Today’s Treats

OK... I've bought dragon fruit in stores here... a bunch of times just to try and prove to myself that good ones exist. To date I've not bitten into one that I wanted to swallow.

What is it? What am I missing? Do they not store and travel well? I've never found one good for anything other than looking cool on a platter.
 

Usually the dragon fruit from the store is imported from Asian farms. They’re not growing for taste, but for production.

The dragon fruit I’ve tried from the store is mild and almost kiwi flavored. They’re usually red on the outside and white inside. I’ve had a yellow one that wasn’t great.

This red one I have is super sweet and amazing when served cold.
 
My kid got me to buy a red one from a local market insisting, "these ones are better"... they weren't  :P

But yes... imported from a distant place.
 
Inside they sort of remind me of fichi d'india. Those fresh off the plant are spectacular. Are these popular in the south west?
 
Teresa you would love the delicious flavor of a big Scarlet Red dragon fruit like that. I can smell the sweet flavor through my phone screen. Congratulations Anthony for growing such a photogenically fantastic dragon fruit.

@"TorontoJoe"#1 . You would love fresh succulent bright red dragon fruit in season. Unfortunately we've just about left that season there's still some stragglers in Southern California that the birds, and the squirrels have not gotten to yet. We'll have to figure out a way to put some fresh dragon fruit sweetness on a plate before you. The white ones in the market just doesn't have what it takes
There's a lady in Kenya who grows some amazing dragon fruit, I'll have to find the video's for you, so you can fall in love. Leonardo at Oceanside dragon fruit farm should still have some tasty ones. Also Thousand Oaks dragon fruit farm. By mid December they'll all be gone till May next year
 

We also call those prickly pears, and cactus fruit or "tunas". They're very popular here and warm climates. When I was in Morocco they had guys with carts full of them, they would cut them open and we would eat them on the spot. I love them but can only eat a few before they start to mess with my alimentary canal.
 
Good stuff as always Anthony. That Fia Teo looks like a winner everytime. What does it taste like late in the season ?
 

Thanks Joe. It was very good. Unpollinated, it's very sweet with a honey/mild berry flavor. It's the fig that gets attacked by animals the most, possibly due to it's level of sweetness.
 
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