Hey, so I'm still in Florida, now
in Kissimmee, Florida
So yesterday, I,
like in the last episode you saw I drove up to...
an, about an hour away to try the Pitangatuba
and then came back.
Today, I found out like last minute that there's another little nursery up that way.
So, I got back into the car and drove for another hour.
To get...
This.
This is a Glycosmis.
And I got this from Grower Jim's Plants and Produce.
He has a lot of really interesting things, but this one kind of struck my interest, cause it's actually a citrus fruit.
It's most closely related to, like, y'know oranges and lemons and all that stuff.
And then there's this little guy here.
It just kind of like you wouldn't really expect that.
So I just thought that was kind of like an interesting thing.
So I got like a handful of these.
He said that the way you could tell that they're ripe is they should be kind of, like, translucent.
You can kind of like see the seed inside.
And also kind of like a darker color.
I don't know a whole lot to say about it.
There's not much online from what I see.
It's pretty rare. It's not, it's not a very common fruit.
He sells these...
...as like a plant usually.
people are buying just the small plants and growing them in their backyard.
But, he said he also sells, like, the fruits as well.
So, if you're in in Florida and like the Orlando area, go check 'em out.
It's Grower Jim's Plants and Produce.
He also has a, I believe, a blog and a Facebook.
I'll put that information in the video
And if you're in an area that you can grow these,
you can grow, you can grow your own and see what it tastes like firsthand.
But
if you're not going to do that, I'll tell you what I think.
There's like a little...
seed in the middle
that you do not want to eat.
I actually bit into one of these earlier and
inside it's like very bitter and like resiny, like pepper
like black— but its kind of like eating like a wampee seed
However you say it.
But the flavor of the flesh...
is really interesting. It's good.
Tastes like candy.
I'm not sure what candy.
There is definitely like a citrus taste to it, which is really interesting.
I mean, you wouldn't...
expect it, like looking at something like this, you expect it to taste like
I don't know, like a raspberry or like a
some sort of berry, but
it does have, like, a pretty distinct
I'd say, like grapefruit...
flavor...
kind of like a grapefruit rind. It's got like a little more of like a bitter note to it.
But they are sweet.
What else is there?
There's really not a lot of fruit in these.
They're soft, so it's kind of easy to, um, get the seed out.
It's not really, I, I don't think, something you would eat because you're like,
You know, super hungry, but for the flavor, it's, um, really interesting.
The kind of candy I think it tastes like, it tastes a little bit like, um,
those, like, little strawberry candies
that you can get with like the wrapper looks like a strawberry,
then you open it up on inside it's got, like, that, like liquid.
It kind of tastes like that
I think mostly because it has, a slight...
I don't know
waxy taste to it.
It's not, like, in a bad way, but it just reminds me of
eating like candy that has, like a, like a wax coating on it, or, or, or like carnauba wax in it, or something.
But, has a green taste.
Kind of
like an evergreen
like pine needle kind of flavor to it, as well.
But, it's sweet.
these are really good. I, I'd say like if you've...
if you, live in Florida or if you have
or you live in the US and want to grow something, try this out.
It's very unique.
I mean you wouldn't expect it looking at it,
but this thing has a lot of really interesting flavor to it.
it's got like a citrus taste.
It's got like a, a rind kind of taste to it.
It's got a candy taste. It's very sweet.
I like this a lot. If I, if I grew plants,
this is something I would grow.
But, yeah, I don't think there really much more to say about it.
I, y'know, honestly don't know too much more about it.
He said he got it—these are, like, an Australian citrus.
That's like where they're normally found, and
You get the opportunity, check it out.
Thanks for watching.