TWO Kinds of Yellow Dragon Fruits

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Episode: 726 Yellow Dragonfruit
    Species: Selenicereus megalanthus & Selenicereus undatus
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Комментарии • 372

  • @WeirdExplorer
    @WeirdExplorer  Год назад +24

    More weird cactus fruit!
    Barbados Gooseberry: ruclips.net/video/2t6Ghq5hLR0/видео.html
    Rose Cactus: ruclips.net/video/HpZCIf4vPxI/видео.html
    Cactus that tastes like beets!: ruclips.net/video/GDQd7HIMabY/видео.html
    Barrel and Torch Cactus Fruit: ruclips.net/video/U8E6iMtzRVI/видео.html
    Foraging cactus fruit: ruclips.net/video/72_76wLZlVg/видео.html
    red dragonfruit: ruclips.net/video/C7cdMfj0bKw/видео.html
    red, white and yellow dragonfruit compared: ruclips.net/video/C7cdMfj0bKw/видео.html
    Epiphytic cactus: ruclips.net/video/qj2jE_6v6No/видео.html
    Orange Prickly Pears in Bolivia: ruclips.net/video/1rRzZhwiXCk/видео.html
    Prickly Pears: ruclips.net/video/XNb-Vl0sz78/видео.html
    Xoconostle fruit: ruclips.net/video/3RJzBzkM7kg/видео.html

    • @la24dogg21
      @la24dogg21 Год назад +1

      So so so random , but what vacumes and mops do you use on your hardwood 😂😂 ?? Also keep up the good vids they always calm me and my friends and family down if where having an bad or off day 🤜🤛♥️

    • @dantegrandia1990
      @dantegrandia1990 Год назад

      These videos are amazing…

    • @the_multus
      @the_multus Год назад

      Does it taste like beetroot to you?

    • @theboringchannel2027
      @theboringchannel2027 Год назад

      Lotte Market in Edison has them,
      so does HMart.

  • @daquijones
    @daquijones Год назад +80

    The issue is when you buy them at the supermarkets, is that they're picked before they have had time to fully ripen. They're harvested early, so what you are tasting is a fruit that hasn't reached its full potential so you won't get its true taste.

  • @bobnugget3345
    @bobnugget3345 Год назад +56

    You should do a cactus fruit tier list on the ones you like most

    • @batacumba
      @batacumba Год назад +8

      I love cactus fruits. 😰

    • @Hot-DougSeller
      @Hot-DougSeller 6 месяцев назад +1

      Ngl some Orange or red opuncia with whipped cream Is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @iamunknowable
      @iamunknowable 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@batacumba Yeah they are refreshing and floral.
      Best ones i have had were always from a buddies Grandma's backyard.

    • @batacumba
      @batacumba 5 месяцев назад

      @@iamunknowable it’s true, the ones from someone’s back yard are always the best.

    • @iamunknowable
      @iamunknowable 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@batacumba wonder if its because they only kept the best tasting plants or if it was the care they got.

  • @deepwaters2334
    @deepwaters2334 Год назад +21

    You have to eat dragon fruit immediately after picking of the plant because the flavor deteriorates very quickly. That is a big reason dragon fruit is still not sold at many grocery stores.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +3

      A tip it to refrigerate them, and hey will last a few weeks.

  • @ZeusEBoy
    @ZeusEBoy Год назад +14

    Pretty sure I found you searching about golden dragon fruits and then binged most of your videos. Cool little throwback

  • @TylerDollarhide
    @TylerDollarhide Год назад +10

    Yellow dragon fruit are still by far my favorite fruit that I've been able to try.

  • @UrbanBounty
    @UrbanBounty Год назад +15

    Another great video. All dragonfruit taste better when ripened on the vine.
    Most at markets are picked unripened and then they are ripened during transit

  • @latuda4249
    @latuda4249 Год назад +7

    @weirdexplorer You should try putting passion fruit on the yellow/print/white dragon fruit! We cut it in half like you do, take a scoop out to make room and then add the passion fruit and it’s an amazing combo - even if the passion fruit is very sour. The seeds also don’t clash. We call it a passion dragon here in LA haha. would love to hear your thoughts!

  • @TheThreatenedSwan
    @TheThreatenedSwan Год назад +10

    Kiwi has a very complex flavor that makes it very interesting. Dragon fruit are much simpler, but they're still undergoing a lot of development and have many interesting looking cultivars, so I would grow some if I could

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +1

      Also like Kiwis, dragon fruit do best when cross pollenated.

    • @kiwi8.
      @kiwi8. Год назад +1

      Gold and red kiwi are delicious

  • @Magmafrost13
    @Magmafrost13 Год назад +6

    I'm so glad this is finally being addressed. Something that looks like the Israeli yellow dragonfruit occasionally shows up in Australia, and they're fantastic and very flavourful I love them. The variety that's more common to you, I've never been able to get ahold of. White dragonfruits can have flavour if you get very good ones that were properly ripened, but I've only come across that in Thailand or frozen

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад

      I collaborate with a few farmers in Australia. Find them and get some magenta fleshed fruit. Dawn Supreme, Purple Dawn, Jade Red are a few cultivars that were created in Australia

  • @TheWeirdestOfBugs
    @TheWeirdestOfBugs Год назад +11

    The smaller kind of dragonfruit you had is VERY common in Colombia, especially as a remedy for digestive issues. It's the other kind of dragonfruit that we don't really get.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +3

      Yes, we have the smaller yellow fruit and we call it “Yellow Colombiana” it’s like Palora but smaller.

  • @KingKevin108
    @KingKevin108 Год назад +18

    I'm mildly allergic to dragonfruit but I definitely pop a benadryl and eat them from time to time

    • @wpc456cpw
      @wpc456cpw Год назад +4

      You wild lmao 😭😂

    • @trashcatlinol
      @trashcatlinol Год назад +4

      Lol! That's me and pineapple.
      But pineapple juice is so good at clearing mucous during a cold, I find it necessary. I get sinus infections easy, and anything to prevent them helps!
      Not sure if dragon fruit has any healing effects, but I certainly can understand the desire to consume against your body's wishes. Knew someone allergic to mint, and struggled to use tooth paste. Didn't stop her from enjoying mojitos. And she always had benadryl on hand XD.
      Seriously, though....mint is in everything. Even toilet cleaner comes in mint!

    • @iamunknowable
      @iamunknowable 5 месяцев назад

      Ha pop 8-10 and have a good time after you fight off the sleepiness 😅

  • @BukLauXinZhaoKungPaoChicken
    @BukLauXinZhaoKungPaoChicken Год назад +32

    When I buy them at supermarkets in Sweden they're rarely sweet and pretty bland. But they can get extremely tasty if you get them somewhere like Thailand

    • @Hortifox_the_gardener
      @Hortifox_the_gardener Год назад +9

      goes for all of the tropical fruits. I was blown away by trying dragon fruit on vacation there. Of course still nothing compared to the yellow mangoes or sapodilla and such but still delicious compared to our boring supermarket ones.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +2

      I hope you can try Desert King from Israel or a California magenta fleshed fruit. They are not bland and can brix in the mid 20’s

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh Год назад +1

      @@RAREDRAGONFRUIT: Holy shit, that's sweet! For reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekopon#Cultivation

  • @HodorsLeftShoe
    @HodorsLeftShoe Год назад +8

    I've been enthralled by you videos for years now. I'm allergic to mangoes but often tried as many fruits featured in your videos when I lived in south Florida. Thanks for the entertainment!

  • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
    @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +52

    Nice! The Yellow Megalanthus is called Ecuador Palora because it comes from the region. You need to try American Beauty, Kesslau, Paul’s La Verne Pink, and more! Dude, I’ll send you some to try if you want.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  Год назад +17

      count me in!

    • @CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr
      @CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr Год назад +10

      There is a Brazilian farmer that specializes in dragon fruits. He has like 30 varieties. He showed one its called i think chameleon that combines both colors purple and white in its flesh

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +11

      @@WeirdExplorer Just got off the phone with my favorite organic farm, they will donate some fruit for you to try too! Just be aware some of the red fleshed varieties will turn your 💩 red 🐉❤️😂

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +5

      @@CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr Yes, that bicolor one comes from Puerto Rico. We grow over 300 varieties but many are similar, sister seedlings, or were renamed.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  Год назад +11

      @@RAREDRAGONFRUIT Ah yes. Fun story: I'm a sideshow performer and swallow swords in my show. I had a moment of complete horror one day before I put two and #2 (heh) together.

  • @RicardoDixhardo
    @RicardoDixhardo Год назад +12

    Yellow Dragonfruit is so damn good. It's one of the best newly available fruits.

  • @jbeargrr
    @jbeargrr Год назад +8

    Most of the white ones I've had were pretty bland, but I let one sit on the kitchen counter to ripen longer. I waited until it looked like it might be getting a bad spot, before I cut it. The blemish didn't reach the interior, it was all on the rind. Anyway, it tasted a lot better. A lot sweeter, and it had some other flavors, closer to the yellow ones. From now on, they can hang around the kitchen awhile. I love the yellow ones. I don't buy either of them often, because they're too expensive.

  • @CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr
    @CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr Год назад +8

    Here in Brazil they have gotten cheaper fast, couple days ago i bought a purple flesh one for less than 2 Us dollars (Large one) it was VERY Sweet. It kinda surprised me. It was sweet like a very good summer cantaloupe melon (maybe an 8 sweetness?) previous ones that I've tried barely reached 6 like in your video

    • @valterzc8187
      @valterzc8187 Год назад +3

      It will be even cheaper as it is becoming more and more popular and many farmers here are starting growing them.

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s Год назад +5

    Would love to try these. Every time I’ve tried a white dragonfruit I have to admit to a bit of disappointment lol. It’s like even though I know what they taste like my mind has still tried to attribute more flavour to them from their beautiful appearance lol.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +1

      Try some California magenta fleshed fruit. They will blow your mind.

  • @alasdair_scott
    @alasdair_scott Год назад +72

    We have a yellow variety of dragonfruit similar to 'Israeli Gold' here in Australia, called... Aussie Gold. It actually used to be called ISIS gold, but the name didn't stick...

    • @MoniBahaa
      @MoniBahaa Год назад +14

      I might have an idea why that name has gone by the wayside 😅

    • @UrbanBounty
      @UrbanBounty Год назад +5

      I'm growing the Aussie Gold successfully in Melbourne. Cheers

    • @Grimm-Gaming
      @Grimm-Gaming Год назад +1

      Danger Zone!

    • @hkdshkds8235
      @hkdshkds8235 Год назад

      😂😂😂😂😂 baaahahah

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +4

      Yes, there are several variations. Some of us grew seedlings from the Yellow Undatus and they ended up white fleshed with a red skin

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii Год назад +17

    I *love* the spiny yellow dragon fruit and it kills me because they cost straight-up $7 per fruit where I live. Seven. Dollars. Each. 😭

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +1

      Can you grow your own?

    • @DemonAbyss10
      @DemonAbyss10 Год назад +1

      Been seeing them in NE Pennsylvania for around 4.50 each currently.

    • @luncius_
      @luncius_ 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@RAREDRAGONFRUIT This, I just planted like 50 seeds from a small portion of one, so wish me luck. Might even make a little money if they turn out.

    • @DH-iv1ut
      @DH-iv1ut 7 месяцев назад

      @@luncius_I know I‘m late but try to plant a palora cutting. Cuttings grow so much fastet

    • @mikegainer7731
      @mikegainer7731 5 месяцев назад

      Got one at my local grocery store for about $10, only bought one just because I really wanted to try it.

  • @ZhovtoBlakytniy
    @ZhovtoBlakytniy Год назад +6

    I had a dragon fruit only once. I wasn't so put off by the light flavor, but instead it was because the one I got basically tasted like boiled cabbage water.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +3

      Probably a white fleshed picked too early. They give dragon fruit a bad name.

    • @johnnyearp52
      @johnnyearp52 Год назад

      The red ones look so cool! But I didn't like the taste either. I didn't think it tasted as bad as boiled cabbage water but I didn't care for it.

  • @hy3101
    @hy3101 2 месяца назад +1

    Grew mine from seeds. They are more tasty than supermarket bought fruits. Also, their flowers are quite pretty.

  • @elmadicine
    @elmadicine Год назад +2

    haha this is wild, I just today got both that spiny yellow one and a white one at my grocery store, and my experience with them was almost identical to yours, except I'm in texas. good to see some "new" and cool fruits gaining popularity and supermarket presence

  • @Hortifox_the_gardener
    @Hortifox_the_gardener Год назад +5

    Israel's agricultural and especially breeding research is top notch. For instance they got into mangos with soil that is anything but great for mangoes. Didn't stop them - they just bred some that grew and became world class producers. Like in the Netherlands. Agriculture+meticulous science create great results.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад +1

      Desert King is their best dragon fruit export.

  • @lolcatz88
    @lolcatz88 Год назад +2

    I bought a variety at Rusty’s market in Cairns just called purple dragon fruit. It’s a deeper colour than the red and sweeter. I grew some of the seeds and I currently have a plant that’s about 3inches long since I planted it in January.

  • @radielkill
    @radielkill Год назад +1

    hey ye got that first yellow variety here in Colombia, we call them "pitaya" really sweet and refreshing. (3 dollars per fruit, kind of expensive for us)

  • @amorca4653
    @amorca4653 Год назад +2

    Been enjoying a lot of your videos since traveling South America :) Currently in Colombia and I've been eating as many yellow dragonfruits as I can before returning to the States where prices are less friendly. They're super nutritious, too! As for the red dragonfruit...it's all looks with nothing to show for it lol

  • @CalebnCapri
    @CalebnCapri Год назад

    I watch this kinda. But my kid loves to watch ur channel with me. Chilling with her is dope watching u explore

  • @huyked
    @huyked Год назад +3

    I love the white dragonfruit. Love the beautiful magenta colored shell from the inside. It's a shame you've only had bland tasting ones. The ones I've had have been delicious.

  • @jonathanlee97
    @jonathanlee97 Год назад +5

    The yellow ecuador dragon fruit cost 30 bucks each here LOL but they are so freakin sweet that its worth it

    • @Ineluki_Myonrashi
      @Ineluki_Myonrashi 4 месяца назад

      Ecuador Palora? I get like 30-40 off mine every year....

    • @jonathanlee97
      @jonathanlee97 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Ineluki_Myonrashi yes. Sometimes they go on sale for 50 for 2. I guess after import it cost alot. Even the ecuador passion fruit/granadilla cost 9.90 each on sale. Lucky for me i managed to find a local grower few years ago and got 2.2lbs for 15 bucks only.

    • @Ineluki_Myonrashi
      @Ineluki_Myonrashi 4 месяца назад

      @@jonathanlee97 Interested to know, where are you in the world?? I live in Australia.

    • @jonathanlee97
      @jonathanlee97 4 месяца назад

      @@Ineluki_Myonrashi pretty close to you. Malaysia.

  • @aksbs3700
    @aksbs3700 Год назад +1

    My city cosnstantly recieves fresh ecuatorian YDF, and oh lord, they are something else in flavour, the best i've eaten are extremely juicy, crunchy, have a sourness around a 4 and 8 on sweetness as well as having a strong tuna and kiwi flavour.

  • @DeathMetalDerf
    @DeathMetalDerf Год назад +1

    The first one you show in this video I can usually find at Wegmans or even Tops sometimes. Now I have to be on the lookout for this Israeli one too! Thanks for the heads up!!!!

  • @beingL
    @beingL 5 месяцев назад

    I just had my first yellow dragon fruit and it tastes like a mix between kiwi and pineapple watered down. I love it.

  • @ShellyS2060
    @ShellyS2060 Год назад +1

    I laughed way too much at "little flappy bits" a great desciption to be sure.

  • @lana11111
    @lana11111 Год назад +2

    I have regular yellow one, its by far The Best frutting one i have. For 3 years now it produces around 30 large fruit.

  • @gwmattos
    @gwmattos 21 день назад

    ❤Costco had the white followed by the deep yellow which was sweeter than a white table grape. I loved it. In second place was the Jack fruit. You were correct on the flavor. I will buy again with a touch of Mexican Lime. 😊

  • @toericabaker
    @toericabaker Год назад +2

    2:43 so wild how it grows at the very tip of the leaf

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 Год назад +1

      Unless you count spines and scales, the only leaves Hylocereus or Selenicereus ever produce are the seedling cotyledons. The photosynthetic parts (as in most cacti) are stems, and flowerbuds (and spines/hairs, usually also the new branches) emerge from "areoles" (meristematic pits, along the ribs or turbercles, usually producing spine clusters though most Hylocereus lack spines) along the "edges" of those stems.

    • @toericabaker
      @toericabaker Год назад

      thanks for takingthe time to tell me @@erikjohnson9223

  • @rachelann9362
    @rachelann9362 3 месяца назад

    I lived in the NJ side of Philly. There was also a HUGE population of people from India and Korea as well. I had SO MANY awesome groceries near by that were chokeful of items I’d be hard pressed to even find on Amazon. The fresh pickles (daikon), chutney, kimchi, and tofu that were made IN those stores was absolutely DELICIOUS, and economical. I miss having that available. I’m in rural va, and things are just… blech.

  • @stringsofhell
    @stringsofhell Год назад +1

    Earliest I've ever been to one of these videos 😊 I'd been waiting for a yellow dragonfruit video

  • @JuniperBoy
    @JuniperBoy Год назад +1

    When I was a kid, I saw one of these in a shop (in UK) and begged my mum to buy one. I was a bit underwhelmed by the taste, but me being me, I tried growing the seeds (nothing has changed there). This was pre-internet days, so was surprised when cacti started growing. Had them for years until I moved out and my parents killed them 😞

  • @dbird2997
    @dbird2997 Год назад

    The small yellow dragon fruit I have found in several Asian grocery stores in Brooklyn over the last year or two. They are soo good🤤🤤

  • @feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644
    @feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644 Год назад +1

    My local store recently started selling pink-green israeli dragonfruits

  • @detectfevi
    @detectfevi Год назад

    You definitely don't get paid enough to do the community service you do Jared. You saved many people some money! The way they're promoting this fruit (expectations) vs reality are so different here is crazy!

  • @eduardochavacano
    @eduardochavacano Год назад

    Both really beautiful dragon fruits.

  • @robertmacfergus9288
    @robertmacfergus9288 Год назад +2

    At least in my area people refer to the Selenicereus megalanthus as Golden Dragon Fruit, though I have occasionally seen it called Kirin Fruit.

  • @ritaalaga3718
    @ritaalaga3718 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks, I am very happy, that first what you tested is better

  • @theoneguywiththeface
    @theoneguywiththeface Год назад

    I remember in the early 2000s I wanted to try a dragonfruit after seeing one on a Caprisun pouch. I couldn't find it anywhere and when I did find it it was some ridiculous price like $10 per fruit. Now they're everywhere.

  • @woofpuppy
    @woofpuppy 7 месяцев назад

    I wanted to grow dragon fruit from seed, couldn’t find any (reputable) online seller, and figured I’d see if I could find one at Whole Foods. They had 1 single yellow one. Cost $8/lb. I did a quick google and read they were sweeter so I bought it for the seeds. The fruit was DELICIOUS.

    • @DH-iv1ut
      @DH-iv1ut 7 месяцев назад

      When you want to grow One I would buy a palora cutting and let it root. It’s faster that way

  • @Lia-ij5fn
    @Lia-ij5fn Год назад +1

    I will put tajin on it.
    Jared, thank you for the videos. I wish I were able to do what you have been doing. (But with one of those tiny bottles of tajin in my pocket lol)

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  Год назад +1

      great idea. nothing can stop you with a bottle of tajin 😄

  • @genderqueerdeity9106
    @genderqueerdeity9106 Год назад +4

    Yellow dragonfruit or 'Pitaya', as it is known in my native Colombia, is one of my favorite fruits. I think they're locally grown, but I don't believe they're indigenous to the region. I used to have them often when I was a child, but I haven't had them in a long time due to the fact that they have become incredibly expensive to buy.
    I'm glad to see that you prefer the standard yellow variety. I wonder how it would compare to the purple variety. We don't really get that kind in Colombia, and I'd like to know how stark the difference between them, flavor- and texture-wise, is.

  • @atomicskull6405
    @atomicskull6405 Год назад

    Hylocereus undatus is best when it's left to ripen on the plant and picked just as the end starts to split. that's the point where the fruit splits open revealing it's pulp which would normally be eaten by birds or animals or whatever.

  • @StonedtotheBones13
    @StonedtotheBones13 Год назад

    Appreciate the grocery store review. Like, I watch you bc you go neat places and do neat things, but it's also really useful when you do eps on fruits ppl might actually encounter, or want to plant possibly.

  • @randystone4903
    @randystone4903 11 месяцев назад

    I've gotten the red flesh dragon fruit at our local supermarket because my teenager loves the drink. They were pretty bland to me and cost almost $10 apiece. As many parents know feeding a finicky teenager is tough and glad she quickly moved on to other novelties.

  • @veranichole1981
    @veranichole1981 Год назад

    That first yellow dragonfruit was the first kind I ever had. It became my favorite fruit. I ate three of them. That was a mistake, lol. I was in the restroom all night. But I tried it because of you. Thank you!

    • @veranichole1981
      @veranichole1981 Год назад +1

      I have since learned you can fry the peels and grind them into a sweet powder. I add it to my tea.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  Год назад +1

      Woops. yeah those things can sneak up on you.
      I've got to make a dragon fruit rind episode one of these days. I've heard that they eat them as a vegetable in Indonesia. 🤔

    • @trashcatlinol
      @trashcatlinol Год назад

      ​@@veranichole1981thanks for the tip! I love being able to use what people might consider food scraps!

  • @frankmacleod2565
    @frankmacleod2565 Год назад

    Excellent.

  • @sarahmanalapan8443
    @sarahmanalapan8443 Год назад

    the one you did first is my favorite. Freez half and eat with a spoon for a good cold dessert.

  • @chimbiscuit
    @chimbiscuit Год назад +3

    Lemme get my Dragonfruits, and eat em while watching this 😋

  • @DH-.
    @DH-. Год назад

    Have you ever sat down and tried every type of basil... I'm grew a bunch of different species easily this year ... I recommend lemon basil it is wow! It actually tastes like lime alot. I also have a mystery basil that's super Fragrant I want to say it's thai but the flavor is super intense like perfume but taste good. I have a black/purple basil it taste like mild cherries, holy basil, Greek basil, I have more variety but there run of the mill

  • @GoingtoHecq
    @GoingtoHecq Год назад

    Those fruits look like the should give you weird powers at the cost of being able to swim.

  • @JCO2002
    @JCO2002 Год назад +1

    What a coincidence. Recently I got a couple of red Dragon Fruit for the first time here in Jamaica. Had no idea what it was until I searched it online - cactus fruit. Collected seeds from one of them and going to try to grow them.

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад

      I believe there are a few different species that grow wild in the islands in your region

    • @JCO2002
      @JCO2002 Год назад

      @@RAREDRAGONFRUIT The red ones I got were great - a really intense flavour, not quite like anything I've had before. I'm in a dry part of Jamaica, so they might grow well here. Gonna give it a try.

  • @repeatdefender6032
    @repeatdefender6032 Год назад

    Huh, I def wanna try these. I remember the surprised disappointment of my first white dragonfruit, lol.

  • @zaxchannel2834
    @zaxchannel2834 Год назад

    I got a yellow one at Netcost in New Jersey, like ten minutes from my house. lol

  • @alvin9882
    @alvin9882 Год назад

    Also in Prato, Italy you can find it

  • @primansi
    @primansi 11 месяцев назад

    It is very beautiful and delicious when ripened taste sweet and little crunchyness from seeds ❤ to eat .Yes Very costly and less found in the grocery store in America

  • @oreopaksun2512
    @oreopaksun2512 Год назад

    I don't normally try to grow plants from fruit seeds, but I was so surprised at the taste of that spiny yellow dragon fruit, that I put a spoonful of seeds into a pot, and delighted to find I am growing that several little cacti. I have been told that yellow DF do not grow/fruit in Florida, but I will see how they do!

  • @renorzeta
    @renorzeta 11 месяцев назад

    For White Dragon Fruit normally if the farm picking it when it ripen enough it will still have some sourness then it need to be put on the shelf for 2-3 night before it start to turn into sugar. but if it taste bland and barely taste any at all then it unsavable. if farmer grow it correctly with care it can taste very sweet tho it still a gambles to buy from markets unless i directly order it from farmer.

  • @ringfitnopinkies
    @ringfitnopinkies Год назад

    Great find on the Israeli yellow dragon fruit. I see the layout of the store looks like Hung Vuong. For me, for some odd reason, the yellow dragon fruit sweetness taste like saccharine that I avoid them, even if they’re cheaper. However, 99% of the time, the yellow dragon fruit has a soapy taste (for me). Now in some of the red, I taste the soapy taste too. Does anyone else encounter this? BTW, I do eat some cilantro and it doesn’t taste soapy and I do wash the dragon fruit…

  • @MathiusThatBe
    @MathiusThatBe Год назад

    haha literally live in jersey, I've seen both of these yellow dragon fruits in asain markets! I didn't know the one was so new

  • @jacobgaysawyer337
    @jacobgaysawyer337 3 месяца назад

    those yellow dragonfruits are extremely sweet, I dont know where you got yours. I live in israel and here they taste the sweetest of any kind Ive ever tried

  • @siggyincr7447
    @siggyincr7447 Год назад

    Sort of a coincidence, I just picked the first yellow dragon fruit off my plant a couple days ago. It's of the Selenicereus undatus type, though when I got the plant I was expecting it to be the the Selenicereus megalanthus type. So I was a little surprised when it wasn't spiny. Still had a decent flavor though. Dragonfruit are super variable in sweetness and flavor from one plant to the next and depending on ripeness. When picked still slightly green most still have some acidity. But that fades as they ripen.

  • @AAHomeGardening
    @AAHomeGardening Год назад

    I love the smaller yellow dragon fruit

  • @justinwilliams7324
    @justinwilliams7324 Год назад

    Good work!

  • @farquadmantis8486
    @farquadmantis8486 Год назад

    I love the normal yellow dragon fruits. Its refreshing and sweet but not too much. Like a refreshing sugar cube flavor. If markets sold them normally id buy them all the time

  • @mini_urban_garden
    @mini_urban_garden 10 месяцев назад

    I came here because I was wondering which variety of yellow skin dragon fruit I will order online. I've got a good idea about the 2 types of yellow skin varieties,thank you .
    Pink skin,white/pink flesh are common in my area and I grow them (really good to eat freshly plucked from garden!not overly sweet but definitely not bland!)but yellow skin variety I've not seen or tasted. I'm off to order both 2 varieties of yellow now 💛

  • @ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff5
    @ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff5 Год назад

    Dragonfruit is my favourite fruit of all time so seeing this pop up was nice. lol
    I remember my brother getting me some dragonfruit from an Asian market and it immediately became my favourite just from the name alone. lol

  • @bernardosax
    @bernardosax Год назад

    Great video!

  • @clubgus07
    @clubgus07 Год назад

    I say this again theres something about the fluro pink inside version of the Pitaya which you don’t have today to taste test which took my tastebuds to 11

  • @franzb69
    @franzb69 Год назад

    look for the red flesh ones, those taste the best for me. no sourness and really sweet with berry notes.

  • @jst3455
    @jst3455 3 месяца назад

    homegrown white dragon fruit is incredibly tasty. It actually does taste kinda like kiwi then

  • @conradgarcia6874
    @conradgarcia6874 Год назад +2

    I'm really curious which among the thousands of fruits you've tasted goes well if made into a smoothie.

    • @jacobq.2204
      @jacobq.2204 Год назад +1

      Would be a great video.

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 Год назад

      Taste is personal, but I think anything good in a milkshake would work in a smoothie. Annonas (soursop, atemoya) and American pawpaws seem obvious because they are already creamy, but I've found that since the dairy additives already play that role, I actually prefer intense/rich & tart fruit, such as blackcurrant and blackberry (esp. the Andean one, Rubus glaucus, sold as "Mora" pulp in some Hispanic grocers in large Midwest cities; in the Pacific Northwest, where Marrionberry and boysenberry are grown and available, those would probably be similar). Your mileage may vary.
      Edit: Google is *evil*. Had to undo its auto"correct" from "sourdough" back to "soursop." Aside from its antitrust violations and the pro-CCP, pro Salafist terrorist behavior of the Utoob "algorithm" and censorship/fact-checker departments, G00gle is simply creating horrible, dysfunctional software these days and needs to be utterly destroyed as a company. If you do like bread smoothies (novo-Depression era cuisine?), you can take G00gle's advice. I won't, but tastes vary.

  • @mkwilson1394
    @mkwilson1394 Год назад +1

    Yeah, my local Asian grocers all seem to stock the yellow ones now. Even 5 years ago that wasn't the case. Prices are a bit more reasonable now too, coming down from like $7 to $3. Thanks again for the great videos, keep it up!

  • @Lyzerglick
    @Lyzerglick Год назад +1

    Please review Pawpaw! It’s pawpaw season across the US, and it s the largest native fruit in the country!

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  Год назад

      I did! :) check the archive weirdexplorer.com

    • @RAREDRAGONFRUIT
      @RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад

      Yes! Just got 2
      Tree’s yesterday so they can cross pollinate

  • @OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt
    @OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt Год назад

    Also tastes good with tijin seasoning

  • @Timmysthirdbirthday
    @Timmysthirdbirthday Год назад +1

    i love the flavors of alot of fruits and veggies but i find it so very difficult to get over the textures most of the time. something about it makes me want to gag despite my tastebuds wanting more

  • @jourdainhiini6548
    @jourdainhiini6548 Год назад

    I grow both of those in my garden

  • @TheGrinningViking
    @TheGrinningViking Год назад

    The yellow dragonfruit is the best for sure, but I wonder if "ripeness" affects flavor on the white/Israeli dragonfruit in particular. There's no way to tell when produce was harvested, but when a new load comes in it might be worth it to buy a few extra and do a taste test every few days. See if it loses or gains some flavor over time.

  • @Stupha_Kinpendous
    @Stupha_Kinpendous Год назад +1

    I think that dragonfruit have been getting better in general. Even the really insipid ones have always been nice to eat if you added a bit of lime or sugar, but the ones I've had lately have had much more sweetness and flavor. And by "much" I mean a tiny bit, but noticeable to me. I live in Taiwan, and our local red dragonfruit have gone from about the same as white ones, a decade ago, to genuinely tasty, currently. That is all entirely subjective. I suspect there's a whole lot of breeding going on behind the scenes, though, just like fucking kiwis but without the monopoly.

  • @SuperMarijus
    @SuperMarijus Год назад

    looks like dragon fruits put all their points into aesthetics

  • @happybee7725
    @happybee7725 10 месяцев назад

    You can’t change a clone/cutting to something different. Hence the name clone. It’s an exact replica of the plant it came from. You can only breed the clone to something else. They must have taken the red white flesh clone and pollinated it with a different variety of dragon fruit to make a hybrid. What you have there is a hybrid of two or possibly more pheno types.

  • @searose6192
    @searose6192 Год назад

    White Dragon fruit is yummy, it goes great in fruit salad, smoothies, and salads because they are sort of lightly savory-fresh like jicama

  • @avariceseven9443
    @avariceseven9443 Год назад

    Had white and red. Of the two, red definitely is more flavorful, in dragon fruit standard of flavorful.
    Had red last month and made it into a milkshake. Nice color but still needs some help with the flavor department.

  • @TheMrarvin
    @TheMrarvin 2 месяца назад

    the yellow one with the spike taken off, it suppose to have a hint of honey taste, but because they picked it green so it can ripe on the shelf, it wouldnt have the true taste

  • @pattheplanter
    @pattheplanter Год назад +1

    As I remember, the "white"-fleshed dragonfruit is more grey. Adding to the dreary blandness.

  • @TropicalGardeningCyprus
    @TropicalGardeningCyprus Год назад

    Countless new varieties exist out there, with sweetness ranging from 5 to 7, all of these need crosspollination though, so, you can't find them easily as producers prefer to grow the self-pollinating ones.

  • @KenJohnsonUSA
    @KenJohnsonUSA Год назад

    I am growing red dragonfruit plants now. Hopefully, they'll fruit next year. I'm expecting them to taste superior to what one might find in grocery stores since most produce is picked when they are less than ideal for eating (in order to ship without being damaged).
    On a side note, the mountain olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) is a highly invasive fruiting tree. We don't have them here in Florida where I live, but they are fruiting in Michigan, the Appalachian Mountains, etc. I just saw a video from Mike McGie doing a jelly video where he added pear and poke weed berries. Maybe you should make a video on the mountain olive berry. I hear it makes an excellent mead. I can give you a mead recipe if you need one...takes about 45-50 days to make and clear out.

  • @matthiasbrunger1179
    @matthiasbrunger1179 4 месяца назад

    Please do a review of the mexican pitaya (Stenocereus queretaroensis) if you get your hands on it. It is a totally different cactus to the dragon fruit and said to be a lot sweeter.

  • @rhyndawatson4173
    @rhyndawatson4173 11 месяцев назад

    I just had a yellow dragon fruit while watching this video, they are much sweeter and favorable than the white dragon fruit, very delicious

  • @superseniorgojo-z8w
    @superseniorgojo-z8w Год назад +1

    Just half of the kirin fruit makes me non stop shit for the whole day 💀

  • @bethb8276
    @bethb8276 Год назад

    Home grown dragon fruits are always more flavorful. They have to pick the ones for shipping too early or they don't survive the journey in good shape.