Saturday, June 24, 2017
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Jack Fruit
So last weekend, I had a small backyard party, and I decided to buy a whole Jack fruit and open it to serve as a dessert. Well, it didn't go as well as I planned.
I am quite familiar with the fruit. I grew up eating it, and it even grew in a parents' garden. But I've never bought a whole fruit before while living in the States, since one doesn't come across it that often. So it was a bit of a surprise when I saw it in one of our local grocery stores. I bought the whole fruit and brought it home, saved it for a few days, and then opened it in the middle of the party.
It turned out that the fruit is not that fresh. The inside was a dried out, causing the actual fruit itself, the yellow flesh, to be dry and hard to pry out. The individual fruit was also rather small, smaller than I was familiar with.
It was quite a chore to pull out the individual fruit because everything was dry and stuck together.
I've bought Jack fruit before, but only the actual edible flesh. Maybe next time, I'll buy that again, rather than the whole fruit. But then again, it is just a wow thing to buy the whole fruit and cut it open. Maybe if I can find one fresher than this one, probably at an Asian or Indian grocery store, I might try it again.
Zz.
I am quite familiar with the fruit. I grew up eating it, and it even grew in a parents' garden. But I've never bought a whole fruit before while living in the States, since one doesn't come across it that often. So it was a bit of a surprise when I saw it in one of our local grocery stores. I bought the whole fruit and brought it home, saved it for a few days, and then opened it in the middle of the party.
It turned out that the fruit is not that fresh. The inside was a dried out, causing the actual fruit itself, the yellow flesh, to be dry and hard to pry out. The individual fruit was also rather small, smaller than I was familiar with.
It was quite a chore to pull out the individual fruit because everything was dry and stuck together.
I've bought Jack fruit before, but only the actual edible flesh. Maybe next time, I'll buy that again, rather than the whole fruit. But then again, it is just a wow thing to buy the whole fruit and cut it open. Maybe if I can find one fresher than this one, probably at an Asian or Indian grocery store, I might try it again.
Zz.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Food - Delicious Science
The Public Broadcasting Station has started a serious on the physics, chemistry, and biology of the food we eat. Titled Food - Delicious Science, it premiered on May 17, 2017. You are able to view previous episodes of the series.
So far, it has been quite informative.
Zz.
So far, it has been quite informative.
Zz.
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