Fruity

[Shiroi Tsuki]

A friend of mine mentioned trying one of these out recently.  Doesn't this just look so... Zalanthan?

[Rhyden]

Yes - it looks Zalanthan, so you should definitely try it.

[Gunnerblaster]

Yes - it looks Zalanthan, so you should definitely try it.

Wait, but wouldn't that be the perfect reason to -not- try it?

[Angela Christine]

What is it?

[Gunnerblaster]

What is it?

It looks Zalanthan.

That's all that matters, in the end...

[Winterless]

Ooo... Kiwano fruit... they are quite tasty.

[Coat of Arms]

Isn't it the fruit that stinks so unspeakably bad that skunks run away in terror?

[Cegar]

That's a durian.

[Marauder Moe]

A durian is that fruit that stinks.

That picture doesn't look quite right, though.  I think Durians are generally green on the outside and yellow on the inside.

I swear I've seen that picture before, though...

[Marauder Moe]

Ah hah!  It's a kiwano.

[Winterless]

Ooo... Kiwano fruit... they are quite tasty.

The fruit pictured is a kiwano fruit.

[Marauder Moe]

Hooray for not reading the whole thread!  :oops:

Anyway, according to the internet it's not actually a very tasty fruit, and the insides are as slimy as the picture makes them out to be.

[Winterless]

I like them, think citrusy-cucumber taste... the texture is kind of like jello, or like when you can get all the skin off of an orange segment. They are kind of refreshing.

[Malken]

From looking at the picture, I bet the fruit as a very Photoshopped taste to it, too!

[alger]

On the topic of photoshop I thought this site was fun

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/blonde/index.html


And I don't like that fruit.

[Angela Christine]

Cool.  I could sit here all day going, "Real woman.  Magazine woman.  Real woman, magazine woman."

If I get tired of the blond, he also has a brunette.  He even made her belly-button smaller.  http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/bikini1.html

[Yokunama]

On the topic of photoshop I thought this site was fun

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/blonde/index.html

Thats just scary....

As for the fruit, it looks too gooey to be a real fruit. Looks like its ready to run all over the table if someone happens to bump it.

[InsertCleverNameHere]

I like them, think citrusy-cucumber taste... the texture is kind of like jello, or like when you can get all the skin off of an orange segment. They are kind of refreshing.

They are not refreshing or citrusy.. Cucumber? No. I like cucumbers.

You know what I found about them after buying one at the grocery store because it looked 'interesting'? Apparently, they're not even supposed to be a big FOOD item. They're most commonly a decorative fruit if what I read is to be believed, like all those colorful squash people stick in bowls around Thanksgiving.

Let me give my description of a Kiwano fruit, or horn melon.

The outside is very festive. You cut  it open and see someone has taken lime green jello and swirled it around with a couple dozen cantaloupe sized/shaped seeds. Now these seeds are encased with the green goop rather like if you open up a section of an orange and get to all those little juice packets. But inside each of the green goop packets is the seed. Therefor, you either have to strain the goop through your teeth and spit the seeds (a lot of work) or eat the seeds also. The seeds don't actually have a flavor to them that I noticed, but adding the fact you have to chew your way through them to 'enjoy' the goop, it isn't exactly a selling point. Now that you've worked out how to eat this monstrosity roughly, gotten past the ultra-slime texture, you get to the taste. Bland green bananas.

So... I suppose if you've ever wished someone would come up with a bland green banana jello slime that you could mix cantaloupe seeds in.... Then this is the perfect fruit for you!  :wink:

[Dollface]

Other Zalanthan looking fruit:

Dragonfruit
Rambutan
Yellow Rambutan
Buddha's Hand Citron
Mangosteen
Surinam Cherry
Salak (Snake Fruit)
Jackfruit
Rollinia

..lots of weird looking fruit out there.

[Nao]

The texture looks a lot like that of a passion fruit. And I absolutely love those.

[alger]

I eat most of the fruits that DollFace listed...

They're not weird! You westerners are weird... weirdos.