New Fruit

Here were more new foods from the other night. We had 4 guests over who not only brought some of these unusual beasties but were also very useful in identifying them. Natalie, David, Jonathan, and Kim.
1) Looks like a honeydew, but its just a little different. David said that when you go into a Chinese market and ask for a honey melon or a cantaloupe in Chinese, they bring out a fruit that might be a cantaloupe or a honeydew. Then they cut it open and you can see if it is an orange one or a light green one. The guy selling it to you sees no difference, same fruit, different colored flesh - same difference. And there is a third option, which is what we believe melon #1 is. Its rind is rougher than honey melon but smoother than a cantaloupe and the rind is really thin. Its taste is also somewhere between the two fruits. Quite interesting

2) Okay, this one we still don't recognize - at least in part because we haven't eaten it yet

3&4) These are papayas. The yellow one we haven't eaten yet, but the green one is what we substituted for pumpkin in the muffins. When that papaya was peeled and cut open, it looks like this image.

5) Cilantro/Coriander/Chinese Parsley it can be added to all sorts of dishes. We used it as a side with the chili on this particular night.

6) Pummelo. This is sort of giant cross between a grapefruit and an orange. The pulp is very firm, like an over-dried orange. The taste is somewhere in between. Its one of Kim's favorite fruits and below you can see the skill she has when opening it. (That's David to her right.)