Gloria wrote:

> Are they about the size of an avocado, lighter green, and veined so they
> look scaly?

Yeah, sort of, only they're not veins. To me cherimoyas look like someone
made a wax sculpture of a pine cone and then put it out in the sun so it
melted a bit.


> I have only had them a few times because they tasted just like
> Ivory Soap to me.
>
> What do they taste like when they taste GOOD?

I've never heard of them tasting like soap. Is it possible that the fruit
wasn't ripe? (The go from underripe to overripe *very* quickly.)

When properly ripened, I think they have a kind of musky "tropical" flavor
like a mixture of papaya, guava, and vanilla. Wikipedia says, "Some
characterize the flavor as a blend of banana, pineapple, and strawberry.
Others describe it as tasting like commercial bubblegum." I have to say that
I've never had any bubblegum which even came CLOSE to tasting like a
cherimoya.

Bob