• About
  • Contact
  • Orders / Pedidos
  • Press

One Day Café

~ good eats from a small kitchen

One Day Café

Tag Archives: trying new foods

¿Qué es esto? Cherimoya.

07 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by Anonymous in buenos aires

≈ Comments Off on ¿Qué es esto? Cherimoya.

Tags

bubblegum, cherimoya, dragon eggs, trying new foods, weird fruit

Along with the (sporadically) warmer temperatures comes a new season of fruits and vegetables at the mercado. I’ve already made it clear what my favorite is. Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of fruits I’ve never seen before. Starting with these dragon egg impostors.

The verdulera explained that these cherimoyas are from Chile, and would be very sweet when ripe. You have to wait until the skin starts to turn brown and has a little bit of give, similar to an avocado. I was excited.

Alas, this was no palta-like experience. The flesh of the fruit is white and soft, with large black seeds that are easy to remove. The verdulera recommended chilling it and eating it with a spoon. Apparently, it’s often compared to a sherbet. Wikipedia claims that people characterize the flavor as a mix of banana, pineapple, papaya, peach and strawberry. What type of highly developed palates these people must have to be able to detect such a mix of flavors, I can only guess. Because to me, it tasted straight up like cheap bubblegum. Perhaps it’s the memory of the fake bubblegum-flavored fluoride treatments of my youth; I just couldn’t really stomach it. But they still look pretty damn cool.

Have you ever tried cherimoya, and if so, are you a fan?

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,479 other followers

One Day Cafe on Facebook

One Day Cafe on Facebook

algarrobo antofagasta appetizers and sides argentina brazil breakfast and brunch buenos aires chile desserts drinks ecuador entrees etiquette food trends france lima los órganos mendoza north carolina peru pittsburgh recipes restaurants san pedro de atacama tips & how to's travel Uncategorized uruguay

katrina’s twitter feed

  • RT @AmyTorresNJ: 🗣HEY JERSEY CITY! Remember this fun press stunt? Looks like Mayor @StevenFulop is less judgmental of gatherings when it’s… 1 day ago
  • RT @StephanieNOlson: It’s a unfortunate how fast women will be like “am I losing my mind?” instead of “this doesn’t make any fucking sense”… 3 days ago
  • RT @terrencemcd: icymi: Jersey City's mayor likes to tout his city as the most diverse in the U.S. His staff of top officials are not nearl… 5 days ago
  • RT @choo_ek: My children asked to travel abroad during a global pandemic. Wanting to be a good parent, I said, "That's ridiculous." 1 week ago
Follow @katrinacabrera

Blogroll

  • David Lebovitz
  • Gringo in Buenos Aires
  • Homesick Texan
  • Kelly Poindexter – Pastelera
  • La Panza Porteña
  • My Beautiful Air
  • NOLAchef
  • Pick Up the Fork
  • San Telmo Loft
  • Smitten Kitchen

On Bloglovin’? Follow Me Here!

Follow on Bloglovin

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×