I was in Albertson’s today grocery shopping when I come across a giant weird looking fruit. The jackfruit. Spikey on the outside and obnoxiously large. All I knew in advance was that it was some weird Asian fruit so I decide to buy it for the hell of it. After about 45 minutes of work I now have about 4-5 lbs of fresh jackfruit and a big bag of seeds. Now the question is, what in the world do I do with all of this? Saw a recipe for Jackfruit seed hummus that I think I’ll try but not sure about the ripe jackfruit. Most of the recipes use canned or unripe jackfruit.

Any reccomendations from the F&D Board?

(So this is what you get when you google Jackfruit sexy....)

This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 10:29 pm

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Posted by BRgetthenet

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Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:26 pm to KamaCausey_LSU

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Jackfruit contains very high amounts of protein and fats. It also contains high levels of tryptophan, sulphur and vitamin E. Durian or nangka is the fruit of a 40 meter tall, evergreen tree with spreading branches and a dense crown from South East Asia. The leaves are shiny on top and underneath hairy, golden scales. The oval or rounded fruit is 15 to 30 centimetres long and weighs up to 8 kilos. The skin consists of hexagonal, thick spines. The fruit consists of five fruit chambers containing seeds from 1 to 6 cm. These seeds are surrounded by thick, cream-coloured to dark yellow, jelly-like seed coats. It tastes sweet and aromatic. The ripe fruit smells very pungent from the formation of hydrogen sulphide, from which the fruit gets its alternative name "stinky fruit".

You can eat it.

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Posted by BigPerm30

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Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:44 pm to KamaCausey_LSU

Looks like if you put enough oil on it you could stick your penis in it.

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Posted by Zappas Stache

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Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:55 pm to KamaCausey_LSU

Vegans use it as a chicken meat substitute. So you could make vegan chicken tacos, put it in pasta,....anything you would put chicken in.

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Posted by pongze

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Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:04 am to Zappas Stache

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Vegans use it as a chicken meat substitute. So you could make vegan chicken tacos, put it in pasta

I believe that it’s the white part that surrounds the yellow fruity part that is used for that. I’ve never done it and can’t speak for it, but I do enjoy the yellow fruit part itself.

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