh with big black seeds.

AROMA 5 out of 5 stars

Extremely sweet and floral aroma reminiscent of vanilla, strawberries and banana. I can not stop bringing it up to my nose. Sooooo alluring. There should be perfume made of this. I am completely puzzled by the existence of pear perfume and not cherimoya. Weird.

TEXTURE 5 out of 5 stars

Smooth and creamy, slightly grainy like a soft pear.

TASTE 5 out of 5 stars

Tropical ice cream or pudding, just an insane mix of flavors from guava to banana to strawberry to pineapple all covered in a deep rich vanilla with a hint of spice.

OVERALL 4.75 out of 5 stars

This tastes like exotic, cool creme brulee. I can’t believe this comes off the tree this way and did not require hours of mixing and baking and hovering on my part. As you may know, I like fruit quite a lot, but this is the first fruit that has knocked me over with love, particularly since it looks like a heart when you cut it in half. SWOON. It really is amazing. Find it and eat it.

FRUIT

Cherimoya

VARIETY

Dr. White

PEAK

Winter

ORIGIN

Ecuador,Columbia,Bolivia

GROWN

California

PURCHASED

Farmer’s Market

NOTES

Cherimoya is also called custard apple but of all the fruit flavors present here, apple isn’t really one of them so I am rejecting that name. You will see in the top picture a slightly different looking cherimoya with little nubs or nipples. That one has a pretty different flavor profile and I will talk about it later. I am giving you a few recipes below, but I personally can’t imagine changing one thing about this fruit other than eating it raw or maybe chilled a bit. Well, I would change one thing…those two cherimoyas cost me $12. Worth it? Yes. But highway robbery nonetheless.

RECIPES

Cherimoya Milkshake
Cherimoya Pancakes (scroll down)

White Sapote

Fruit Maven — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:21:06 +0000

If you think the most important work Bill Cosby has ever done included Jello Pudding Pops, then this is the fruit for you!

Photo is courtesy of Specialty Produce. My old photo was terrible and when I bought more of these to take a better picture, I accidentally ate them all. Will try again next week.

APPEARANCE 2.5 out of 5 stars

Goofy roundish green shape, with various brown markings, white flesh

AROMA 4.5 out of 5 stars

Very bright, perfumy vanilla fragrance

TEXTURE 3.5 out of 5 stars

Soft and creamy, with lots of watery juice

TASTE 5 out of 5 stars

Spicy vanilla cream

OVERALL 3.88 out of 5 stars

This is a grown up pudding cup inside lovely fruit shaped packaging. Messy, spicy, vanilla goodness. Delicious! Please excuse me while I go eat three more of these.

FRUIT

White Sapote

VARIETY

Unknown

PEAK

Sept-Oct

ORIGIN

Mexico

GROWN

Koral’s Tropical Fruit Farm
Vista, California

PURCHASED

Farmer’s Market

NOTES

The seeds are said to be fatally toxic if eaten raw by humans or animals. To eat, cut in half and scoop with a spoon. Don’t eat the skin. They are also known as custard apples.
More about White Sapotes.

RECIPES

Sapote Smoothie
Sapote Shortbread