I just had one and was incredibly disappointed it just tasted like a kiwi without any flavor.
They only taste good when eaten close to where they grow. Probably within hours or very few days of picking them ripe from the plant.
The Taste is 100% different.
Surprisingly this is also a bit the case with bananas. But the export bananas at least taste ok in their different way. Exported Dragonfuit however taste like nothing and are only bought to look exotic but definitely not worth the taste.
I still think the dragon fruit we get imported in the US can be pretty tasty. Not the same as when I had it in Taiwan, but still tasty.
Like you’re talking about, it’s the same with other imported fruits like mangos. To be honest, even fruits like strawberries are pretty bland when you get them in the supermarket, compared to fresh picked. But sometimes you just want to nom a whole thing of strawberries. It’s how I feel about dragon fruit.
sometimes you just want to nom a whole thing of strawberries
So true. Where I live during the summer you have folks selling locally grown strawberries at the side of the road. Sometimes I’m driving along with the kids and we’ll buy way too many strawberries for very reasonable money and then just… nom a whole thing of strawberries.
Nom nom nom nom nom.
Not long now! I can practically smell them.
When I had one at home I was disappointed, when I had one in Thailand I was only disappointed about the ones back home.
They are supposed to be a little sweet and not completely bland. It could be possible that yours wasn’t fully ripe, maybe.
You need the red ones with the purple flesh, not the pink with white flesh. The red have much more flavor
If you eat the whole thing you may have red diarrhea and assume you are dying. You are not
I disagree. I’ve only ever had luck with the white ones.
What “taste”? 🤣
You need to get them in countries that grow them. They are a little sweet and very juicy.
I’ve done this and still only gotten lucky like 1/20th of the time. Very hard to tell when they’re ripe and flavourful
Don’t know. I don’t think I have tried it.
Jesus, why the downvotes? Someone give this man a dragonfruit. So much for friendly, casual discussion
I’ve had a couple of bland ones, and I’ve had a couple of really sweet ones. It’s kind of a toss-up. Kind of like strawberries, some of them are really sweet, others can be tart.
The ones I ate in Thailand were delicious and very refreshing
A Kiwi is a bird
Apparently with a lot of flavor!
Never eaten one =)
No, mostly feathers n’ bones.
They only ripen while attached to the cactus. Best is when the scales/tentacles turn slightly brown. Once you pick it the flavor can only degrade. Grocery stores always have them picked too soon because the outside looks better but it will guaranteed taste like dirt.
But even optimally ripe, at best it’s just a big kiwi with different colour and not even very different texture. Some ever so slight difference between colours but I doubt most people could tell. I had red with white inside, red with red inside, and yellow with white inside. The yellow exterior is a different shape too.
Source: jumped through MAD hoops to grow them in a tent indoors. They all died after the second harvest but the ones that never fruited in the bay window are still going.
I had no idea that they look like Oreo cookie ice cream on the inside! Now I really want to try one.
Dragon Fruit is disappointing. Everything about it visually makes it look like it has this strong amazing taste, but it’s pretty bland in flavour for a fruit.
Its fine. It tastes like under ripe lychee.
