okay day two at Stephen Murray's farm and he has been teasing me about this
greenhouse here because I guess there's all sorts of
treasures inside
This greenhouse has more species of rare fruiting plants than anywhere else on the west coast of the United States
Wow check that out
you got your own jungle
First one, right at the get go is
not quite 100% mature you'll be able to try another eugenia species
This is Eugenia reinwardtiana also called the cedar bay cherry
When they are perfectly ripe are they orange like this?
it's going to turn red
they turn bright red
So its not really ripe, but you can give it a try
I can get an idea
You can just throw the seed on the ground
I throw the seed on the ground and everybody watching is like "NO!"
"Send it to me!"
That's good, I can tell that its not fully, 100% developed yet
It reminds me a little like The cherry of the rio grande
yeah it doesn't have that weird bitter turpentine flavor that Suriname cherries can get
You can pick that one right off the tree
Oh its a Suriname Cherry
Its stuck on there pretty good. so I have a whole bunch of different
suriname cherries
What's this guy right here?
That's "Lolita"
I've had two Suriname cherries
I've had the Dark Zil Suriname cherry
And I've had a bright red one. I don't know the exact name, but it didn't look like this. It had a lighter color.
So this I think is a new one!
Yeah thats good
It doesn't have as much flesh as the regular red Suriname cherry that I had
But it does have a very strong peppery taste
Suriname cherries taste a little bit like if you took a cherry and a bell pepper and you mixed them together
This one's got a lot more Bell pepper taste than cherry taste
The cedar bay cherry had more cherry taste and less bell pepper taste
So depending on what you like, I think you could go in either direction.
I actually like that bell pepper taste so I'm good with these.
Have you ever had curry berries?
No
Ah ha! Then you are in for a treat.
this is curry leaf here
these are the berries of the curry leaf tree so this is what curry is made out of
is that right?
and they do produce an edible berry so you're gonna suck on it
don't chew the seed. you're gonna suck on the flesh and suck the flesh off of it
So you say don't chew the seed because the are poisonous?
It will taste gross
These are the curry leaves that you would get at an Indian restaurant?
Yeah same one
I didnt know they had an edible berry. I had no idea.
that is a weird flavor
there's nothing really like. It tastes
A little bit of citrusy to it
There isn't a lot of flesh there
You put it in your mouth and there is just like a little splash of juice in your mouth
Its good though
yeah you can see the seed to flesh ratio
Yeah its a lot of seed.
Very green there..
They're kind of resiny tasting
yeah they do have a resiny after taste.
It reminds me a little bit of the pepper taste that you get from a Suriname cherry
But this is like a little...
a little more on the negative side but the flavor itself is actually not that bad
just like that resin taste...
you gotta be ready for that.
Resin and sweet is what I'm getting is there something else in there that you pick up?
I would say it's got a taste like citrus rind
Like the skin of a citrus
because it is also in the Rutaceae citrus family
Oh is it?
You're right, it does have a bit of a lemon rind kind of taste.
Not to the point where it really bitter
Its a little bitter
But mostly sweet
Its good!
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