Jamaicans call it Otaheite, Trinidadians call it pommerac derived from pomme Malac, meaning "Malayan apple where it originated. It’s a favorite even the birds like the flowers
Culantro is soo delicious we blended with bellppers ,yellow green and reds too and blend them with onions and garlics and blend them real good Then look for a container you can place it in the freezer and when you make Arroz con gandules or Arroz con pollo that sauce of culantro is soo delicious put a cooking spoon full of this sauce is call sofrito adding a tomato sauce,water to taste ! Culantro is a 1st ingredient in Puerto Ricans kitchen ❤❤❤🎉😊
Thanks for sharing. My husband and I will be building on the BI in a few years and I’m trying to learn about all the fruits and vegetables I can possibly grow there. He loves apples too so this might be just the thing for him. Mahalo!
Did you know that normal apples grown here? Above 2000' you can grow apples, plums, peaches grapes etc! We even have a few experimental farms you can pick from!
I dream about mountain apples. Man I miss them so much, the custodian at my elementary used to bring them for us and boy are they delicious. One day I hope to have my own off grid spot in hawaii and plenty of mountain apples
Kia Orana I'm from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, what you are saying is totally true. We have trees growing in our yard, we eat the fruits when in season but our mum and local women uses the leaves and bark of the tree for natural remedy for mouth sores....it works every time. Now she has passed on to me that knowledge of natural home remedies. Love mountain apples always refreshing, (kaika) in our language. Cheers
Interesting how they have different names in different places. ☺️ That’s how our apples are in Jamaica. They’re very delicious and the redder the sweeter.
I couldn’t keep 4 of my hens out of it overnight so I decided to leave em’. They hang out on the lower branches about 6-7 ft. off the ground and to my surprise they have been super beneficial fertilizing. The one tree they nest in overnight I spread the manure to my other tree about 30ft away and same results. The fruit that come out below where they nest I let drop off into the soil as well.
Hi Sean! My tree just came into it's first big fruit season! It's beautiful! Do you know any other recipes besides pickling? Can this be used for jelly? Also I know you have been travelling, but are you still doing the month by month in the Hawaiian homestead? I know I'm not the only fan. :)
Aloha Susan. I normally eat mountain apple fresh, Hawaiians used to dry it. Thanks for asking about the month by month series. Hopefully I’ll have one out next week.
Hi! Very interesting content, as always. I’ve come across this lady ‘s UA-cam channel from Shri Lanka called Traditional me, and I’m fascinated by how they make use of everything nature provides for them. I’ve noticed the use fruits at all stages, usually in savory dishes when still green. Or they use leaves for steaming food in. They truly live a zero waste lifestyle. Have you guys tried these cooking methods? It seems that the leaves would give an extra flavor we are not accustomed to. Are coconuts in Hawaii suitable for making oil out of it? Would you tell your experience, if any?😄. Thank you so much Sorry, so many questions!
I'll have to try out some of those different ways of using mountain apple. Thanks. We use coconut out here for oil, I'll make a video about it one day.
Cool! I want to Air layer a bunch of different fruit trees when I get there for my property, so it dosen't take so many years to get fruit from my property.
@HomesteadinHawaii thank you for your response! I have a 4 x 8 area on the side of my house that I was planning on planting a tangerine tree but if you think it's possible to keep a mountain apple tree manageable on a space like that I might give it a try. What do you think?
@@jasyninciong5076 That might be too small of a space, You could manage them, but you'd be constantly doing it in a small space like that. They should be allowed to grow for 2 years between pruning, if you do it more often it may not fruit. I think a semi dwarf citrus might be better.
Hi Sean! Thanks for another great video! I'm curious about your chickens, and about chickens in general in Hawaii. I think I heard somewhere that the ones there are a mix of domesticated chicken and wild jungle fowl. Is there any credence to that? Or are they normal chickens like you'd see on the mainland?
It depends. There is a lot of feral chicken running around, but also a lot of people raising certain breeds of there own or mail ordering chicks from the mainland. If you are really wanting that heritage bird you can, if you are ok with something more feral that's ok too. My domesticated flock mixed with some feral chickens and now I have wild egg layers that forage and raise babies on their own with no money spent by me. Once in a while I'll go "hunting" too.
They are many varieties of cashews growing in Guyana. (Like the different varieties of apples in the US.) The cashew nut is grown on the outside of one of variety of cashew fruit.
I am setting up a seed company for plants just like the mtn apple. Unfortunately they’re seasonal as the seeds need to be fresh to be viable, and we just passed the season. If you want to send me an email to swjennings@gmail.com I can put you on a list and let you know when they will be ready again.
Jamaicans call it Otaheite, Trinidadians call it pommerac derived from pomme Malac, meaning "Malayan apple where it originated. It’s a favorite even the birds like the flowers
Seems the mountain apple has many names. Goes to show its importance in tropical climates.
Didn’t know about mountain apples. Thanks for sharing!
Mahalo for watching
Culantro is soo delicious we blended with bellppers ,yellow green and reds too and blend them with onions and garlics and blend them real good
Then look for a container you can place it in the freezer and when you make Arroz con gandules or Arroz con pollo that sauce of culantro is soo delicious put a cooking spoon full of this sauce is call sofrito adding a tomato sauce,water to taste !
Culantro is a 1st ingredient in Puerto Ricans kitchen ❤❤❤🎉😊
Gonna try that! Mahalo
I do not like this fruit. Today is my first time tasting it. But your recipe idea sounds delicious. Would it.
Thanks for sharing. My husband and I will be building on the BI in a few years and I’m trying to learn about all the fruits and vegetables I can possibly grow there. He loves apples too so this might be just the thing for him. Mahalo!
Did you know that normal apples grown here? Above 2000' you can grow apples, plums, peaches grapes etc! We even have a few experimental farms you can pick from!
The are soo beautiful. Pink💕
I love the flowers, which is starting to happen now!
I dream about mountain apples. Man I miss them so much, the custodian at my elementary used to bring them for us and boy are they delicious. One day I hope to have my own off grid spot in hawaii and plenty of mountain apples
My boy loves climbing the tree and picking them. It's hard being away from home. Hope you make it back.
Kia Orana
I'm from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, what you are saying is totally true. We have trees growing in our yard, we eat the fruits when in season but our mum and local women uses the leaves and bark of the tree for natural remedy for mouth sores....it works every time. Now she has passed on to me that knowledge of natural home remedies. Love mountain apples always refreshing, (kaika) in our language. Cheers
Awesome! Food really is medicine! Iurs is in season right now and we’ve been enjoying every fruit we get to harvest. Ono!
Interesting how they have different names in different places. ☺️ That’s how our apples are in Jamaica. They’re very delicious and the redder the sweeter.
Jamaica's where I first had one. In port Antonio.
Homesteadin' Hawai'i ☺️🤤
Thanks brother good video...
Its kinda cool. That u made this video or i would be bored outa my mind in class and yes i watch ur videos while im in class
Ha! Glad I could entertain you more than your class. We should teach this stuff in school!
And yes you are learning nothing in class..
I couldn’t keep 4 of my hens out of it overnight so I decided to leave em’. They hang out on the lower branches about 6-7 ft. off the ground and to my surprise they have been super beneficial fertilizing. The one tree they nest in overnight I spread the manure to my other tree about 30ft away and same results. The fruit that come out below where they nest I let drop off into the soil as well.
MAybe I just had too many. There were like 20 chickens roosting in my tree at one point
@@HomesteadinHawaii Oh yeah that’s way too many.lol
Very cool!
mahalo
Mountain Apples!! Thank you, Sean!
Your hands look like mine after I painted our railing. HA!
Ha! I caught that later. I just finished painting a new kitchen cabinet that I made.
Hi Sean! My tree just came into it's first big fruit season! It's beautiful! Do you know any other recipes besides pickling? Can this be used for jelly? Also I know you have been travelling, but are you still doing the month by month in the Hawaiian homestead? I know I'm not the only fan. :)
Aloha Susan. I normally eat mountain apple fresh, Hawaiians used to dry it. Thanks for asking about the month by month series. Hopefully I’ll have one out next week.
Slice it up, throw in some salt and pepper its delicious. In Trinidad we call it pommerac.
I've got to try it that way. Sounds ono!
Hi! Very interesting content, as always. I’ve come across this lady ‘s UA-cam channel from Shri Lanka called Traditional me, and I’m fascinated by how they make use of everything nature provides for them. I’ve noticed the use fruits at all stages, usually in savory dishes when still green. Or they use leaves for steaming food in. They truly live a zero waste lifestyle. Have you guys tried these cooking methods? It seems that the leaves would give an extra flavor we are not accustomed to. Are coconuts in Hawaii suitable for making oil out of it? Would you tell your experience, if any?😄. Thank you so much Sorry, so many questions!
I'll have to try out some of those different ways of using mountain apple. Thanks.
We use coconut out here for oil, I'll make a video about it one day.
Cool! I want to Air layer a bunch of different fruit trees when I get there for my property, so it dosen't take so many years to get fruit from my property.
No need to air layer everything. Somethings grow quick, like mountain apples.
@@HomesteadinHawaii Yeah, but you said it takes 5 to7 years before you get any fruit I thought?
@@3000gtwelder 5 years for mountain apple. Not too long for a tree to fruit from seed. But I guess an airlayer cuts a year off, maybe 2?
Hi mine name is Susan Aikman.
In my country called it pommerak.
Mine friend give me those.😊😊
They're pretty good, huh?
Everyone needs to try mountain oysters
will mountain apples grow in shade?
They can tolerate it
It's like a pear--but better!
Great way to describe it!
How possible is it to keep this tree small (about 6' - 8') and still produce fruit? I'm on Oahu and don't have a lot of yard space.
I top mine all the time. I do it every other year. The year I top I get no fruit, then the following year I get fruit, then I top once done again.
@HomesteadinHawaii thank you for your response! I have a 4 x 8 area on the side of my house that I was planning on planting a tangerine tree but if you think it's possible to keep a mountain apple tree manageable on a space like that I might give it a try. What do you think?
@@jasyninciong5076 That might be too small of a space, You could manage them, but you'd be constantly doing it in a small space like that. They should be allowed to grow for 2 years between pruning, if you do it more often it may not fruit. I think a semi dwarf citrus might be better.
@@HomesteadinHawaii thank you! I appreciate your expertise.
Hi Sean! Thanks for another great video! I'm curious about your chickens, and about chickens in general in Hawaii. I think I heard somewhere that the ones there are a mix of domesticated chicken and wild jungle fowl. Is there any credence to that? Or are they normal chickens like you'd see on the mainland?
It depends. There is a lot of feral chicken running around, but also a lot of people raising certain breeds of there own or mail ordering chicks from the mainland. If you are really wanting that heritage bird you can, if you are ok with something more feral that's ok too.
My domesticated flock mixed with some feral chickens and now I have wild egg layers that forage and raise babies on their own with no money spent by me. Once in a while I'll go "hunting" too.
My mountain apple is not bearing fruit. I've had the tree for 5 years now. Any suggestion?
Keep waiting. Anytime now. Depending on health of tree it can be between 5-10 years before getting fruit
We call it cashew in Guyana.
Is that different than the cashew nut?
They are many varieties of cashews growing in Guyana. (Like the different varieties of apples in the US.) The cashew nut is grown on the outside of one of variety of cashew fruit.
Please tell me how I can get seeds??
I am setting up a seed company for plants just like the mtn apple. Unfortunately they’re seasonal as the seeds need to be fresh to be viable, and we just passed the season. If you want to send me an email to swjennings@gmail.com I can put you on a list and let you know when they will be ready again.
We call them PomaRosa in Colombia!!!
Sounds delicious!!
In Puerto Rico too!🥂
FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME THE REAL NAME IS POMERAC!!!! MOUNTAI NAPPLE'S NAME IS ACTUALLY CALLED POMERACCCC
Just depends on where you live I guess
@@HomesteadinHawaii oh yeah thats true sorry.