I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
any good ideas to have them in a different way??

Rosie

"rosie" > wrote in message
...
>I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
> they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
> any good ideas to have them in a different way??
>

What IS this?

rosie > wrote in news:ad224533-8a34-4060-8d18-
:

> I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
> they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
> any good ideas to have them in a different way??
>
> Rosie
>


I've never heard of them, but........

http://www.rain.org/~sals/eat.html

http://www.calimoya.com/about/recipe...isc-print.html


Cherimoya???

http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Cherrymoya.jpg

that's a damn Custard Apple!!

Now that we know that...............

http://www.custardapple.com.au/recipes.php



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


"And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with
troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the
clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before
a force could be brought together to repel them?"

Benjamin Franklin 1748

Rosie wrote:

> I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
> they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
> any good ideas to have them in a different way??

Eating with a spoon is pretty much the best thing to do with a cherimoya. If
you *must* do something else, you can push it through a strainer to make a
kind of mousse, but that's no real improvement. Chunks of cherimoya add a
nice flavor to fruit salads. You can mash it up and then put it into a
cheesecloth-lined strainer to separate out the juice; that can add a kind of
musky "tropical" flavor to a glass of iced tea or other uncooked food or
drink, but it's a bit wasteful.

There are some good complementary flavors in the spice rack; you could try
cutting the fruit into chunks and sprinkling either with freshly-ground
nutmeg or dried ginger.

Bob

rosie wrote:
> I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
> they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
> any good ideas to have them in a different way??
>
> Rosie


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

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?

gloria p

Gloria P > wrote in news:6u254gFd9dbhU3
@mid.individual.net:

> rosie wrote:
>> I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
>> they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
>> any good ideas to have them in a different way??
>>
>> Rosie
>
>
> Are they about the size of an avocado, lighter green, and veined so
they
> look scaly?
>
> 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?
>


It's an acquired taste, I suppose.


My best mate had a tree in her yard next door, I tried a few and thought
maybe I'd should give them a go. I even signed up for a Custard
Apple/Cherimoya tasting program carried out by the Queensland Dept of
Primary Industies.

3 types of CA's were delivered to me every week for 3 months.

That was about 8-9 years ago. I haven't touched one since!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of
jalapenos. What you do today... might burn your ass tomorrow."

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:23:52 -0800 (PST), rosie >
wrote:

>I love Cherimoya, I can find them now in the grocery, but by March
>they are gone. I usually eat them with a spoon... does any one have
>any good ideas to have them in a different way??
>
>Rosie

My friend makes sorbet out of cherimoya. Yummy. I don't particularly
care for them but I love the sorbet.

aloha,
Cea

On Jan 24, 7:37*pm, Gloria P > wrote:

>
> 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?
>
> gloria p


When they're good, they taste like you're eating flowers or a floral
perfume. They're very good. I knew somebody whose dog would get up
on his back legs to pick them off the tree. The dog thought they were
good, if that means anything.

Ken

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