geordie mandy

Doing my fruit and veg shopping recently at my local market , i came a cross some fruit i had never heard of. This was dragon fruit.
What delights can u get in Australia at a market that you had not seen or heard of before?
Mandy

DebraH

first time i went to australia my friend and i bought custard apple from the market, sorry i can't remember what they taste like but remember that they were pretty delicate

Tiggs+Graz

you can get custard apples in sainsburys - they are horrible!!

geordie mandy

never heard of them or seen them
Mandy

Paul&Nic

I haven't tried much of anything different as to be honest myself and daughter (who are fruit lovers) think the fruit out here is pretty crap ... ... and far too expensive! ...

We're hoping it's a seasonal thing tho! ...

geordie mandy

i got the impresion from my oz books that fresh fruit was cheap in markets . Or is it a case of making oz attractive to visitors? I knew about the bananas being expensive but not other fruit.
Mandy

Paul&Nic

I got told off for moaning last time, even tho it was tongue in cheek, but cherries are $20 a kilo or whatever it is. Imported from the US so probably why.

I'll check back in the summer I think, altho always have to pinch one every time I past em in the supermarket ...

geordie mandy

We do that with grapes hubby gets one from each pack to see which is the sweetest. well thats his excuse

i would rather people be honest with the price of things . After all it affects everyone coming over . i need to get a currency converter so i can compare prices. But $20 a kilo of cherries sounds dear to me.
Mandy

NickyC

The cherry season is very short (about 5 weeks) and runs from mid-November to mid-December. Cherries during that time are cheap. They're traditionally eaten here at Christmas, people often buy a box of them. Cherries available at any other time are imported and so much more expensive.

jon and alex

Dragon fruit is lovely in Vietnam but very bland in UK.
Custard apple is yummy in Asia (again). It tastes lemony but not too sharp and is really soft and juicy.
One of my favourite fruits is mangosteen - gorgeous! Is that available in Oz?
Anyone tried Durian fruit?!!!? Smells like an open sewer and tastes like onion ice cream!!!!!!
I'm hoping that I'll be able to search out some good stores for fruit in Brissie as I do like fruitin'!!

joeyballantyne

cheese-cake?



CHEESE-cake?!



CHEESE-CAKE???!!!

(couldnt resist phil kay moment)

ladywithatorch

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You mean Peter methinks!!!!

xRachx

joeyballantyne

i knew that i knew that i knew that - blowtorchlady

ladywithatorch

Don't bad mouth my batteries!!!!

xRachx

JackTheLad

I've heard the same about certain tropical fruit tasting great in countries where they are grown but now where they're exported to. I suppose it's got to do with the ripeness of the fruit when it's picked. Also unless the fruit is transported by overnight flight, you're not likely to get the freshest exoctic fruit.

We have 3 custard apple trees in our rental property and they taste much better than the store bought ones even though they're all grown locally. Even then the custard apples from the fruit barn are usually not bad.

Yes you can get mangosteen here, but they're expensive. I think I last paid over $12/kilo at a supermarket. Considering how thick & heavy the shell is comparing to the edible bits of the fruit, it's got to be one of the most expensive tropical fruit. Hubby wouldn't let me buy more than 5 at a time, but I always manage to sneak in a couple extra while he's not watching. Mangosteen isn't called the "Queen of Fruit" for no reason.

You'll find lots of fruit barns in the suburbs of Brisbane.

Mrs JTL