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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 04:10 PM 9/9/2003 -0400, Richard wrote:
> Agreed that C. kousa fruits are can be pleasant; but in my experience are
> very mild in flavor to unpleasantly bland, not as strong or banana or pawpaw
> even in the better ones.  As for heart racing, have not noticed such in my
> family upon eating these.  have not tasted any cultivars sold for edible
> use.
Agreed.  Can't say that I'd want to eat a 'bait' of Kousas every day, but 
for a novelty, they're OK.  One of the young ladies whom I shared some 
fruits with yesterday kept coming back over and over to eat more(It WAS a 
slow business day, so she may have just been bored).
No heart racing for me, and probably ate at least 20 or more over the 
course of the day.

> Those of you eating them:  Do you swallow the skin or spit it out and just
> eat the pulp?
> Curious because locals here eat pawpaw skin.
YUK!
If still somewhat firm, I just gently massage the fruit, pull the stem 
out/off, suck the contents out, then discard the skin.



Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY