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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Akebia anyone?
  • Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:18:44 -0800

Actually, the Akebia I've had didn't really have much of ANY taste - just a
bland, slight sweetness. Combine that with the mucus-like texture of the
"pulp" and it's not something I can envision a lot of uses for. If it had
some sort of taste, it might be like black currants, and be good with some
cooking/blending with other things, but this stuff just isn't that
interesting. I suppose it was used more because of a lack of actual bad
taste and from sheer necessity than any other reason I can think of.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, consulting, more, at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom See new additions to the site, Feb. 2001,
plus word on my grape book.

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>From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
>To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Akebia anyone?
>Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2001, 6:52 AM
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>Hi,
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>Quick question...
>
>A lot of people would say that Black Currants taste like shoe innersoles,
>less the sugar, but they make my favorite jelly. To which the ney-sayers
>say, add enough sugar to anything and it will taste good.
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>Is there any good use of this Akebia, or is it only the best fruit that
>can be grown in its native region?
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>I don't mean to knock anyone's opinion, but if I had not picked black
>currants and processed them into jelly, I would have missed out on
>something I like.
>
>Maybe this would make a good annual NAFEX meeting event, tasting
>fruit recipes made of less accepted fruit. All people would need to do is
>bring a couple jars of their best less known fruit preserves, and let
>people taste them on soda crackers.
>
>I am still anxious to taste quince off my own tree, but have no plan to
>eat one raw.
>
>Just a thought. No offense meant to anyone. Taste is SO subjective.
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>--
>Thomas Olenio
>Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
>
>On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
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>> Imagine sweetened glue - that's what the pulp tastes like. Edible, but
>> hardly wonderful. The fruits have a purple-blotchy look that makes them
>> look like a vine full of excised cancer tumors. Keep the vines if you want
>> an ornamental - the flowers are nice - but skip it if you want fruit.
>> -Lon Rombough
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>> >From: lostman_amiga@yahoo.com
>> >To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
>> >Subject: [nafex] Akebia anyone?
>> >Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2001, 5:26 AM
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>> >hey, has anyone tryed the Akebia vine yet? I found 2 at home depot a
>> >while back an was wondering how the fruit was?
>> >My is in bloom now and I read that hand pollenation gives more fruit
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>> >They were cheap, so I thought I would give it a try.
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