Can it be even tastier?
It's been a while since I described all kinds of fruits that were unknown to us until then in my blog. Although these were almost without exception real delicacies, the first place in the tastiest fruit top ten was undisputedly reserved for the ripe sweet mango.
Because it is also available in the Netherlands, it sounds a bit less exotic, but of course it is. And the taste of the “Dutch” mangoes is often disappointing, in contrast to the Thai ones.
Could it be even tastier than a mango, we started to wonder. Since yesterday my answer is: yes, you can! The neighbor came yesterday with a somewhat unsightly looking fruit. When I tried to take the shell off, the thing fell apart completely. The interior looks a bit unsavory; the flesh is very soft, white and contains a good load of hard, smooth seeds. But the taste…. Wow.
The Western names for the fruit already reveal what kind of taste you can expect. Sugar apple is the common Dutch name, but it is also called cinnamon apple or sweetsop. (Scabappel is also a nickname, but it only says something about the appearance and doesn't sound very tasty.) The English name is perhaps even more striking: custard apple. The almost liquid flesh indeed resembles custard. (For the Bra and Limbo's among the readers: I don't mean the delicious ones from Christine de Echte Bakker from Neer, but the dairy dessert.) And there does seem to be a hint of cinnamon in it. Well, then I don't have to do much more to get to number 1.
It turns out to be a น้อยหน่า (noina) and the fruit seems to be for sale in the Netherlands, but undoubtedly not at the Plus in Vierlingsbeek. It is a fruit that ripens, just like the mango, which means that it is picked unripe for export, in the hope that it will have just tasted when it is in the Western store. As with the mango, that will probably not always work.
A little later we got two more noinas from the neighbours. I cut it open a little more carefully this morning to get a good look at the inside. After that they could also be largely pitted and we could enjoy the น้อยหน่า, The Heavenly Court.
for sale at Ah or on the market under the name cherimoya
Unknown fruit indeed. But Francois apparently does not know that the Limburg pastry is not called custard but vlaai.
Yes, François knows that very well. That's why he says he means the 'dairy dessert'.
François is Hagenees, he is forgiven….
Hagenees and world citizen 😉
https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vla
Here is a short video about this fruit, they are really delicious, they also grow in our garden (Nong Phak Thiam) my wife has also planted three of these fruit trees, they are now ripe and we are enjoying them wonderfully by.
“HOW TO EAT A CHERIMOYA ~ THE BEST FRUIT IN THE WORLD! ”
https://youtu.be/PBiPqPcQ1Zs
Very tasty fruit.
We had also planted it in Surinme more than 60 years ago. It is called cinnamon apple there.
We had another variation that is pink/russet in color that we call kasjoema.
Both have almost the same taste.
In Brazil this fruta is called de conde, that's where I know it from. Delicious when ripe. I bought one last week at the makro in Pranburi, but unfortunately it was not edible. Still better on a market..
The taste is indeed delicious.
I think the biggest drawback is that you can't just peel it, cut it into pieces and remove the core (or just eat the core) like an apple.
That hassle with the outside and those pips…
I think the mangoes in the Netherlands come from South America.
So it's not surprising that the taste is different.
And indeed not as tasty as the Thai mango.
The Thai mango is also very tasty, if it is not yet ripe, but just about to ripen.
Then it is still firm and a little sweet.
The Thai eat it with a mixture of pepper, sugar and salt.
I prefer natural myself.
However, this may be a certain type of mango.
I think there are a number of varieties in circulation.
I generally prefer to eat the ripe mango with sticky rice and coconut milk, because it is very sweet.
Well Ruud, if you eat good fruit you have to do more than eat an apple. I have two kinds of it one is the old fashioned kind according to my Thai wife.
It may be true that the mangoes in the Netherlands come from South America, they cannot be compared to the mangoes I tasted in Peru, which were really delicious there.
But of the mangoes you really have many varieties very tasty depending on your taste.
On a boat in the Amazon I saw a woman who knocked the mango on the rail of the boat and after some time made a cut in it and sucked it so empty there was little flesh left.
We also have a few of those trees in our garden.
Now is the time in the year for this fruit and I too find ,
that it is almost even tastier than the mango .
This is the beauty of Thailand.
There is always something ready to be harvested all year round.
And everything grows, at least for us, only with water.
The taste of the mango depends on the variety. We had 7 different types of mangoes and each had a different taste and the flesh had a different texture. From fibrous (this type is called te-té or stringy mango) to buttery soft and from sweet/sour to honey sweet. However, in Pattaya and the surrounding area there is usually only one type (the long yellow one) for sale. In my opinion, the quality usually leaves much to be desired because they are picked a little too early. A lot of fruit does not reach Pattaya, although it is widely available for sale in the northeast and Cambodia. One of these fruits is the star apple from the Caribbean. Latin name: Chrysophyllum cainito. We also had some trees of these. A real shame.
As far as I've seen, the 'Dutch' mangoes on the supermarket shelves there originate from South America, and also look very different from their Thai counterparts.
Also the pineapples and watermelons, never a sticker stuck in the Netherlands since they were imported from Thailand.
The Mango is also the tastiest fruit for me. We have 5 Mango trees in the garden here and each tree has its own flavor. Then our gardener grafted mangoes together and that also gives a different taste and shape. We have the elongated yellow Mango and the crossed one is orange/yellow and a tree with a slightly coconut flavor. Then we have what we call the Mango, more spherical, like a round “comma”. has a firmer structure and is not so “stringy”, not to mention the Mango shake with buttermilk. In India called “Lassie”. Wonderfully refreshing and healthy. Hmmmm
In Belgium you can sometimes find the cherimoya in the (larger) Carrefour.
However, the taste of it in Belgium is not always that good…
Very unfortunate, because I also love to eat this fruit!
THE first time I ate them was in Phuket. Totally different from a mango in taste and execution.
Then found out that ants also liked this fruit, just remove it or eat it with it, you have extra meat.
Always try to find new fruits in Thailand. The Cempedak (Thai name jambada) is also a tasty fruit, but I think it is more common in the south of Thailand and not so common. Especially since the fruit comes more from Malaysia.
Soursop (soursop) is also tasty, very juicy, slightly sweet and sour, fresh. Although I ate this first time in the Philippines, but there is also in Thailand, Also a bit more rare because the Thai (according to my wife) don't like it that much, ok there is no arguing about taste. I'm not a fan of sour fruits, but I like it.
In the south you also have very tall "palm trees" I forgot the name, but the flower is used in desserts, the fruits are used for eating directly or otherwise in cookies.
The fruit is also fermented, producing an alcoholic drink which then tastes a bit bitter.
The "farang" is a fruit which is absolutely not one of my favorite fruits, hard and tasteless, but yes, the woman likes it again (?). There is no arguing about taste.
My second reaction to this… I've been checking Google lately where the fruits come from and now it turns out that this sugar apple or fruta de conde (digger fruit) is not originally Asian and certainly not Thai, but from South Africa. -America is coming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar-apple
In the meantime I also got to know another deliciously sweet fruit: ละมุด (Lamut), also called sapodilla. Also comes from South and Central America. Just like Dragon fruit, which is not originally a Thai fruit either.
I notice that many products that we see as typically Thai do not originate from Thailand at all, but rather from South America.
Less sweet (so not at all): the chili that is so popular here in Thailand and which we also think comes from here. No, also from the American countries: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilipeper
Pineapple is originally from… you guessed it: South America (Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananas
Cashew: from northern Brazil and southeastern Venezuela. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew
Rubber is also originally from Brazil: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber
Dragon fruit (Pitaja) from Mexico, Central and South America: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaja#:~:text=De%20pitaja%20(ook%20wel%20bekend,%2DAmerika%20en%20Zuid%2DAmerika.
A lot of fruits that many of us think come from Southeast Asia originated in South America and were brought here to Asia a few hundred years ago. Some of its products (Rubber) caused major economic changes. Manaus in Brazil was created by the profit of the rubber, but went under when seeds of the rubber trees were successfully planted and cultivated trees in Southeast Asia.
Two more and then I'll stop:
Corn is originally from Central America: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AFs
And our potato: from the Andes Mountains in South America: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardappel
The Spaniards were looking for El Dorado, where they thought they could find large amounts of gold, but the real gold mines were all these fruits and products from the Amazon region and beyond.
Can only confirm that it is a very tasty fruit.
It is indeed a bit of a mess before you have the edible part ready, but worth it.
We also have them in the garden. It will take several weeks before they are ready for harvest