Maybe next spring when mine bloom, I can pollinate them with my ponderosa lemon. I was thinking about doing that this year but didn't get a chance to. Though I think that it might need something a little sweeter to hybridize with. I might try it with a honeybell or tangerine too
funny you say this, as i have a black skin finger lime sitting under one of my lemonades and X pollinated some flowers yesterday lol ill also be crossing fingerlimes with tahitian lime, chandler pomelo and caracara orange
I planted one a few years ago and it's sort of a neat oddity. I try to use them in food, but honestly I don't find them very useful. But they are resistant to citrus greening, so they are potentially a really valuable hybridization species. I'd like to start making some crosses with other citrus to see if the offspring are resistant too. At least here in Costa Rica citrus greening has become a real problem. So if the resistance could be inherited by the resulting hybrids, there might be a way to get resistance to the disease. Of course hybridizing citrus is a project for the patient as citrus can range from 3-10 years from seed to first fruit.
Interesting video A friend uses Finger Limes in Margaritas he makes He used a bunch of the pulplets whole added to the Margaritas as he makes them So as you drink the Margarita , you also chew up the pulp
That sounds interesting. Citron is grown for its candy-able rind, and kumquats have edible rinds & good cold tolerance for a Citrus. I like the flavors in Citrus zest.
Still waiting for your book. I have a friend, a horticulturist by training, collects interesting plants (we are in Australia) he has a huuuuge, collection of Finger Limes, each different in appearance, colour and taste.
Just for clarification. The farmer was speaking French and "citronelle" is use for "lemongrass" when talking about food and flavor but is also use for "citronella" when talking about mosquitto reppelant and fragrance. Those plants are different but as the French language use one name for both of them, and most people don't even know what the plants look like it is often thought to be just one thing. But I can assume that he meant "lemongrass" when he said "citronnelle" and talked about it's uses in sauces. "Citronella" is much more pungent and medicine-ish to be refered as a desirable trait in flavor profile.
I really enjoy the comedy you have in your videos. The things said, the timing and the editing are just great! It's also not overdone so it actually makes me laugh when it randomly happens. Thank you!
Awesome. I finally got 2 plants this year, green and red fruiting varieties. Both bloomed twice this year but didn't set fruit. Can't wait to try them.
Kinda shocked that the limequat crossed with the finger lime. Different species. It’s possible to cross them but it’s probably tricky. Did they have seeds? If so I wonder if the seeds are viable. I will ask chat GPT.
Cool! I would enjoy trying those, both the finger limes and the limequat! I’m a big lime fan. Love the smell, the taste and like to cook with the zest. Any citrus zest, actually. But limes are, overall, my favorite fruit.
I like to mix finger lime into fruit salad. It gives it a nice pop of flavor. Also, I planted a finger lime about six months ago, but the nursery didn't know what kind it was. Can't wait to find out.
I have Australian Finger (Caviar) Lime plants, bloomed but no fruits. Both red and green varieties. Next year I should get fruits. I have some native wild fruits on my property, evergreen blueberries which have red berries that turn shiny black when ripe. I have dwarf Huckleberries and southern gooseberries. Not sure if you have tried those. I also have see palmetto berries ripe now. I know you tasted that one. I tried it too and it tastes like butterscotch for 2 seconds then it tastes like astringent vomit.
You are hitting the nail. A minute ago I have watched the doku by Anthro man about Evolution of Citrus, mentioning the Australian species of Citrus - and now this! Thank you!!🥰 Edit: Great work! My heart was bleeding, when the seeds - fell down to the ground! 😅
Thank the ATSI people responsible for cultivating the first finger lime kinds & making it possible for them to become more prominent. There's so many different kinds of bush tucker out around besides macadamia nuts (yes, that started from Australia) & finger limes such as desert raisins/bush tomatoes & edible eucalyptus kinds
I’d like to see a cooking video with these! I can think of so many interesting applications beyond just topping a dessert (although that sounds great). You could add some to a pan sauce for seared chicken or fish (like you would use capers perhaps) Use them in a salad or dressing Mix them into a sorbet Garnish a cold soup (similar to gazpacho) Add it to a dairy product like yogurt with some sweetener and berries Maybe do something with raw fish like sashimi Stir them into drinks like tart little boba pearls Just feels like there’s so much potential with these fruits.
I've actually grown these, and WOW they are a massive pain in the ass to grow indoors. New Caledonia has one of the more ideal climates in the world for growing stuff like this so you don't really appreciate just how picky finger limes are, especially for a citrus. Every time I've seen one they've been much more scraggly looking. The thorns are also devious. I don't know what variety mine is, I think its just a standard one, but it is grafted so probably some improved variety. Its fairly small with small vesicles. Definitely agree with the taste, very potent lemon-lime flavor (a bit heavier on the lime) and one of the sourest fruits I've ever tasted, solid 11/10. Not super juicy either, though those vesicles have some serious crunch. I'd be very tempted to grow some sort of hybrid one, for a bit less sourness but mostly for something easier to grow. Maybe a hybrid with mandarin or something would do well on both counts.
I tried finger limes once! Unsure of the variety, but it was in Hawaii, small dry pulpits, limey flavor, not terribly sweet, & perhaps half or 3/4ths as sour as a lime. The juicy hybrid version sounds a lot more enticing than the drier ones, but you probably can’t go wrong with the texture of either
I could watch a whole video of you just squeezing these finger limes. It’s so satisfying. I imagine they feel like Orbeez. Love the Waltz of the Flowers! One of my top favorite classics, just under the Pastoral Symphony.
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all that lovely pulp escaping to the ground, it makes me wince a little
same man i wish i could just stand beneath em with my mouth open hahahahah
It's like nails on a chalkboard... like... why would you waste all that sour patch fruitiness!?
Glad I'm not the only one feeling like this lol
I want to put these in guacamole, if I ever get one that is.
I'll have to try that
If they could breed these with the flavor of the lemonade lemon that would be perfect
Maybe next spring when mine bloom, I can pollinate them with my ponderosa lemon.
I was thinking about doing that this year but didn't get a chance to. Though I think that it might need something a little sweeter to hybridize with.
I might try it with a honeybell or tangerine too
Tangerine sounds great
funny you say this, as i have a black skin finger lime sitting under one of my lemonades and X pollinated some flowers yesterday lol
ill also be crossing fingerlimes with tahitian lime, chandler pomelo and caracara orange
@@pj-vq3by What, no finger pomelo?
I planted one a few years ago and it's sort of a neat oddity. I try to use them in food, but honestly I don't find them very useful. But they are resistant to citrus greening, so they are potentially a really valuable hybridization species. I'd like to start making some crosses with other citrus to see if the offspring are resistant too. At least here in Costa Rica citrus greening has become a real problem. So if the resistance could be inherited by the resulting hybrids, there might be a way to get resistance to the disease. Of course hybridizing citrus is a project for the patient as citrus can range from 3-10 years from seed to first fruit.
6:13 I never knew Jared can say bad words, especially the well-known "pronounced" SoB...
yeah that cracked me up good. i rewound a couple times hahahah
The Amazon price contrasts nicely with the pulp falling onto the ground.
It bugs me how much they just drop on the ground when squeezing those
Yummy lime boba!
Wow, these would be really great in a fruit tea drink, wouldn't they?!
Those would be the smallest boba ever. Maybe someday they can select for larger vesicles to the size of boba pearls.
i was just thinking the same thing looking at the thumbnail. looks delicious
This fruit is certainly an eye-catcher. Probably as expensive as caviar!
Interesting video
A friend uses Finger Limes in Margaritas he makes
He used a bunch of the pulplets whole added to the Margaritas as he makes them
So as you drink the Margarita , you also chew up the pulp
great idea!
that sounds SO delicious. what i wouldnt do to try that
They work really well on the rim instead of salt.
Boba-rita!
I 💚 'pulplets' as a technical term.
My sister had a Kumquat Citron Hybrid. Citrus fruit genetics is hard to understand.
That sounds interesting. Citron is grown for its candy-able rind, and kumquats have edible rinds & good cold tolerance for a Citrus. I like the flavors in Citrus zest.
Still waiting for your book. I have a friend, a horticulturist by training, collects interesting plants (we are in Australia) he has a huuuuge, collection of Finger Limes, each different in appearance, colour and taste.
YESSSSS once I read an article with so many varieties I didn't know which one I should pick. I'm glad you made this
Beautiful appearance and the flavors sound potent.
Just for clarification. The farmer was speaking French and "citronelle" is use for "lemongrass" when talking about food and flavor but is also use for "citronella" when talking about mosquitto reppelant and fragrance. Those plants are different but as the French language use one name for both of them, and most people don't even know what the plants look like it is often thought to be just one thing. But I can assume that he meant "lemongrass" when he said "citronnelle" and talked about it's uses in sauces. "Citronella" is much more pungent and medicine-ish to be refered as a desirable trait in flavor profile.
I really enjoy the comedy you have in your videos. The things said, the timing and the editing are just great! It's also not overdone so it actually makes me laugh when it randomly happens.
Thank you!
Awesome.
I finally got 2 plants this year, green and red fruiting varieties. Both bloomed twice this year but didn't set fruit. Can't wait to try them.
I have one of these in a pot. It finally fruited last year, it was very exciting. I had them mixed into sweetened yoghurt and in cocktails.
I love it when you have your friend on, your chemistry complements each other and brings out the best.
Great choice of music. Loved this.
Hello weird explorer i like finger limes they're my second favorite fruit first is mamey
Kinda shocked that the limequat crossed with the finger lime. Different species. It’s possible to cross them but it’s probably tricky. Did they have seeds? If so I wonder if the seeds are viable. I will ask chat GPT.
Cool! I would enjoy trying those, both the finger limes and the limequat! I’m a big lime fan. Love the smell, the taste and like to cook with the zest. Any citrus zest, actually. But limes are, overall, my favorite fruit.
I like to mix finger lime into fruit salad. It gives it a nice pop of flavor.
Also, I planted a finger lime about six months ago, but the nursery didn't know what kind it was. Can't wait to find out.
I have Australian Finger (Caviar) Lime plants, bloomed but no fruits. Both red and green varieties. Next year I should get fruits.
I have some native wild fruits on my property, evergreen blueberries which have red berries that turn shiny black when ripe. I have dwarf Huckleberries and southern gooseberries. Not sure if you have tried those. I also have see palmetto berries ripe now. I know you tasted that one. I tried it too and it tastes like butterscotch for 2 seconds then it tastes like astringent vomit.
I'm excited to have my first flowers on mine. Wonder which variety it will be? 😊
I have a plant in my backyard southern california it has a small fruit on it im so excited :D
You are hitting the nail. A minute ago I have watched the doku by Anthro man about Evolution of Citrus, mentioning the Australian species of Citrus - and now this! Thank you!!🥰
Edit: Great work! My heart was bleeding, when the seeds - fell down to the ground! 😅
sorry 😅
@@WeirdExplorer No way. 😅
Thank the ATSI people responsible for cultivating the first finger lime kinds & making it possible for them to become more prominent. There's so many different kinds of bush tucker out around besides macadamia nuts (yes, that started from Australia) & finger limes such as desert raisins/bush tomatoes & edible eucalyptus kinds
There are so many awesome bush Tucker out there
I’d like to see a cooking video with these! I can think of so many interesting applications beyond just topping a dessert (although that sounds great).
You could add some to a pan sauce for seared chicken or fish (like you would use capers perhaps)
Use them in a salad or dressing
Mix them into a sorbet
Garnish a cold soup (similar to gazpacho)
Add it to a dairy product like yogurt with some sweetener and berries
Maybe do something with raw fish like sashimi
Stir them into drinks like tart little boba pearls
Just feels like there’s so much potential with these fruits.
The flavor is WAY too strong. It's like biting into a lemon or a lime. Doesn't taste very good.
A vegan ikura sounds like a great idea!
Make a crab stuffing for chicken breasts and use them in the crab stuffing.
Sounds great
Bizarre is right 😮 😂❤
Nooooo, in salads as a garnish, with different vinegars they create a diversity of tastes and sensations, with smoked salmon as well, in tuna salad.
They're exceptionally good with various seafoods
😲 🫣 that felt Naughty 🤣
Did i read that correctly, $30 per lime on Amazon? Wowzers..
I've actually grown these, and WOW they are a massive pain in the ass to grow indoors. New Caledonia has one of the more ideal climates in the world for growing stuff like this so you don't really appreciate just how picky finger limes are, especially for a citrus. Every time I've seen one they've been much more scraggly looking. The thorns are also devious. I don't know what variety mine is, I think its just a standard one, but it is grafted so probably some improved variety. Its fairly small with small vesicles. Definitely agree with the taste, very potent lemon-lime flavor (a bit heavier on the lime) and one of the sourest fruits I've ever tasted, solid 11/10. Not super juicy either, though those vesicles have some serious crunch. I'd be very tempted to grow some sort of hybrid one, for a bit less sourness but mostly for something easier to grow. Maybe a hybrid with mandarin or something would do well on both counts.
I tried finger limes once! Unsure of the variety, but it was in Hawaii, small dry pulpits, limey flavor, not terribly sweet, & perhaps half or 3/4ths as sour as a lime. The juicy hybrid version sounds a lot more enticing than the drier ones, but you probably can’t go wrong with the texture of either
I want these so much. These are actually the reason why I found you back in the day.
havent seen them in any local stores so far
Yeah,tastes good but feels like bugs.u found ur match jared😍
I've never had anything so sour it gave me a coughing fit........those are some SOUR fruits
I love these things. I would buy them from the Embarcadero in San Francisco when I used to go up there.
No mention that finger limes were originally native to Australia? Shame!
I love watching you taste new weird fruits.🎉Awsome content.❤
I was just waiting for those 'tendrils' of vesicles to start waving around on their own. I hope they planted the seeds from that multiple hybrid!
I always get the citrus flavour along with a terpene/kerosene overtone from fingerlimes
How did you contact fruit addict? I also want to contact them to get some finger lime Cuttings? Thanks!
I'd love to try these if they weren't so trendy and thus way outside of my price range. Limes are pretty much my favorite fruit. I love sour fruit.
That hybrid sounds so cool, I want to try one. Thanks for sharing.
I tried finger limes about 10 years ago and it wasn't sour at all for me.
in the PNW we have them at the grocery (up-scale)
I've seen the pulp being sold in France in a container without the skin.
I would love to grow a finger lime, it could come outside in the summer, and live in front of the window for winter.
surprised they are so crunchy!
they're great for plating, not really amazing otherwise
Soaked in fish sauce it could act like caviar soaked in lemon juice?
I bet these would work great with Thai food or seafood.
i could never eat these on their own but it would be interesting to use these instead of squeezing lime juice on stuff 🤔
I have a finger lime! Everyone is amazed at its uniqueness
All of these should be used in Margaritas!
ohhh I didn't know these were a thing, I'd love to use them in some desserts
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Man... My mouth is watering fr.
that's so cool. I wanna try that so bad
Need to eat some magic fruit first!
One really interesting video :D
NEXT STEP GROW EVERY FRUIT
Never had any of those 😢
oh those do look delicious !
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I could watch a whole video of you just squeezing these finger limes. It’s so satisfying. I imagine they feel like Orbeez. Love the Waltz of the Flowers! One of my top favorite classics, just under the Pastoral Symphony.
The chew pops!!!
Eyyy theyre very fun, seems pretty useful
(the intro was maybe a bit too much of it tho lol made me uncomfortable)
kind of amazing how quickly it goes from cool to gross 😄
I have wanted to try one of these caviar type fruits for years. They're so cool looking and I'll bet the texture is wild.
"They actually don't taste like caviar" since you haven't eaten a fish in decades and probably never caviar before, I won't trust you on that one
This is a lime, are you seriously gonna believe that it tastes like caviar?
I presume this is in jest
@@tongthaivuongIt was sarcasm
That’s awesome! I never knew there were so many varieties! I only ever had the basic one with my Miami Fruit order.
Making my mouth water! And drawing my knees up to my elbows at the same time!🥴😂
Thanks for this video 🇦🇷👍❤
No problem 😊
I’ve seen these at the store but they were absurdly expensive around 16€ for like 2-3 tiny ones.
My bro clip your nails
Hear me out.....a lemonade, but squirt one of those in it like boba tea🤔
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