I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
with a little piece of passionfruit.
http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg

I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
Yes I did google.

koko
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updated 08/09

koko wrote:
> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
> with a little piece of passionfruit.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>
> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
> Yes I did google.

Looks like guava to me, and that would make sense in the context of
passionfruit:
http://huiyingg.wordpress.com/2008/0...w-about-guava/

Serene

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On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:05:48 -0700, koko wrote:

> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg

Looks like sphincter fruit.

-sw

koko wrote:

> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
> with a little piece of passionfruit.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>
> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
> Yes I did google.

If it's pinkish inside with soft, slightly crunchy seeds, it's a guava. It's
a bit hard to say beyond that, because the skin on those looks a bit like
citrus skin, and guavas don't have skins like citrus. If the skin is soft
and thin, then it's a guava.

Bob

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:11:35 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>koko wrote:
>> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
>> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
>> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
>> with a little piece of passionfruit.
>> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>>
>> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
>> Yes I did google.
>
>Looks like guava to me, and that would make sense in the context of
>passionfruit:
>http://huiyingg.wordpress.com/2008/0...w-about-guava/
>
>Serene

Thank you Serene. I know guava and that they are not. I do appreciate
you help. I hope I get to meet you when Christine and I make the trip
up north.

koko
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updated 08/09

koko wrote:

> Thank you Serene. I know guava and that they are not.

Can you cut one open so we can see the insides?

> I do appreciate
> you help. I hope I get to meet you when Christine and I make the trip
> up north.

That would be so awesome. And next time I go home to San Diego (at least
if it's not because my mom is sick again), I'll try to see you there, as
well. Of course, I *have* to go to DZ Akins when I'm in town, and I am
required to eat real Mexican food, which is hard to find in my neighborhood.

Serene

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all other human conflict will not survive an online argument with
humourless feminists who are not afraid to throw rape around as an
example, your theory needs work." -- Aqua, alt.polyamory

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:18:12 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>koko wrote:
>
>> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
>> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
>> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
>> with a little piece of passionfruit.
>> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>>
>> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
>> Yes I did google.
>
>If it's pinkish inside with soft, slightly crunchy seeds, it's a guava. It's
>a bit hard to say beyond that, because the skin on those looks a bit like
>citrus skin, and guavas don't have skins like citrus. If the skin is soft
>and thin, then it's a guava.
>
>Bob
>
>
I know guava and it's not that. I'm pretty sure it started with a "p"
I'm still googling. If I don't find it I'll get to the Farmer's Market
next week and this time I'll write it down. Grrrrrrrrrr I'm getting
frustrated.

koko
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updated 08/09

koko > wrote in
:

> On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:18:12 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> > wrote:
>
>>koko wrote:
>>
>>> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
>>> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with
>>> it. He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then
>>> eat it with a little piece of passionfruit.
>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>>>
>>> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
>>> Yes I did google.
>>
>>If it's pinkish inside with soft, slightly crunchy seeds, it's a
>>guava. It's a bit hard to say beyond that, because the skin on those
>>looks a bit like citrus skin, and guavas don't have skins like citrus.
>>If the skin is soft and thin, then it's a guava.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
> I know guava and it's not that. I'm pretty sure it started with a "p"
> I'm still googling. If I don't find it I'll get to the Farmer's Market
> next week and this time I'll write it down. Grrrrrrrrrr I'm getting
> frustrated.
>
>



What do they look like inside?

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:56:25 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>koko wrote:
>
>> Thank you Serene. I know guava and that they are not.
>
>Can you cut one open so we can see the insides?
>
> > I do appreciate
>> you help. I hope I get to meet you when Christine and I make the trip
>> up north.
>
>That would be so awesome. And next time I go home to San Diego (at least
>if it's not because my mom is sick again), I'll try to see you there, as
>well. Of course, I *have* to go to DZ Akins when I'm in town, and I am
>required to eat real Mexican food, which is hard to find in my neighborhood.
>
>Serene

I hope your mom stays well and we can have a visit because you came
down for the fun of it. Love DZ Akins. Where do you get your Mexican
food fix when you are in town?

A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
almost positive that's what it is.
Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
next time I'm writing things down.

koko
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updated 08/09

koko wrote:

> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
> almost positive that's what it is.
> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
> next time I'm writing things down.

No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.

Bob

koko wrote:

> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
> next time I'm writing things down.

That looks like a white sapote!

Bob

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:10:21 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>koko wrote:
>
>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>> almost positive that's what it is.
>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
>> next time I'm writing things down.
>
>No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>
>Bob

Oh crumb. Back to square one.
Why in the heck didn't I write down what he told me.
grumblemumblegrumblemumble.

koko
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updated 08/09

In article >,
koko > wrote:

> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
> with a little piece of passionfruit.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>
> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
> Yes I did google.

Pomelo?

Isaac

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> koko wrote:
>
>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>> almost positive that's what it is.
>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
>> next time I'm writing things down.
>
> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>
> Bob

Confirmed. Not a pomelo.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> koko wrote:
>>
>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>
>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.

Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?

Dora wrote:

> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>> koko wrote:
>>>
>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>>
>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.
>
>
> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?

I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...

RegForte wrote:
> Dora wrote:
>
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>
>>>> koko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.
>>
>>
>> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?
>
> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...
That's what they look like in the picture. Cajuns call them "alligator
pears." Basically cooked like squash. Never saw anyone eat one raw.

George Shirley wrote:
> RegForte wrote:
>> Dora wrote:
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> koko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>>>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.
>>>
>>>
>>> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?
>>
>> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...
> That's what they look like in the picture. Cajuns call them "alligator
> pears." Basically cooked like squash. Never saw anyone eat one raw.
Okay, here's a website with pictures of mirliton, a form of gourd.

http://www.thelensflare.com/gallery/p_fruit_7156.php

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> RegForte wrote:
>> Dora wrote:
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> koko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>>>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.
>>>
>>>
>>> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?
>>
>> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...
> That's what they look like in the picture. Cajuns call them "alligator
> pears." Basically cooked like squash. Never saw anyone eat one raw

Nah... alligator pear is another name for avocado.

On 2009-08-17, brooklyn1 > wrote:

> Nah... alligator pear is another name for avocado.

Also, a mirleton, Shel. Really. Also called a chayote.

nb

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
| George Shirley wrote:
| > RegForte wrote:
| >> Dora wrote:
| >>
| >>> Jean B. wrote:
| >>>
| >>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>> koko wrote:
| >>>>>
| >>>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
| >>>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
| >>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
| >>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
| >>>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
| >>>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
| >>>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Bob
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?
| >>
| >> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...
| > That's what they look like in the picture. Cajuns call them "alligator
| > pears." Basically cooked like squash. Never saw anyone eat one raw.
| Okay, here's a website with pictures of mirliton, a form of gourd.

I believe that "alligator pear" refers to avocado, particularly the Haas
varietal because of its rough green skin and the fact that if you add
two eye-like things to it and half-bury it there is a resemblance to
alligators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado
Never heard that term applied to Chayote or Mirliton.

pavane

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2009-08-17, brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>> Nah... alligator pear is another name for avocado.
>
> Also, a mirleton, Shel. Really. Also called a chayote.
>
> nb

Don't think so... you'll have to show me a reference.

chayote
[chi-OH-tay]
Once the principal food of the Aztecs and Mayas, this gourdlike fruit is
about the size and shape of a very large pear. Beneath its furrowed, pale
green skin is a white, rather bland-tasting flesh surrounding one soft seed.
In the United States, chayote is grown in several states including
California, Florida and Louisiana (where it's known as mirliton ). Chayote
are widely available during winter months, but can be found in some
supermarkets throughout the year. Look for those that are small, firm and
unblemished. Refrigerate in a plastic bag up to a month. Chayotes can be
prepared in any way suitable for summer squash. It can also be split,
stuffed and baked like acorn squash, or used raw in salad. Because of its
mild flavor it requires assertive seasoning. Chayote, known in France as
christophene , is a good source of potassium.

avocado
[a-voh-KAH-doh]
Native to the tropics and subtropics, this rich fruit is known for its lush,
buttery texture and mild, faintly nutlike flavor. The fruit's name comes
from ahuacatl , the Nahuatl word for "testicle," which is assumed to be a
reference to the avocado's shape. Florida was the site of the first U.S.
avocado trees in the 1830s but almost 80 percent of today's crop comes from
California. Known early on as alligator pear.



© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD
LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.

RegForte wrote:

>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>
> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...

Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in shape
and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote) has a
dark hard pit set off-center.

Bob

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
|
| "notbob" > wrote in message
| ...
| > On 2009-08-17, brooklyn1 > wrote:
| >
| >> Nah... alligator pear is another name for avocado.
| >
| > Also, a mirleton, Shel. Really. Also called a chayote.
| >
| > nb
|
| Don't think so... you'll have to show me a reference.

Thanks to George Shirley, a very good one. Appreciate the
information, George, I had never heard of this before now.

Try this site on Louisiana cooking, mirletons are commonly called
Alligator Pears around this part of Louisiana.

http://www.cookinglouisiana.com/Articles/Mirletons.htm

pavane

Bob Terwilliger wrote:


> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
> has a dark hard pit set off-center.


Think you nailed it ...

http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> RegForte wrote:
>
>>>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>
>> I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...
>
> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
> has a dark hard pit set off-center.

I vote white sapote too, but the skin color isn't right. More like a black
sapote, but then the pulp isn't right.

"RegForte" > wrote in message
...
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>
>> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
>> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
>> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
>> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
>
>
> Think you nailed it ...
>
> http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html

That does look like it. The whites I found pictures of had more of a potato
skin color.

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:52 -0700, RegForte > wrote:

>Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>
>> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
>> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
>> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
>> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
>
>
>Think you nailed it ...
>
>http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html

O.K. That's it. For sure, that's it. Thank you very much. Yahoo!!!

koko
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updated 08/09

In article >,
"Jean B." > wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> > koko wrote:
> >
> >> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
> >> almost positive that's what it is.
> >> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
> >> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
> >> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p" Dang,
> >> next time I'm writing things down.
> >
> > No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
> > one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.

And not a chayote! Some other kind of squash?
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In article >,
RegForte > wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>
> > Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
> > flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
> > shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
> > has a dark hard pit set off-center.
>
>
> Think you nailed it ...
>
> <http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/South_American_FruitsWhite_Sapote.html>

I agree!
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koko wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:52 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
>
> >Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
> >> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
> >> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
> >> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
> >
> >
> >Think you nailed it ...
> >
> >http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html
>
> O.K. That's it. For sure, that's it. Thank you very much. Yahoo!!!
>
> koko
>
> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 08/09

Whew, it's good to know the 'mystery' is solved. OK - so now what will
you do with them???? I anticipate more fantastic photos

Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:32:16 -0500, Sky >
wrote:

>koko wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:52 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
>>
>> >Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
>> >> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
>> >> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
>> >> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
>> >
>> >
>> >Think you nailed it ...
>> >
>> >http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html
>>
>> O.K. That's it. For sure, that's it. Thank you very much. Yahoo!!!
>>
>> koko
>>
>> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
>> updated 08/09
>
>Whew, it's good to know the 'mystery' is solved. OK - so now what will
>you do with them???? I anticipate more fantastic photos

It's a fruit so I'll just let it ripen and eat it. The grower gave me
some passionfruit to eat with it, he said it's really good that way. I
think I'll put them in a brown paper bag to ripen, they are still hard
as rocks.
>
>Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??
Chayote is a squash, a very delicious squash, commonly found in the
Mexican soup Caldo De Res.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote
I hope you get a chance to try it.

koko
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updated 08/09

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:32:16 -0500, Sky >
wrote:

>Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??

I've heard of that (even here on rfc) and seen it too... but I've
never heard of or seen sapote before this thread.

RFC is a good learning tool.

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> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:32:16 -0500, Sky >
> wrote:
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> >Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??
>
> I've heard of that (even here on rfc) and seen it too... but I've
> never heard of or seen sapote before this thread.
>
> RFC is a good learning tool.

It is indeed. :-)
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koko wrote:
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> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:32:16 -0500, Sky >
> wrote:
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> >koko wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:52 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
> >>
> >> >Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Chayote are much lighter in color, and their pit is in the center of the
> >> >> flesh; a chayote pit vaguely resembles an oversized lima bean both in
> >> >> shape and texture. This thing (which I still maintain is a white sapote)
> >> >> has a dark hard pit set off-center.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Think you nailed it ...
> >> >
> >> >http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Shop/S...te_Sapote.html
> >>
> >> O.K. That's it. For sure, that's it. Thank you very much. Yahoo!!!
> >>
> >> koko
> >>
> >> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> >> updated 08/09
> >
> >Whew, it's good to know the 'mystery' is solved. OK - so now what will
> >you do with them???? I anticipate more fantastic photos
>
> It's a fruit so I'll just let it ripen and eat it. The grower gave me
> some passionfruit to eat with it, he said it's really good that way. I
> think I'll put them in a brown paper bag to ripen, they are still hard
> as rocks.
> >
> >Sky, who's very curious and never heard of 'chayote' ??
>
> Chayote is a squash, a very delicious squash, commonly found in the
> Mexican soup Caldo De Res.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote
> I hope you get a chance to try it.
>
> koko
>
> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 08/09

So all this time, I've always thought squash was/were veggies!!!
Whoodda thunk it! <G>.

Sky, who's veggie impaired!

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