That Marang fruit is overripe! Best time to eat Marang is when it just ripened on the tree. Pluck it from the tree itself and eat it immediately, right under the tree's canopy. Would taste like a creamy-milky mixture of banana-pineapple and a bit of jackfruit. I absolutely love this fruit! Marang Season lasts from Late July to September. Believe me 'coz we have several trees of Marang in our farm. Greetings from Mindanao.
As someone with a Marang tree in the backyard, I can attest that tree-ripen marang is really more delicious, much more sweeter, almost like eating sugar. In the markets, they sell Marang that were harvested before they ripen and then they let it ripen as it travels or store it a few more days once it arrives in the store. This is a universal practice in fruit selling I believe, because the unripe fruits are much easier to ship. You can imagine how easy it is for a fully ripe marang to rip open with just a few bumps on the road.
@@nochannel1000 yes - vine-ripened fruit tastes so much better! I understand why the grocery stores have to do it that way, but it’s a shame. I’m disabled, so I can’t get produce from farmer’s markets anymore.
MARANG is one of my favorite fruits. It tastes like condensed milk. It's much cheaper in Mindanao than in Manila. When I went to Mindanao years ago, people taught me to was the seeds and roast them in a pan.
When you were talking about how the oil from your grandma's cooking got into the walls, it reminded me of this aircraft carrier they turned into a museum in San Diego. When you walk into the hangar, even though the ship was decommissioned in 1992, it still has this really distinctive smell it got from the years of people doing aircraft maintenance in there and stuff. It's like the smell is embedded in the ship now. (I know this has nothing to do with fruit lol.)
I'VE HAD THIS! I had this when I was seven on holiday with my family and we all loved it, so the next time we visited (last year and I'm seventeen), we tried to find it again and guess what, the trip took us five whole days, but totally worth it! First time we ate it it was fresh off a tree, second time it was in a market, not as fresh and not as good but still love it.
the vendor didn't really ripped you. You're in Manila, that's how prices work in there. :/ Go to Mindanao, the Fruits basket of the Philippines. Especially DAVAO. and in September.
Five years later I'm still wYching these vids...a question I've always wondered. How are you always in these extreme hot climates and like are never sweating ? Also thanks for making the world a better place with your vids.
This is the time of the year to pick sumac. It' berries are used as a spice in the middle east, but in the Unted States it's used to make a lemon aid type drink. You must have some growing around you
Got my hand on one of these yesterday, the Borneo variety of it. It was a tree-ripened one and from what I tasted, I believe the flavor is more developed than the one you reviewed, Jared. It smells strongly of sweet gasoline, for once, but has this chemical smell to it. The fruit inside doesn't smell as badly as the exterior skin, but the aftertaste does have a gasoline tinge on it. After ripened it has the consistency of a custard, albeit a little slimy. The taste is a complex combination of a condensed milk, cempedak, slight pineapple, a slight longan taste, and combination of other flavors. While it does tastes like a muted cempedak -the milky custard hits you more than the fruit taste itself-, the aftertaste is far stronger than even cempedak. It hits you in the back of the throat and stays for minutes. I am fine eating even the strong Durian or Cempedak, but not okay with this. Not my favorite fruit, but it's quite nice to experience the taste. Also, I tracked this fruit down after I saw this video and knew that this fruit existed, so thanks for reviewing this one!
+Adrian J Nyaoi I waited until it was softer for this one because I was told thats the ideal ripeness. I had it again in Davao and tried it more firm and it didn't taste different to me.
+Jared Rydelek The fruit seems to be harvested too early; it should take 3 days at the most for it to ripen (after harvest). But still the best and the most tasty one are tree-ripen fruit...something you can't get unless you have the tree in your garden. There are two more cousins of this fruit: one have red flesh and hard to peel off from the seed, and the other one with white flesh but have a very strong flavor; the pulatan Here is a photo of it , plus.google.com/+AdrianJNyaoi/posts/f1mRkbv2YSV
Adrian J Nyaoi Unfortunately I don't have a marang tree in my backyard here in New York City. :) I'll keep a look out for the red and white marang variety. I'll be coming to Sabah this February, anywhere you would recommend I visit?
oh really? I haven't heard that before. I'll be staying in KK the whole month, but have weekends free to explore other areas. I've heard the sunday market in Kota Belud is my best bet for finding uncommon fruit.
thank you for this great videos. one to try is Artocarpus hypargyreus, kwai muk, sort of a tiny undeveloped artocarpus that you eat whole and it produces fruits of very different shape, fantastic fruit. keep up the good work!!
OMG! 2$ per kilo? It's very expensive and beside that it's not fresh . It smell like a gasoline if it is over ripped. We have a marang tree beside in our house. So I suggest you to try next time the yellow green one. It is fresh and yummy.
Thanks Jared for reviewing the Marang fruit. I was originally from the Philippines but I never saw nor eaten one. A friend posted a picture on her FB of this fruit and I had no clue what it was. She was in the southern Philippines visiting when she took a picture. I was curious and glad to see your review on it. Thanks again.
when i had durian it smelled like gasoline and i was like "oh this doesnt smell that bad" but then i opened the container and it smelled like decomposing onions and i didnt wanna try it anymore
Hi! I've lived in the Philippines all my life, but I have yet to explore the fruits here and I'm really thankful you've made videos on our fruit ^___^ I'm glad to know more about my country. \ :D /
That is my favorite fruit! Your wrong 2 dollars per kilo is actually around the usual selling price in Metro Manila. It is actual pretty uncommon in the Metro Manila. Not all Filipino knows about Marang. In Mindanao, you could expect it to be around 2 to 5 dollars per piece.
Hi Jared, about the Marang, it cost like 5-10 pesos per kilo or if its in Marang season, you can buy it for 10-25 pesos per fruit. These prices are in Southern Mindanao =)
I have a mild tripophobic response towards things arranged compactly and concentrically in natural crevices - think seeds in an autumn/winter squash. I had a feeling this fruit would hit it, and boy was I right. As soon as you opened it my spine tingled lmao.
it's best when in season. They're mostly grown in southern Philippines (Davao etc). Get the one that's still a bit firm to touch, not too soft coz overriped ones can have a bit of sour taste on them. They're expensive when they come to Manila as they need extra care when shipped.
+Jette I bought this one firm and waited a couple days for it to soften as that was how the vendor told me to eat it. I also had one more firm and it was about the same in flavor, but a little fresher tasting.
This is my favorite fruit and unfortunately, hard to find and only available in few areas during limited seasons. It is difficult to commercialize due to very short shelf life but it's worth it. I was hunting for this fruit in Mindanao last December but was not able to find one. I swear, I would have paid hundred bucks just to eat one.
+jarjarbinx79 Yeah It might be the season you were there. I saw these everywhere in Davao when I was there in March. You'll get one one day! Its worth the wait.
Hey Jared ,This looked like a pretty interesting fruit. If the seeds are anything like Jakfruit, they are very edible as well as actually pretty tasty. I tried boiling my Jakfruit seeds per a couple of videos, with the cooked seeds resembling a mealy russet potato in flavor and texture. You sound like you had a bit of a cold, allergies, or some kind of sinus malady. all ok there?
Jack fruit seeds are great. I had a curry sort of dish in the Philippines where they used unripe jackfruit and its seeds. It was really delicious. I don't think I had a cold, but I was working in Malaysia for three months before this, so I was pretty worn out.
Ah.. Yeah, I know from experience that there is little distinguishing sick from tired out. Hopefully you get a chance soon to spend time at your home base and recharge.
Jared Rydelek Four Whole days!?!? Wow! How did you get so lucky and what are you going to do with yourself with all of that free time!? LOL .. I hope you get some R and R on those days home .
I'll try this fruit when I go back to the Philippines, but not that calabash (cooking fruit is just a long process). Great you get to travel to different countries. Binge watching on fruits on RUclips :)
No but that gasoline taste, I wonder about that. Sometime they add or spray stuff on the fruits, and the taste can change. Like ethylene on bananas. Every groceries do it, as I understand.
We have a similar fruit in south India. In the state of kerala it is called "ANJILI CHAKKA". ANJILI is the name of the tree and CHAKKA means jackfruit. Its slightly smaller than the fruit shown in this video and it is very yellow inside when ripe. Its like a mini jack fruit. The seeds are roasted and eaten like peanuts. (Not sure if both are the same thing)
It is a local fruit in my country, Brunei & u can find it in Sabah & Sarawak, we call it Tarap & it is nearly similar to Cempedak. I find it funny when u keep referring the smell to gasoline
Yes! I love Calamansi. I don't think I reviewed it while in the Philippines but I did have it a couple times on the channel: ruclips.net/video/KJTGecvn074/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/UQkj5m671ME/видео.html
I wasn't able to get permits to send seeds on this trip. Next one I should be able to though. I don't sell them since I get seeds very randomly, but I send them sometimes to patreon supporters.
So, 5 years later, i just now had my first taste of marang! At first, all i could taste was burnt popcorn, old corn, and kerosene. As i continued to eat it, my palate opened up and i started tasting the banana and pineapple notes. Finally, with my nose accustomed to marang...i don't know what to say. Its bitter note late on the tongue contrasts the extreme sweetness of the first bite like bleu cheese after a bite of sweet apple. Truly delicious...but not as good as durian! Lol
Yeah u're right..we have plenty of lanzones here right now and oh mangosteen and durian also..i know mangosteen is common and i'm eating those right now..i just love how you travel places just to taste diff. and exotic fruits hope i cud do wat u're doing.. :)
I wonder if the gasoline odor is because of it being overripe (as people familiar with it have said that it is, here). I wonder what it normally smells like.
I haven't had Rattan yet, I'm hoping to find it on my trip to Borneo next week. Calamansi I reviewed in my "strange limes" episode. Siniguelas I reviewed under the name "hog plum". 2 out of 3ain't bad. :)
+Jared Rydelek great! calamansi usually is mixed with other condiments here in the philippines, when having colds we usually dilute it in water and drink it as a juice and can be mixed with green tea.By the way,rattan has a very strong sour taste..
Have you ever tried a fruit that comes from the blueberry cactus? It has a different name but it's nickname is blueberry cactus. I just bought a new blueberry cactus on Amazon. I haven't gotten any berries yet but hopefully I do either sometime this year or next year and hopefully bird and chipmunks won't get to them before I do wish me luck.
Durian have rotting corpse smell? A few years back my ofice suffered prolonged power outage, causing some cadavers to rot. They did not smell like durian!
Wow!!! I now feel so guilty for not eating this very often. That cost a fortune in Manila. But those are super cheap in Southern Philippines. What you had is so over ripe. The Stem looked old already. The Greenish ones are the ideal. when its not too ripe. That is too sweet already and too soft. but at least you tasted it. I also take videos of myself eating fruits. But i dont make videos yet. You are amazing!!!
I did, though they are old videos. I have new reviews on these coming up in a few months. Here are the old ones: Mabolo ruclips.net/video/dFkAVgx85Vc/видео.html Santol ruclips.net/video/iiXrOhx4clU/видео.html
I never heard of Marang growing in Luzon island where Manila is situated. Marang is abundant in the islands of Mindanao down south of the Philippines. That’s probably you paid the vendor more for the Marang that you bought because fruits from Mindanao are usually double the price when sold in Manila. And also, the Marang you featured isn’t that fresh anymore by the looks of its stem.
That one u ate is an over ripped marang.. Its a bad marang quality acuatlly... U should try the fresh one which obviously a green color which has really white and soft meat..
This grows wild in south Indian evergreen forests. The colour is orange. The trees are huge bearing large numbers of fruits. Traditionally food for birds and all tree climbing mammals. Seeds are edible after boiling. Seeds contain oil which gets separated while boiling. I am not sure of the use of oil. Timber of this tree is used to make furniture which Is durable and has dark brown color
over ripe dude! Please try it again and get the green skin and smell it first make sure it smell sweet and the stem that's almost dried that's the perfect ripeness. Too much brown and dark stem is way too old. Hope you try it again. we have 2 marang tree in my grandpa's house ^^ that's how i become expert on marang i guess. What your eating is rutten fruit that's were you smell that gasoline aroma ^^; sry to tell you that.
+ArphiL The vendor I bought it from told me to wait two days, so I did. I've had it several times since at different ripenesses and the flavor was about the same in each case. But yeah I do prefer it a little less ripe since it tastes fresher.
I eat Marang before in my province in visayas when I go to my grandparents house they have marang tree in the backyard and also in the mountains there so many of it, it look like a jackfruit tree it's better when you pick it ripe on the tree
Do you ever get sick to your stomach trying strange fruits? I'm in Michigan and recently bought a jackfruit and I was convinced it gave me a bunch of intestinal distress and grossness.
+Lisa Sund The only instance where I got very sick was from a soursop I had in India (I go on and on about it in that episode). You may have gotten a bad jack fruit or you could be intolerant to it. A couple years ago I gave some jackfruit to a friend of mine and, after two minutes, her face proceeded to swell up like a balloon. Its not for everyone I guess. :P
That Marang fruit is overripe! Best time to eat Marang is when it just ripened on the tree. Pluck it from the tree itself and eat it immediately, right under the tree's canopy. Would taste like a creamy-milky mixture of banana-pineapple and a bit of jackfruit. I absolutely love this fruit! Marang Season lasts from Late July to September. Believe me 'coz we have several trees of Marang in our farm. Greetings from Mindanao.
Ikr its overripe
As someone with a Marang tree in the backyard, I can attest that tree-ripen marang is really more delicious, much more sweeter, almost like eating sugar.
In the markets, they sell Marang that were harvested before they ripen and then they let it ripen as it travels or store it a few more days once it arrives in the store. This is a universal practice in fruit selling I believe, because the unripe fruits are much easier to ship. You can imagine how easy it is for a fully ripe marang to rip open with just a few bumps on the road.
Plus, I was going to mention to Wierd Explorer that the best Marang are in Mindanao! It's one of my favorite fruit!
@@nochannel1000 just like green banana in store
@@nochannel1000 yes - vine-ripened fruit tastes so much better! I understand why the grocery stores have to do it that way, but it’s a shame. I’m disabled, so I can’t get produce from farmer’s markets anymore.
Never thought I'd enjoy watching some dude eat random weird fruits. Yet here I am.
I'm as surprised as you are
MARANG is one of my favorite fruits. It tastes like condensed milk. It's much cheaper in Mindanao than in Manila. When I went to Mindanao years ago, people taught me to was the seeds and roast them in a pan.
+Miel Miguel Timtiman I'd love to try the seeds. I really like jackfruit seeds, Id be interested to compare these to them.
Yes this doesn't grow in Manila so by the time it's exported to Manila from Mindanao it not as fresh
Marang's seeds taste better than peanut 😍
When you were talking about how the oil from your grandma's cooking got into the walls, it reminded me of this aircraft carrier they turned into a museum in San Diego. When you walk into the hangar, even though the ship was decommissioned in 1992, it still has this really distinctive smell it got from the years of people doing aircraft maintenance in there and stuff. It's like the smell is embedded in the ship now. (I know this has nothing to do with fruit lol.)
I'VE HAD THIS! I had this when I was seven on holiday with my family and we all loved it, so the next time we visited (last year and I'm seventeen), we tried to find it again and guess what, the trip took us five whole days, but totally worth it! First time we ate it it was fresh off a tree, second time it was in a market, not as fresh and not as good but still love it.
NewLifeInKorea, yeah I've always imagined a facehugger popping out of fruits like these haha
the vendor didn't really ripped you. You're in Manila, that's how prices work in there. :/
Go to Mindanao, the Fruits basket of the Philippines.
Especially DAVAO. and in September.
Five years later I'm still wYching these vids...a question I've always wondered. How are you always in these extreme hot climates and like are never sweating ? Also thanks for making the world a better place with your vids.
thanks for sticking around! I definitely feel like I'm melting in the heat sometimes, but don't mind it so much.
I really enjoy watching all your videos... Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks Tim! Glad you hear it :)
This is the time of the year to pick sumac. It' berries are used as a spice in the middle east, but in the Unted States it's used to make a lemon aid type drink. You must have some growing around you
Your fruity adventures make life more fun! I will have to live vicariously through you since I doubt I'll make it to 1/32 of the places you go.
Got my hand on one of these yesterday, the Borneo variety of it.
It was a tree-ripened one and from what I tasted, I believe the flavor is more developed than the one you reviewed, Jared.
It smells strongly of sweet gasoline, for once, but has this chemical smell to it. The fruit inside doesn't smell as badly as the exterior skin, but the aftertaste does have a gasoline tinge on it. After ripened it has the consistency of a custard, albeit a little slimy. The taste is a complex combination of a condensed milk, cempedak, slight pineapple, a slight longan taste, and combination of other flavors. While it does tastes like a muted cempedak -the milky custard hits you more than the fruit taste itself-, the aftertaste is far stronger than even cempedak. It hits you in the back of the throat and stays for minutes. I am fine eating even the strong Durian or Cempedak, but not okay with this.
Not my favorite fruit, but it's quite nice to experience the taste.
Also, I tracked this fruit down after I saw this video and knew that this fruit existed, so thanks for reviewing this one!
You should try those fresh tree-ripen fruit, the one you had , have the fruit stock almost rotting away
+Adrian J Nyaoi I waited until it was softer for this one because I was told thats the ideal ripeness. I had it again in Davao and tried it more firm and it didn't taste different to me.
+Jared Rydelek The fruit seems to be harvested too early; it should take 3 days at the most for it to ripen (after harvest). But still the best and the most tasty one are tree-ripen fruit...something you can't get unless you have the tree in your garden.
There are two more cousins of this fruit: one have red flesh and hard to peel off from the seed, and the other one with white flesh but have a very strong flavor; the pulatan Here is a photo of it , plus.google.com/+AdrianJNyaoi/posts/f1mRkbv2YSV
Adrian J Nyaoi Unfortunately I don't have a marang tree in my backyard here in New York City. :) I'll keep a look out for the red and white marang variety. I'll be coming to Sabah this February, anywhere you would recommend I visit?
Jared Rydelek just keep out off the East Coast part; not safe
oh really? I haven't heard that before. I'll be staying in KK the whole month, but have weekends free to explore other areas. I've heard the sunday market in Kota Belud is my best bet for finding uncommon fruit.
thank you for this great videos. one to try is Artocarpus hypargyreus, kwai muk, sort of a tiny undeveloped artocarpus that you eat whole and it produces fruits of very different shape, fantastic fruit. keep up the good work!!
OMG! 2$ per kilo? It's very expensive and beside that it's not fresh . It smell like a gasoline if it is over ripped. We have a marang tree beside in our house. So I suggest you to try next time the yellow green one. It is fresh and yummy.
Thanks Jared for reviewing the Marang fruit. I was originally from the Philippines but I never saw nor eaten one. A friend posted a picture on her FB of this fruit and I had no clue what it was. She was in the southern Philippines visiting when she took a picture. I was curious and glad to see your review on it. Thanks again.
Glad to help, its a really tasty fruit and rare outside The Philippines/Borneo area. If you get a chance to revisit the Philippines give it a try :D
When he ripped open that marang! Whew! Sexy.
Seriously. Lol
It’s a fucking fruit, you loser.
@@jasonthompson318 Did someone get no sleep last night? :(
@@jasonthompson318 unhorny
Pathetic
One dollar per kilo if you buy from Mindanao. In Manila, it is rare. at 2 dollars per kilo, it is cheap.
when i had durian it smelled like gasoline and i was like "oh this doesnt smell that bad" but then i opened the container and it smelled like decomposing onions and i didnt wanna try it anymore
do not remember that but glad i found this
the hubris of me being like "oh it cant be that bad :)" immediately evaporating the second i opened the container
Hi! I've lived in the Philippines all my life, but I have yet to explore the fruits here and I'm really thankful you've made videos on our fruit ^___^ I'm glad to know more about my country. \ :D /
I'm from the Philippines but I've never tried marang before it's quite rare to find it in markets nowadays.
That is my favorite fruit! Your wrong 2 dollars per kilo is actually around the usual selling price in Metro Manila. It is actual pretty uncommon in the Metro Manila. Not all Filipino knows about Marang. In Mindanao, you could expect it to be around 2 to 5 dollars per piece.
I just returned from MINDANAO and dang I love marang, taste like a creamy yogurt, the fruit there was so good, dorian mangoes
It's actually less than a dollar in Mindanao per piece.
sat through every minute of that wind for another badass fruit video haha
I love this. They are called tarap in my country. The seeds can be eaten fried. The core looks like a dead rat 😂
It does look like an unfortunate rat! 😂
We call it 'Tarap' in Brunei, tropical seasonal fruit same with Durian and Rambutan. Sweet and creamy taste like cempedak.
Would it be good to slowly roast the fruits with the seeds? Make a sweet concentrated coating on the nuts?
sounds pretty good!
Hi Jared, about the Marang, it cost like 5-10 pesos per kilo or if its in Marang season, you can buy it for 10-25 pesos per fruit. These prices are in Southern Mindanao =)
+Rosanna elisan In Manila I was getting foreigner prices. But you're right, in Davao these were only 10-20 pesos.
I have a mild tripophobic response towards things arranged compactly and concentrically in natural crevices - think seeds in an autumn/winter squash. I had a feeling this fruit would hit it, and boy was I right. As soon as you opened it my spine tingled lmao.
woops, sorry about that!
Don't be, I'm the one who clicked! ;)
it's best when in season. They're mostly grown in southern Philippines (Davao etc). Get the one that's still a bit firm to touch, not too soft coz overriped ones can have a bit of sour taste on them.
They're expensive when they come to Manila as they need extra care when shipped.
+Jette I bought this one firm and waited a couple days for it to soften as that was how the vendor told me to eat it. I also had one more firm and it was about the same in flavor, but a little fresher tasting.
This is my favorite fruit and unfortunately, hard to find and only available in few areas during limited seasons. It is difficult to commercialize due to very short shelf life but it's worth it. I was hunting for this fruit in Mindanao last December but was not able to find one. I swear, I would have paid hundred bucks just to eat one.
+jarjarbinx79 Yeah It might be the season you were there. I saw these everywhere in Davao when I was there in March. You'll get one one day! Its worth the wait.
Hey Jared ,This looked like a pretty interesting fruit. If the seeds are anything like Jakfruit, they are very edible as well as actually pretty tasty. I tried boiling my Jakfruit seeds per a couple of videos, with the cooked seeds resembling a mealy russet potato in flavor and texture. You sound like you had a bit of a cold, allergies, or some kind of sinus malady. all ok there?
Jack fruit seeds are great. I had a curry sort of dish in the Philippines where they used unripe jackfruit and its seeds. It was really delicious.
I don't think I had a cold, but I was working in Malaysia for three months before this, so I was pretty worn out.
Ah.. Yeah, I know from experience that there is little distinguishing sick from tired out. Hopefully you get a chance soon to spend time at your home base and recharge.
izonker I have four glorious days at home coming up before the next flight. ;)
Jared Rydelek
Four Whole days!?!? Wow! How did you get so lucky and what are you going to do with yourself with all of that free time!? LOL .. I hope you get some R and R on those days home .
marang fruit seeds are best eaten when toasted then peeled through rubbing them between fingers, we eat them like nuts..
if you want to taste quality marang, go to my hometown Jolo, Sulu. and it's cheaper there, too.
I'll try this fruit when I go back to the Philippines, but not that calabash (cooking fruit is just a long process). Great you get to travel to different countries. Binge watching on fruits on RUclips :)
definitely worth picking up a marang.. but yeah the Calabash, despite the supposed health benefits, tastes pretty gross and is not worth the trouble.
IN North Borneo (Sabah) we called it 'Tarap' or 'Timadang' in the local dialect. A very common seasonal fruit
yes, I've heard that. I'll be coming to Sabah in February, I hope these are in season then :)
Jared Rydelek Cool!
No but that gasoline taste, I wonder about that. Sometime they add or spray stuff on the fruits, and the taste can change. Like ethylene on bananas. Every groceries do it, as I understand.
Not in this case at least, there is a certain chemical compound that exists in fruits that gives it a gas taste.
1:26 Lmaoo, welcome to Philippines XD
100% because hes white, and she thought hes rich
We have a similar fruit in south India. In the state of kerala it is called "ANJILI CHAKKA". ANJILI is the name of the tree and CHAKKA means jackfruit. Its slightly smaller than the fruit shown in this video and it is very yellow inside when ripe. Its like a mini jack fruit. The seeds are roasted and eaten like peanuts. (Not sure if both are the same thing)
hi there.im frm malaysia.have u heard of sabah or borneo?we have this fruit also..we call this tarap.it is almost like jackfruit and cempedak😊
Brother.. it's famous in our kanyamumari District District..
Search as Ayini Jack... Very sweet...the difference is it's yellow color
is that in Manila? the building looks like ones near the sofitel I stayed at.
toamaori It is! and it's by a slew of hotels and hostels.. So probably where you stayed
have you already tried mabolo fruit? also found in Philippines, red in color and its skin is hairy similar to felt paper.. lol
I have, I reviewed it under the name Velvet apple.
obviously that has been harvested sooner than it should be...when it's harvested in a right time, it should be greenish or brownish when it's ripe
What time of the year yo got this? April is out of marang season so it confused a bit..
It is a local fruit in my country, Brunei & u can find it in Sabah & Sarawak, we call it Tarap & it is nearly similar to Cempedak. I find it funny when u keep referring the smell to gasoline
So many fruits. You should try Duhat and Atis, next time you come to the Philippines. =)
Jay Lozada I've reviewed both of those already 🙂
Hey does anyone know the name of the intro song to these videos? Thank you
this is a very tasty fruit.i prefer marang to durian. jackfruit is also very good
+Claive Alvin Marana Polo Adolfo Acedilla Same here :)
Hi Jared ,did you try to taste our kalamansi ,a small citrus fruit?
Yes! I love Calamansi. I don't think I reviewed it while in the Philippines but I did have it a couple times on the channel: ruclips.net/video/KJTGecvn074/видео.html
and
ruclips.net/video/UQkj5m671ME/видео.html
It's more delicious and tasty if you try the fresh riped one. Here in mindanao, it only cost you for like 0.20$😍😍
Ever tried sinegwelas?
I don't believe so!
Weird Explorer eh? You should! They're great. 👌🏻👌🏻 Btw Love Bohol! Also we boil marang in our place and eat the meat. Tasted like mushy sweet potato.
Seriously what do you do for work haha. So you live in New York but travel to Malaysia often?
You reference this review a lot it feels like in future episodes.
Yep, it has a pretty distinct flavor.... and it looks cool in the flash back when I rip it open.
We have it here on the Carribean side of Costa Rica. I love it.
omg do you ever save and sell seeds?
I wasn't able to get permits to send seeds on this trip. Next one I should be able to though. I don't sell them since I get seeds very randomly, but I send them sometimes to patreon supporters.
Weird Explorer sweet! Thanks for the response!
A fruit cup for adults sounds dirty.
And oddly homophobic
U ever tried Lanzones? it's very sweet
Episode 2 :)
what is the intro song?
So, 5 years later, i just now had my first taste of marang! At first, all i could taste was burnt popcorn, old corn, and kerosene. As i continued to eat it, my palate opened up and i started tasting the banana and pineapple notes. Finally, with my nose accustomed to marang...i don't know what to say. Its bitter note late on the tongue contrasts the extreme sweetness of the first bite like bleu cheese after a bite of sweet apple. Truly delicious...but not as good as durian! Lol
how can you eat the marang while having such an opposite reaction to cempedak. it has the same slimy texture and similar taste and smell.
They both have a stinky funk to them, but its quite different, the Marang is more palatable to me.
right now its marang season here in mindanao phil. Got a hard time eating them! you can see them anywhere and everywhere!
+Imee Collado I'm jealous! I had one in Mindanao, it was wonderful.
there's another fruit here in mindanao like santol and lanzones. i don't know if u know this fruits or if u can find them in other places or country..
there's another fruit here in mindanao like santol and lanzones. i don't know if u know this fruits or if u can find them in other places or country..
Imee Collado Yes, I've tried Santol while I was in CDO. Lanzones weren't in season when I was there, but I've had them in Malaysia. I love those!
Yeah u're right..we have plenty of lanzones here right now and oh mangosteen and durian also..i know mangosteen is common and i'm eating those right now..i just love how you travel places just to taste diff. and exotic fruits hope i cud do wat u're doing.. :)
I wonder if the gasoline odor is because of it being overripe (as people familiar with it have said that it is, here). I wonder what it normally smells like.
I missed Marang. I was unable to find any of these in Florida.
hey Jared, have you tried calamansi, rattan and siniguelas?
I haven't had Rattan yet, I'm hoping to find it on my trip to Borneo next week. Calamansi I reviewed in my "strange limes" episode. Siniguelas I reviewed under the name "hog plum". 2 out of 3ain't bad. :)
+Jared Rydelek great! calamansi usually is mixed with other condiments here in the philippines, when having colds we usually dilute it in water and drink it as a juice and can be mixed with green tea.By the way,rattan has a very strong sour taste..
Charmaine Joy Magno I can't wait to try it! Looks like a strange snakefruit!
+Jared Rydelek I'm excited for your review on that😋
u can find this fruit in sabah island.. this is most popular fruit in sabah.. we called it (tarap)
I had it there last February, wasn't very common, but the taste was great
Have you ever tried a fruit that comes from the blueberry cactus? It has a different name but it's nickname is blueberry cactus. I just bought a new blueberry cactus on Amazon. I haven't gotten any berries yet but hopefully I do either sometime this year or next year and hopefully bird and chipmunks won't get to them before I do wish me luck.
Durian have rotting corpse smell? A few years back my ofice suffered prolonged power outage, causing some cadavers to rot. They did not smell like durian!
What's that weird opening music? Sounds familiar.
jared, you can buy marang in davao for less than a dollar/piece
Shannen Gao I got some while I was there and they were about that. In Manila though it was priced very randomly.
What a great thumbnail :-)
Wow!!! I now feel so guilty for not eating this very often. That cost a fortune in Manila. But those are super cheap in Southern Philippines. What you had is so over ripe. The Stem looked old already. The Greenish ones are the ideal. when its not too ripe. That is too sweet already and too soft. but at least you tasted it. I also take videos of myself eating fruits. But i dont make videos yet. You are amazing!!!
sure...u r almost welcome to my home country.. a splendid of jungle Jack fruit trees r there... Its local name is aanjili chakka...
Thank you!
you need to eat kiat-kiat, atis, and guyabano while there. so tasty ☺
its the first time i saw this fruit, im from Pampanga Ph.. gotta try them ;)
Woah! It looked like you were having ang alien-exorcist thing goin on in that thumbnail, sir.
Do a review on ackee fruit!
One of my favorite fruits... I just bought 1 for 15 pesos a week ago...
I think you should try mabolo fruit in Philippines and santol.
I did, though they are old videos. I have new reviews on these coming up in a few months. Here are the old ones:
Mabolo ruclips.net/video/dFkAVgx85Vc/видео.html
Santol ruclips.net/video/iiXrOhx4clU/видео.html
@@WeirdExplorer oh so you made a review on them already how about the fruit named lubeg.
I never heard of Marang growing in Luzon island where Manila is situated. Marang is abundant in the islands of Mindanao down south of the Philippines. That’s probably you paid the vendor more for the Marang that you bought because fruits from Mindanao are usually double the price when sold in Manila. And also, the Marang you featured isn’t that fresh anymore by the looks of its stem.
That one u ate is an over ripped marang.. Its a bad marang quality acuatlly... U should try the fresh one which obviously a green color which has really white and soft meat..
dude you should go to mindanao to try fresh marang.
datu jham I had it in Davao. ;)
Aanjili chakka... wild tree,wood used for hard furniture.
Kerala,Srilanka,Coorg
Definitely over ripe. Should stay on the stem. Tastes like a marshmallow cream to me
Brother.. u have to eat it fresh as soon we get it from Tree.. other wise it won't taste good
here in mindanao marang costs 25 pesos per fruit which is about 2 whole fruits for a dollar
Yeah she ripped me off, I ate another one in Mindanao for around that much
two dollars? that sounds expensive. I usually buy marang at 35-40 pesos in cebu, Philippines.
i used to eat marang since i was small. now i'm 42 year old and still eating marang when it is season. it smell sweet not gasoline.
This grows wild in south Indian evergreen forests. The colour is orange. The trees are huge bearing large numbers of fruits. Traditionally food for birds and all tree climbing mammals. Seeds are edible after boiling. Seeds contain oil which gets separated while boiling. I am not sure of the use of oil. Timber of this tree is used to make furniture which Is durable and has dark brown color
That is A.hirsutus, not the marang
Heh heh, Jared, did you and your Marang get kicked out of the hostel due to the fruit's smell?Is that why you're doing this report on the street?
+Gary Cooper Stinky as that fruit is, it was no match for the BO of backpackers. :P
Sabah,East Malaysia called "Tarap". Taaraap.
Sumandak Borneo yes, one of the few lucky places it grows. I'm planning on visiting Borneo later this year. I can't wait to see what I can find.
That must be the root of the pilipino word “sarap”, which means delicious. We do share words, don’t we
in sabah we call this tarap or timadang
1:17 my favorite fruit its so yummy~ its a common fruit in my country sabah
I have never tried that fruit, maybe when I go visit the Philippines I will check it out.
Can you confirm this theory as an unbiased observer...filipinos who love durian hate marang and filipinos who love marang hate durian.
Not true 😂 I love both.
over ripe dude! Please try it again and get the green skin and smell it first make sure it smell sweet and the stem that's almost dried that's the perfect ripeness. Too much brown and dark stem is way too old. Hope you try it again. we have 2 marang tree in my grandpa's house ^^ that's how i become expert on marang i guess. What your eating is rutten fruit that's were you smell that gasoline aroma ^^; sry to tell you that.
+ArphiL The vendor I bought it from told me to wait two days, so I did. I've had it several times since at different ripenesses and the flavor was about the same in each case. But yeah I do prefer it a little less ripe since it tastes fresher.
another thing..you can cook a young Tarap like vegetable.
Sumandak Borneo Interesting, I've had young jackfruit prepared this way, but not tarap.
Is it weird I kinda wanna pet one of these?
I eat Marang before in my province in visayas when I go to my grandparents house they have marang tree in the backyard and also in the mountains there so many of it, it look like a jackfruit tree it's better when you pick it ripe on the tree
How can u know its ripened in the tree.by color?
Do you ever get sick to your stomach trying strange fruits? I'm in Michigan and recently bought a jackfruit and I was convinced it gave me a bunch of intestinal distress and grossness.
+Lisa Sund The only instance where I got very sick was from a soursop I had in India (I go on and on about it in that episode). You may have gotten a bad jack fruit or you could be intolerant to it. A couple years ago I gave some jackfruit to a friend of mine and, after two minutes, her face proceeded to swell up like a balloon. Its not for everyone I guess. :P
Fresh marang is so good taste and smell.
i miss that fruits but u both itin manila, its expensive if u both it in mindanao its less than a dollar
I had them in Mindanao after filming this, you're right cheaper and even better tasting