Jackfruit

Kroger-Employee · Guru

Jackfruit

Date: Aug 23, 2020

Credit them back

Date: Aug 24, 2020

Funny, but we've had this guy harassing us over the phone asking when we're gonna get some in...He came in the other day and bought THREE of them! I was curious so I asked him what he used it for and he said his family just eats it straight...I've heard of people using it for cooking for say, making a vegetarian version of pulled pork, too, but that's a lot of jackfruit to be eating it straight...Maybe someone can clue me in more on that...

I've also noticed new arrivals of prickly pears, kumquats, goldenberries and rambutans...If you've ever seen a rambutan, now that's an interesting fruit!

Edit: A further look into jackfruit and it seems like it might just save the world, according to this article...

https://www.treehugger.com/why-jackfruit-might-save-world-4868424

Anonymouse1 · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
Funny, but we've had this guy harassing us over the phone asking when we're gonna get some in...He came in the other day and bought THREE of them! I was curious so I asked him what he used it for and he said his family just eats it straight...I've heard of people using it for cooking for say, making a vegetarian version of pulled pork, too, but that's a lot of jackfruit to be eating it straight...Maybe someone can clue me in more on that...
I've also noticed new arrivals of prickly pears, kumquats, goldenberries and rambutans...If you've ever seen a rambutan, now that's an interesting fruit!
Edit: A further look into jackfruit and it seems like it might just save the world, according to this article...
https://www.treehugger.com/why-jackfruit-might-save-world-4868424

First time I ever saw a jackfruit was this morning. I thought: what the heck is that? 2nd thought: How would anyone eat that whole thing?

Prickly pears grow wild in San Antonio, Texas. When I was a teen working in a restaurant, one of the cooks would add it to scrambled eggs. It wasn't terrible. Had a similar texture to fried okra. I don't see okra here in Michigan. Kroger sells cactus in a jar in the canned veggie aisle next to Hominy on the bottom shelf. primary_220fc968-0526-429e-b49d-2e93fd36

-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Monday 24th of August 2020 06:22:08 AM

-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Monday 24th of August 2020 06:24:59 AM

EUID_Unknown · Guru

I don't understand why the stores sell it. No person is going to purchase a whole one, whole they are expensive and I would guess too much to eat. If anything, I would suggest to cut them into slices and wrap them and hope people might buy them. In reality, unless you sample (which isn't happening right not), no one is going to have a clue what it is.

Date: Aug 24, 2020

I tried the pulled pork jackfruit substitute and I really didn't like it. It tasted kind of like soggy banana peels. I like a lot of meat substitutes but that one was gross.

Date: Sep 5, 2020

I hate jack fruit it smells like feet and stinks like tropical fruit.

Date: Sep 12, 2020

Anonymous wrote:
I hate jack fruit it smells like feet and stinks like tropical fruit.

Be glad you've never seen a durian then... bleh