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This is jackfruit: possibly the next food craze
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:28 pm
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Late last year, after 18 years of litigation, a senior government official in Kerala, south-west India was given a prison sentence after being convidted of theft. The object he stole was government property, and it was so large he had to have it cut up to get it home. A piece of art, perhaps? A precious metal? Actually, it was a 40-year-old jackfruit tree, and, once you’ve tasted its fruit, you begin to understand why he did it.
To say the jackfruit is big is an understatement. It is the largest tree-borne fruit on the planet – it isn’t unusual to come across beasts weighing up to 35kg in South America and South-east Asia. And it has been hailed as a “miracle crop” because of its size, and resistance to pests and drought. And its nutritional credentials are also impressive: researchers have suggested it could replace wheat, corn and other staple crops that may come under threat because of climate change.
Once you get through its tough, green, knobbly exterior, you’re hit with a faint whiff of onion, sticky sap and odd looking seed pods that taste like a cross between a pineapple and a pear. So far, so fruity. But what really sets the jackfruit apart is what it can do to savoury dishes, especially its ability to imitate pulled pork after several hours on the hob.
Entertainment magazine E! cited it as a “hot new vegan ingredient” after spotting it taking pork belly’s place in baos (steamed buns) at Susan Feniger’s Street Food in LA. In London, vegan street-food and supper-club contingent Club Mexicana uses it in burritos and tacos to delicious effect. It’s their most popular dish by far, and suppliers are struggling to keep up with demand. Cook and owner Meriel Armitage says that customers often think it’s meat and are “always amazed it isn’t pulled pork”. She learned about the ingredient when working at one of London’s oldest vegan cafes. “It has been used for years by veterans of the vegan scene, but it has been kept a bit of a chef’s secret”. Pulled jackfruit is made from the younger fruit – “green jackfruit”, widely sold in tins and, thankfully, much easier to carry home from work than a bad smelling lump the size of a child. Meat substitutes are 10 a penny these days, ranging from gluten based seitan, to soy-based tofu, to the wide variety of disturbingly realistic meat-flavoured Quorn products on offer. But jackfruit wins hands down. This all-natural, non processed ingredient has fibrous flesh that can take on almost any flavour - green jackfruit can replace carnitas in tacos, braised beef in burritos, spiced lamb topping for flatbreads.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, although, with jackfruit, that can prove difficult when the eater harbours deep suspicions about its meaty appearance. One host on American network WISH-TV refused to believe his barbecue jackfruit slider was vegan, and, through mouthfuls of sandwich, called the guest chef who prepared the dish a liar.
Get hold of a few cans – you can find it in Asian food stores and the world-food shelves in many big supermarkets – and give it a try. (But go for the green jackfruit, not the kind in syrup.) And if you happen to share dinners with an anti-vegetarian, they never have to know.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:30 pm to hawgfaninc
My wife's mother is 100% Filipino .... She said jackfruit was a staple in her house growing up
She also says cherimoyas will be the next craze.
She also says cherimoyas will be the next craze.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:32 pm to hawgfaninc
so it could feed millions of starving people in the asian subcontinent/ africa, but probably won't because vegans in the west are gonna buy it all up once it becomes trendy?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:43 pm to hawgfaninc
Ate a bunch of em in Thailand.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:45 pm to Jim Rockford
It will be banned in this country because there is no "Jill fruit" or because nobody can figure out how to give preferential treatment to minorities.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:04 pm to Hangit
Jack fruit is the flavor of Juicy Fruit gum.
I like getting Jack Fruit - Strawberry smoothies from Bubble Tea shops, especially when fresh.
You can buy fresh jackfruit on the westbank at the Hong Kong market on Berman.
I like getting Jack Fruit - Strawberry smoothies from Bubble Tea shops, especially when fresh.
You can buy fresh jackfruit on the westbank at the Hong Kong market on Berman.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:09 pm to hawgfaninc
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researchers have suggested it could replace wheat, corn and other staple crops that may come under threat because of climate change.
In future news:
The corn and wheat farmers Union and lobbying group get jafrut banned and made an illegal schedule 1 narcotic in America.
Jafrut is the street name for a drug which is made from fermenting the jack fruit.
As a schedule 1 narcotic it is impossible to experiment with it use for any purposes.
The Jackfruit is effectively banned from America and we suffer the loss of another harmless marketable product that would boost the economy and provide societal benefits
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:14 pm to TulaneLSU
Gweneth should have bought this with her $29.
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:14 pm to hawgfaninc
You can already purchase it at some grocery stores in the states.
The fruit pictured in the tree's has not matured yet, it looks like a prickly pineapple when ripe.
It's very good, but very pricey when buying a whole Jackfruit from the store.
You won't find them at Wally World, Albertson's, HEB, or Kroger.
Gotta go to Fresh Market, Whole Foods, or somewhere else that is more upscale "county".
The fruit pictured in the tree's has not matured yet, it looks like a prickly pineapple when ripe.
It's very good, but very pricey when buying a whole Jackfruit from the store.
You won't find them at Wally World, Albertson's, HEB, or Kroger.
Gotta go to Fresh Market, Whole Foods, or somewhere else that is more upscale "county".
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:17 pm to hawgfaninc
And it's not nearly as good as pork.
Only vegans would be gay enough to compare it to pork.
Only vegans would be gay enough to compare it to pork.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:20 pm to hawgfaninc
it's no durian, but it'll do....
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:37 pm to hawgfaninc
Only place I've seen those being eaten is on the Orangutan Island TV show. Them Orangutans sure did like it.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:39 pm to hawgfaninc
It looks like Squidward's nose:
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:48 pm to geauxjuice
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so it could feed millions of starving people in the asian subcontinent/ africa, but probably won't because vegans in the west are gonna buy it all up once it becomes trendy?
Wouldn't whatever the vegans stop eating become available instead?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:05 pm to hawgfaninc
Visted Boston for Easter and went to Hay Market...oldest open air market in America and they had Jack Fruit and I took a pic cause I had never seen one. As big as a watermelon. Also, this market was the cheapest market and freshest fruit/veg market I ever have seen. Strawberries were 1 dollar for a large flat and most items were priced like that.
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:11 pm to geauxjuice
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so it could feed millions of starving people in the asian subcontinent/ africa, but probably won't because vegans in the west are gonna buy it all up once it becomes trendy?
You mean people want to sell something instead of just giving it away? Wow, that's a shocker. Never happen before that I've heard of
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:14 pm to hawgfaninc
TL;DR
Don't forget the goto way to sell weird fruit to people... "It's an aphrodisiac"
Don't forget the goto way to sell weird fruit to people... "It's an aphrodisiac"
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:14 pm to soccerfüt
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It looks like elephantitis of the nuts
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