Chemiker > wrote:

> Has no one out there ever eaten Physalis?

Physalis is easy to find here for some reason. The berries are slightly
sour, which is nice, but are otherwise nothing special.

Probably the only really "exotic" fruits I find to be truly great are
mangosteens. I do not understand why they are not imported in greater
quantities, as they keep well and have a hard protective shell which
makes them eminently suitable for transport.

Then there are mangoes, not really exotic, as they are sold everywhere,
but they have to be at the peak of their ripeness and such are hard to
find here.

I have tried most fruits and berries mentioned in this thread and do not
find most of them to be worth the slightest bother. Maybe it is the
lack of real ripeness outside of their natural habitat. I would rather
have sour cherries, the best berries of them all, as far as I am
concerned. Wild raspberries, wild wood strawberries, wild bilberries
come close, though. I would say that these may now be the truly exotic
berries, probably not sampled by most posters in this thread.
Cultivated versions have no taste. Really good sour gooseberries, even
cultivated, can be nice, too.

Victor