Dragonfruits are a common sight in Singapore. But I hardly buy them because nobody at home likes them other than my sis who believes it helps her constipation 😉 They were having a promotion today and it suddenly caught my eye and I could suddenly see them in a photo. I love the bright pink, almost fuschia tone, perfectly co-ordinated with the green tips.
When you cut it open, surprise! It’s white with lots of black seeds. There are also red fleshed ones but they really stain your clothes I heard. Haven’t tried those before. Anyway, I just halved them and ran the knife around the skin. Just like a kiwi. It’s soft and easy to run your knife through it. Look at those bright pinks!
Ready to be sliced up for eating. How will it taste?
Kids were freaked by the hundreds of seeds. Little C refused to go near it. Big R was a lot more brave and tried one. She hated it. her exact words “I hate it”.
Sigh.. The things (and language) they learn in school 🙁
Anyway, I tried some. The last time I had any must have been ten years ago? The one I had was tasteless. Not sweet, not sour, not anything… just gritty from the seeds. The texture was similar to kiwifruit. This one was abit better. A little sweet, a little sour, a little taste, but the aftertaste was abit grassy, DH said it’s related to the cactus family?
Oh well, somethings never change, including the taste of the dragonfruit. But it is a beautiful fruit blessed with beautiful colors, so I guess life is fair? 😉
