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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cornus kousa fruit etiquette
  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:21:57 -0500

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





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