Pineapple Appreciation

ive only had the Rubicon guanabana juice concoction that's like 95% sugar and it's great. just tastes of sugar.

  On 4/5/2012 at 8:18 PM, tauboo said:

ive only had the Rubicon guanabana juice concoction that's like 95% sugar and it's great. just tastes of sugar.

I fucking love that stuff. Rubicon do a great range of juices.

  On 4/5/2012 at 8:13 PM, tauboo said:

  On 4/5/2012 at 6:35 AM, GORDO said:

  On 4/5/2012 at 6:07 AM, lumpenprol said:

Durian is still the King of Fruit.

 

On a recent trip to Indonesia I tried sirsak juice again, which I had forgotten. I'm informed it's "soursop" in English. Anyway, it's the nectar of the gods.

 

 

Is Durian similar to soursup? cus i've never even seen a durian but soursup (Guanabana) is quite common here and it's not that special imo, tho i can see how it would be if it were a rarity.

i'm into guanabana juice

 

oh, Lindrum Larry Cocopipe.. custard apple is guanabana!

oh shit how did i not realize that. Thanks

  On 4/5/2012 at 8:13 PM, tauboo said:

oh, Lindrum Larry Cocopipe.. custard apple is guanabana!

in the same family but not the same

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona

you tricked me lumpenprol, that's not a picture of the durian

Is there a fruit that doesn't taste good?

God damnit, pineapple..

  On 4/5/2012 at 8:16 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Mango, in my opinion, is the king of fruit. Sometimes I find pineapple to be a bit too sweet.

pfft do you also think steak is too savory? come on. get real.

Pineapple is absolutely the most amazing fruit ever, closely followed by pears and blueberries.

Durian can go to hell.

there are bad apples

yeah actually aren't mango and pineapple about the same level of sweet? pineapple is more sour.

i'm not that into blueberries. er.. yeah.

  On 4/6/2012 at 2:01 AM, KY said:

  On 4/5/2012 at 8:16 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Mango, in my opinion, is the king of fruit. Sometimes I find pineapple to be a bit too sweet.

pfft do you also think steak is too savory? come on. get real.

  On 4/6/2012 at 2:06 AM, tauboo said:

there are bad apples

irl lol

  On 4/6/2012 at 1:03 AM, Redruth said:

you tricked me lumpenprol, that's not a picture of the durian

sorry, confusing post was confusing. I didn't want to muck up this threads with durian pics as I already made a durian thread some time ago. I can get overly verbose when it comes to durian...

right, you and me both. the durian season has just begun has it not?

yes indeed, we don't have such a marked durian season in China coz all our durian comes from the south (thailand mostly)...and it doesn't come in huge volumes like you see in southeast Asia.

Still, I've been pigging out, last week I was eating one each night, at $15 a pop or so they aren't cheap...but I'm obsessed with them

for those who might be curious but haven't tried yet, like most fruit you have to catch them at the peak of ripeness; if they're too old they get too gelatinous and spoiled, too young and they are starchy with no flavor...kind of tricky to tell, have to go by how far the pod is split open, if there are any signs of mildew or rot, and of course by the odor...

I just tried to order some shit from B&H and found out at the last stage of checkout that they won't be shipping anything out until the 15th of the month because of passover. What the fuck is that shit?? I cancelled. Cunts!

oh and pineapple on little sticks with ham and cheese, dipped into pineapple salsa. fuck yes!

Dude, i just drank some pineapple juice and now i have major heartburn :(

  On 4/6/2012 at 6:23 AM, lumpenprol said:

yes indeed, we don't have such a marked durian season in China coz all our durian comes from the south (thailand mostly)...and it doesn't come in huge volumes like you see in southeast Asia.

 

Still, I've been pigging out, last week I was eating one each night, at $15 a pop or so they aren't cheap...but I'm obsessed with them

 

for those who might be curious but haven't tried yet, like most fruit you have to catch them at the peak of ripeness; if they're too old they get too gelatinous and spoiled, too young and they are starchy with no flavor...kind of tricky to tell, have to go by how far the pod is split open, if there are any signs of mildew or rot, and of course by the odor...

That's some hardcore Durian loving. Love it as well, but feel slightly queasy after eating 3 pieces. So rich.

I actually bought a whole carton of some pretty nice durian flavoured chewy candy here in Japan. Can't find it anymore, because it was a one-off edition. I wonder why.

Can't get enough of this shit:

Whose idea was it to put condensed milk in a citrus fruit juice? Pure win. It's basically breast milk.

  On 4/6/2012 at 9:35 AM, lullezucht said:

  On 4/6/2012 at 6:23 AM, lumpenprol said:

yes indeed, we don't have such a marked durian season in China coz all our durian comes from the south (thailand mostly)...and it doesn't come in huge volumes like you see in southeast Asia.

 

Still, I've been pigging out, last week I was eating one each night, at $15 a pop or so they aren't cheap...but I'm obsessed with them

 

for those who might be curious but haven't tried yet, like most fruit you have to catch them at the peak of ripeness; if they're too old they get too gelatinous and spoiled, too young and they are starchy with no flavor...kind of tricky to tell, have to go by how far the pod is split open, if there are any signs of mildew or rot, and of course by the odor...

 

That's some hardcore Durian loving. Love it as well, but feel slightly queasy after eating 3 pieces. So rich.

I actually bought a whole carton of some pretty nice durian flavoured chewy candy here in Japan. Can't find it anymore, because it was a one-off edition. I wonder why.

lol, I agree with the post earlier in the thread saying most durian candy is ass. And yeah, durian is really rich, I think that's one of the main reasons I like it, being the fat fuck that I am. It's like eating a sackful of avocados, only better (btw, avocado smoothies in Indonesia are so damn good!)

  On 4/5/2012 at 3:18 PM, jules said:

i love grilled pineapple. oh man that shit is heavenly.

 

i make a pork and pineapple taco that is one of my favorite recipes ever.

 

recipe courtesy of rick bayless. i highly highly recommend it.

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

A 3 1/2-ounce package achiote paste

3 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, plus 4 tablespoons of the canning sauce

1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil, plus a little more for the onion and pineapple

1 1/2 pounds thin-sliced pork shoulder (1/4-inch-thick slices are ideal—the kind Mexican butchers sell for making tacos al pastor)

1 medium red onion, sliced 1/4- inch thick

Salt

1/4 of a medium pineapple, sliced 1/4-inch-thick rounds

20 warm corn tortillas

About 1 1/2 cups raw tomatillo salsa

 

DIRECTIONS

 

 

1. Marinate the meat. In a blender, combine the achiote paste, chiles, canning sauce, oil and 3/4 cup water. Blend until smooth. Use 1/3 of the marinade to smear over both sides of each piece of meat (refrigerate the rest of the marinade to use on other meat or fish). Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.

2. Grill and serve. Light a charcoal fire and let the coals burn until covered with gray ash but still very hot; bank the coals to one side and set the grill grate in place. Or, heat one side of a gas grill to high. Brush both sides of the onions slices with oil and sprinkle with salt. Lay in a single layer on the hot side of the grill. When richly browned, usually just about a minute, flip and brown the other side; move to the cool side of the grill to finish softening to grilled-onion sweetness. Oil and grill the pineapple in the same way. Finally, in batches, grill the meat: it’ll take about a minute per side as well. As the meat is done, transfer it to a cutting board and chop it up (between 1/4- and 1/2-inch pieces). Scoop into a skillet and set over the grill to keep the meat warm. Chop the onion and pineapple into small pieces as well, add them to the skillet and toss everything together. Taste and season with salt, usually about 1/2 teaspoon. Serve with the tortillas and salsa for your guests to make soft tacos.

gonna try this at the weekend. cheers

Mai Thai

Kiwifruit is the king of fruit by the way...

Don't get me wrong pineapple is delicious, but kiwifruit is just :w00t: :w00t:

And eating the skin is NOT WEIRD FOR FUCKS SAKE

have you had the kiwi berry?

  On 4/7/2012 at 1:26 AM, fiznuthian said:

And eating the skin is NOT WEIRD FOR FUCKS SAKE

that made me wince just reading it. I guess it's not weird...if you enjoy gargling Robin William's hairy nuts