Favorite Fruits

[Pomai]

What's yours?

Mango tops my list. More specifically, the Pirie that grows right in our yard. Awesome. Unfortunately, the rains a few months ago washed away most of the flowers. So it looks like we'll have a small harvest this season.

I also LOVE locally-grown Lychee, which is hard to find. Seen some FULL trees in the Liliha area though.

Papaya with a squeeze of lemon on it has to be another perfect food. Not with Musubi though. :D

[glossyp]

Choose one fruit as favorite? Impossible! I love watermelon, really crisp apples, rambutan, durian (said while holding nose) and all citrus but especially grapefruit and limes - calamansi too. I can't think of a fruit I don't like.

[kimo55]

Nathan Lane

Andre from Project Runway.

[Miulang]

Mango, papaya, pineapple, Ulupalakua/Kula strawberries, guava, mountain apples.

Miulang

[manoasurfer123]

white cherries

don't know the scientific name for them.

[Adri]

musk melon, white peaches and nectarines that are sort of crispy and not mushy, rosy apple (although it's been years and years since I've eaten any. I don't even know where they grow anymore), and poha.

[SusieMisajon]

Elton John

[kimo55]

speaking of which..
did you know...
Elton John turned gay...
the VERY same day liberace died.
Coincidence?!
I think not.

[SusieMisajon]

Actually, If you have to be away from Hawaii, raspberries are pretty good.

[manoasurfer123]

speaking of which..
did you know...
Elton John turned gay...
the VERY same day liberace died.
Coincidence?!
I think not.
Wrong FRUIT...

and hey...Elton John is the bomb!

[Pomai]

Nathan Lane

Andre from Project Runway.Scary, man. Real scary. :p

Gotta' admit, Bird Cage was a HILARIOUS movie!

In Japan, fresh Melon Juice is very popular. Simply ripe Melons blended with a little milk. It's so awesome. There's also a packaged version in stores. I don't know why that hasn't caught on here yet. I should email Hawaiian Sun about that one.

[scrivener]

Ka`u oranges, and it's not even close. I love citrus, don't care so much for most tropical fruits, and don't like melons or anything that has that melony texture, such as papaya.

Lately, I'm really into blackberries. Mix 'em up with some plain, nonfat yoghurt and slip into bliss....ah...

[SusieMisajon]

Ka`u oranges, and it's not even close. I love citrus, don't care so much for most tropical fruits, and don't like melons or anything that has that melony texture, such as papaya.

Lately, I'm really into blackberries. Mix 'em up with some plain, nonfat yoghurt and slip into bliss....ah...
Blackberry crumble. Heat the oven to 375°f, and put in it, blackberries in a baking pan with some lemon, sugar and maybe clove or cinnamon. Add apple if you need bulk. While the friut is heating, process in a cuisinart (or rub in, by hand),a mix of equal weights of flour, butter, oatmeal and sugar, and a little bit of salt, too, and spice, if you want. Top the fruit with the crumble mix, and bake til bubbly and browned.

This is very nice, served with yoghurt or ice cream or pouring cream or even plain. You can use just about any fresh or canned friut, too. The crumble mix freezes well...I make lots, and then just pour it out, onto fruit, and bake, as wanted. Sometimes, I use a piecrust base, under the fruit...it's less messy to serve, that way. (any little bits of raw piecrust get chopped up, and added to the crumble, too) Nuts are nice, mixed with the crumble mix, too.

[helen]

Banana and oranges top my list. Did try kiwi fruit a few years back.

[Surfingfarmboy]

Lilikoi by a mile. When I'm back home in Hawaii I eat as much of it as I can, seeing that a single manini kine one out this way sells for a $1.50 each. I bought a bag of lilikoi for a deuce from a roadside farmer while on Molokai last visit over (the farmer hadn't seen a $2 bill in years) and he gave me choke lilikoi for it....he must have given more than 4 dozen. The supply lasted me the entire length of my stay. One of my favorite memories from my last trip.

Other fruits that I do enjoy though very much are: Azorean pineapple, Washington State bing cherries, clementines, wild strawberries, and wild black raspberries.

[scrivener]

Blackberry crumble.
Oh, I'm totally doing this. You think whole-wheat flour would work?

[SusieMisajon]

Oh, I'm totally doing this. You think whole-wheat flour would work?
I think so. And so would brown sugar. If you are in a hurry, or lazy, don't bother to heat the fruit, first...that just helps the juices to flow...I sometimes squeeze in juice or add water, and then top it with the crumble and bake it. Any way you do it, is good. If you don't have oatmeal, just up the flour, or substitute breadcrumbs. And even frozen, unthawed fruit, works. This is a very forgiving recipe.

PS I process everything but the oatmeal, first, and then just pulse the oatmeal in...that way, it stays whole...or more whole, like.

[EastCoastTropics]

Tangerines and japanese pears! Mmmmm.... :)

[Smudge]

Oh, I'm totally doing this. You think whole-wheat flour would work?

Definitely does ... for me anyway. If you do use apples (pears are great too btw) make sure you definitely add cinnamon, it makes such a difference to the flavour. If you want an extra chewy but crunchy kinda texture to the topping, reduce the amount of sugar and add a little honey and I agree with adding the oatmeal seperately after everything else, it goes a little mushy otherwise.

Oh and those Ka'u oranges are unreal - I was a bit dubious when I first saw one, cos it was the ugliest looking orange I ever saw, but oh my - the taste - to die for :)

Regards, Smudge

[SusieMisajon]

Smudge is right...actually, the original recipe came from when I was living in England...they've got crumble down to a fine art, over there. AND they've got Bird's Custard Powder...see if you can find it in Hawaii, it's worth the search.

[Pomai]

Lilikoi by a mileA.K.A., Passion Fruit. Yuck. One of my least favorite. Something about that gooey, seedy texture and the slight tartness don't go well for me. I even avoid juices with it.

Speaking of tart, check out this cool little live, young Pineapple plant they have growing in rows (plenty of them) on the second floor lobby of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki...

http://static.flickr.com/75/179729579_3eb83189cd_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=179729579&size=o)
Photo by Pomai - 7.1.06.

It's about the size of a baseball. I bet their guests must be really tempted to pull one and take it back home with them.

Frozen Pineapple slices with Li Hing Mui powder on it is a winnah!

[SusieMisajon]

ANYTHING with li hing mui powder is good! I sprinkle it on fruit, before dehydrating. Mmmm!

[Palama Kid]

In Japan, fresh Melon Juice is very popular. Simply ripe Melons blended with a little milk. It's so awesome. There's also a packaged version in stores. I don't know why that hasn't caught on here yet. I should email Hawaiian Sun about that one.
Big pilikia re my lactose intolerance if I see milk as one of its ingredients.

On topic, I pretty much like all fruit. And we have access to lots of good fresh fruit from farmers' markets in the San Jose area.

But, when I was home during the spring rains, I got hooked on pangit, rain-damaged papayas that I bought from mom&pop stores on Liliha just makai of Kuakini. Those papayas were so consistently ripe-ready to eat and so ono ice-cold for breakfast. [Complaint: Usually no mo parking nearby. I had to park so far away . . . past Liliha Bakery]

[tutusue]

So far I pretty much agree with everyone before me 'cept citrus, while it's ok, I won't go out of my way for it. If it's served at a friend's home I'll eat it but I won't pay for it at a restaurant! Tropical fruits are my favorites followed by strawberries and blueberries.

A quarter cup of blueberries, 1/4 cup of granola and a 1/2 cup of yogurt makes a nice dessert! Now I'm hungry!

[tutusue]

[...]Gotta' admit, Bird Cage was a HILARIOUS movie!

In Japan, fresh Melon Juice is very popular. Simply ripe Melons blended with a little milk. It's so awesome. There's also a packaged version in stores. I don't know why that hasn't caught on here yet. I should email Hawaiian Sun about that one.
Isn't this known here as a smoothie? Or is the Japanese version thinner?

Loved 'Bird Cage'!

[Kelly0040]

rofl I <3'd Andre!

and watermelon.

and berries.

[Pomai]

If you like Lychee, this variant called Longan, or in Cantonese Loon Ngan (http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/Fmrs/Asian_veg/longan.htm), tastes similiar, except a little more sweet and intense in flavor...

http://www.96seven44.com/images/longan_macro.jpg
Loon Ngan - peeled and unpeeled

They measure about an inch in diameter, with a soft, yet chewy white-translucent flesh and a black seed inside.

My aunt from Portlock (Hawaii Kai) has two tall trees of them growing in her backyard. Currently it's blooming.

Here's a bunch...

http://www.96seven44.com/images/longan_bunch.jpg

I tell you, these babies are so ono!

[Pomai]

Tis' the season for folks giving us fruits. From the Loon Ngan "Dragon "Eye" fruit in my last post, to two boxes of Persimmons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon) from Kula, Maui!...

http://www.96seven44.com/images/kula_persimmons_basket.jpg

http://www.96seven44.com/images/kula_persimmons_plated.jpg

My girlfriend's mom on Maui sent them to us, which she picked from her friend's trees in her yard up in Kula. I guess the temperature up there is ideal for this type of fruit.

I'd say they taste like a cross between a cantaloupe, a pear and an apple, with a firm flesh and thin skin. They say you're supposed to peel it, but ahh.. to much hassle. I just whack da' buggah, skin and all. lol They're pretty sweet, without much acidity. Ono!

[MixedPlateBroker]

And for those who aren't lucky enough to have priority persimmons from Kula, Star Market has them on sale for $0.99/lb. Talk about a crowd! There were a dozen seniors jostling me for access to the best examples. Most of them maxed out on the 5lb. limit.:p

While supplies last.