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Can you tell me about any lesser-known local fruits or vegetables in your area that you think more people should discover? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I gotta give it to mulberries, don't get enough attention!

The buds of the flower Bauhinia variegata are both cooked amd used for pickles, spectacular stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Technically not my area, but mangosteen. Mostly grown in South-East Asia, it's a sour sweet fruit with the texture and structure like a soft orange, and one big seed per segment. It is seriously delicious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mangosteens are the Best Fruit.

The ones you can get here are golfball-sized and eye-wateringly expensive - when I was in Singapore they were enormous and everywhere.

I want a mangosteen now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I hear you. The rare occasion I'm in Singapore I will buy a whole bag and devour them all over a few days.

And when I see them where I am (also often golf ball sized), I message all my SEA friends with the location and price so they can descend like a flock of seagulls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I just saw mangosteen in Chinatown Manhattan... First time seeing them in the us!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I fucking hate the seeds though. It's like, you're getting to this sweet and juicy part of the segment's flesh, and then the seed just stops you cold from enjoying the fruit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Just googled it and it looks BEAUTIFUL. I want this asap.