Trying a RARE Tomato Relative That Tastes Like CANDY! (Solanum Pachyandrum) - Weird Fruit Explorer

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  • @WeirdExplorer
    @WeirdExplorer  4 роки тому +78

    Tomato Fan? Check out my Solanum Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLvGFkMrO1ZxLPTMDGHQXRW3NYFHZk1K2p.html

    • @glitchym751
      @glitchym751 4 роки тому +4

      Tomato's are secretly potatoes

    • @dwightmansburden7722
      @dwightmansburden7722 4 роки тому +4

      I have a ground cherry plant that I have been reluctant to try, because it popped up as a weed in my flower garden and nothing can kill it. I suspect it originated from seeds in opossum poop. Anyway, it’s fingernail sized but delicious.

    • @machetedonttweet1343
      @machetedonttweet1343 4 роки тому +2

      As a prolific home cook , I think you should learn how to cook. I understand that you are a natural eater of raw non meat ingredients, but you might want to bring some ethnic cooks into your channel to show people how to use the amazing ingredients you showcase.

    • @ArmchairDeity
      @ArmchairDeity 4 роки тому +2

      I am high, and you’re giving me the munchies. #jerk lol 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @ArmchairDeity
      @ArmchairDeity 4 роки тому

      @@dwightmansburden7722 poop! 💩

  • @farley.gwazda
    @farley.gwazda 4 роки тому +550

    Glabrous means not fuzzy like a peach. This I learned on the "crime pays but botany doesn't" channel.

    • @cazhalsey8877
      @cazhalsey8877 4 роки тому +15

      I just found that channel not too long ago

    • @toddoughty2043
      @toddoughty2043 4 роки тому +52

      use it in a sentence: "Yo she got a glabrous ass"

    • @TheThrashCW
      @TheThrashCW 4 роки тому +51

      "Phenotypic Variations in the North American Trash Panda" is one of my favourite UA-cam videos of all time. Well, that and "Tony Santoro's Guide to Illegal Tree Planting". Seriously, what a grade A channel.

    • @Full-timeEra
      @Full-timeEra 4 роки тому +14

      That's one of my favorite channels.

    • @Mark-zu6oz
      @Mark-zu6oz 4 роки тому +12

      I learned this term in college for Landscape Design. Half of our final exam was identifying different trees and shrubs, outoors in December, in New England. Worst final exam I ever had! BTW I never went into Landscaping or anything related to it, lol.

  • @dm3760
    @dm3760 4 роки тому +89

    It’s quite sad that some fruits have only small information about it. I hope you’re documenting your fruit hunting in writing, and maybe make a book out of it. I’d totally buy that.

    • @DarkFoxKirin
      @DarkFoxKirin 2 роки тому +11

      Not gonna lie, I’d probably buy it too, make it look dope, neat pictures and everything to make it pop on the shelf!

    • @swift7169
      @swift7169 2 роки тому +4

      me too

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland Рік тому

      That’s a great idea

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions5280 4 роки тому +311

    as an amateur entomologist, fruit also appeals to my
    "WTF IS THAT THING" sense.

  • @repeat_defender
    @repeat_defender 4 роки тому +71

    you’re really helping me expand my fruit horizons. i just found your channel like a week ago and i don’t know how many videos i’ve binge watched, but it’s a lot. your couch is amazing, i really like your decor, and your kitty. cheers.

  • @maxwellvandenberg2977
    @maxwellvandenberg2977 4 роки тому +36

    You should try california bay tree fruit. It's like a tiny avocado, but the pit can be dried, roasted and ground to make a beverage like coffee.

  • @let_uslunch8884
    @let_uslunch8884 4 роки тому +86

    You can tell he's super stoked to try it. I wasn't prepared for this level of excitement.

    • @Snowdone
      @Snowdone 4 роки тому +2

      @@kconrad5893 He's not mocking at all and especially not about his level of excitement... He's straight up joking about a personality trait without being mean about it. Do you really have 0 functional humor appreciation in you? You seem like the type of person that don't get invited anywhere because you make everyone miserable.

    • @devilhunterradio8395
      @devilhunterradio8395 4 роки тому +1

      @@kconrad5893 Chill.

    • @let_uslunch8884
      @let_uslunch8884 4 роки тому

      @@kconrad5893 mocking whom? I am not mocking Jared. I have been watching him for ages and he's usually generally pretty sedate. You can tell he's amped and it caught me a little by suprise. If I was being a wise ass he'd know, I will even say when I am being smart. You must be new to the party.

    • @let_uslunch8884
      @let_uslunch8884 4 роки тому

      @@Snowdone thanks. I am she by the way I know you can only see one of my eyes and I guess curly hair in your face is gender neutral these days 😂 but you got my intention in the comment. You won the net for the night. 😘

    • @MrComet101
      @MrComet101 4 роки тому +2

      @@let_uslunch8884 what did Conrad say? Looks like he deleted his comment

  • @platedlizard
    @platedlizard 4 роки тому +33

    generally if kids like it its because its sweet, or has the right tartness. kids have very simple pallets so if they like something it's probably really tasty.

  • @stephengardiner9867
    @stephengardiner9867 4 роки тому +76

    It is related to tomatoes, tomatillos, nightshade, potatoes and more distantly, peppers and even tobacco! A big family that you can eat, smoke and even poison someone with!

    • @almostliterally593
      @almostliterally593 4 роки тому +1

      I make something called flying ointment from deadly nightshade like datura and henbane. It induces dreams or out of body experience

    • @revilo00
      @revilo00 4 роки тому

      @@almostliterally593 Give us recipe!

    • @almostliterally593
      @almostliterally593 4 роки тому +1

      Certain people are called to this plant. If you are, you will know how to use it

    • @almostliterally593
      @almostliterally593 4 роки тому +8

      I strongly recommend against playing with these plants they are very dangerous and even fatal

    • @stephengardiner9867
      @stephengardiner9867 4 роки тому +6

      @@almostliterally593 I specialize in the non-lethal members of the family (peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos... tobacco was the most toxic one on the list until I quit smoking some 30 years ago) There is a strong family resemblance in the flowers of nightshade, capsicums (several have blue or violet flowers rather than white) and tomatoes. Little wonder that the tomato was grown only as an ornamental at first once it was introduced to Europe as its resemblance to nightshade was obvious. The early varieties might have been yellow rather than red as the Italian "Pomodoro" literally means golden apple.

  • @b.rileyjowett6925
    @b.rileyjowett6925 4 роки тому +161

    As someone who has a weird obsession with growing random nightshades I think this is really cool! Hopefully some day I can find one.

    • @TheWritersMind
      @TheWritersMind 4 роки тому +18

      He says you can contact brian if you would like to grow it in the description

    • @mukmewx
      @mukmewx 4 роки тому +13

      @@TheWritersMind I'm emailing him as we speak, we'll see what happens!

    • @imlefty
      @imlefty 4 роки тому +15

      It is indeed really cool. I live in Colombia and we call this (a very similar species Solanum betaceum) Tree tomato and it is most commonly used in making juice. Really inexpensive and nowadays more like a meme-thing because the juice is kind of thick and some say it does not calm thirst. If there's anything I can do to help you get some seeds I'll gladly do it.

    • @TheDreadedJuggernaut
      @TheDreadedJuggernaut 4 роки тому +11

      Nightshades are some of my favorites. So many varieties of fruits, flowers, sizes and shapes. Different types of poisons and medicinal benefits. Quite mystical.

    • @apolloandwarrior_3229
      @apolloandwarrior_3229 4 роки тому +3

      I have bittersweet nightshade during summer if you want some of the plant

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 4 роки тому +92

    You should write an exotic fruit cookbook or reference guide, or a book that's a combination cookbook/reference guide.

    • @Zavendea
      @Zavendea 4 роки тому +6

      Don’t trust him to cook, lol. But maybe a collab with a chef would be cool? But ... all of the cooking he’s done on here has been.... on a scale from passable to disastrous, lmfao

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 4 роки тому +6

      @@Zavendea Well, what I had in mind isn't necessarily a cookbook, per say, more of a reference guide. But it should have some recipes.

    • @raymonddavis1370
      @raymonddavis1370 4 роки тому +6

      I have recommended a dozen times that he should put together either a fruit of the month or just boxes of extraordinary (for one reason or another) fruits.Hey if he could arrange it people could even sit in on your tastings and enjoy the fruit hunt with him.

    • @ChrisPBacon-jl7oc
      @ChrisPBacon-jl7oc 4 роки тому +6

      Idk why but i read " you should write a erotic fruit book " i vote for both to be made personally.

  • @unluckynumber1311
    @unluckynumber1311 4 роки тому +7

    When i tell you i am obsessed with these videos... i have a hard time understanding the descriptions that food reviewers give. But i feel like these descriptions are really great

  • @nated963
    @nated963 4 роки тому +701

    It's funny to think that at this point you're probably the only good information on what the fruit tastes like on the internet 😂
    Edit: I hope everyone looks through the replies and verifies that, indeed, mfs are going crazy in da fruit video comments

    • @MuscarV2
      @MuscarV2 4 роки тому +6

      Which is what he says in the video. It's not probably either, all he talks about and explains shows it IS the only 'good' information on it's taste.
      Did you not listen to the video? It's like saying "hey, this is like an explanation on how to make this dish!" on a recipe video. If you don't realize the idiocy in that then you're even dumber than you already made sure to show everyone.

    • @Lumelore
      @Lumelore 4 роки тому +86

      @@MuscarV2 do you are have stupid

    • @explosiveturkey4706
      @explosiveturkey4706 4 роки тому +73

      @@MuscarV2 Who hurt you?

    • @amytuley8161
      @amytuley8161 4 роки тому +54

      @@MuscarV2 Why the hate? This is the comment section of a man taste testing fruit. Let’s stay as wholesome in the comments as the video is!

    • @ahhitskatie9094
      @ahhitskatie9094 4 роки тому +25

      @@MuscarV2 You okay, man?

  • @diannaodman2847
    @diannaodman2847 4 роки тому +81

    now i'am on a quest to get seeds as they grow in my zone

  • @PocketUnv
    @PocketUnv 3 роки тому +2

    I'll never stop being amazed at how well you manage to convey the flavour of the stuff you try, you're awesome.

  • @anne-droid7739
    @anne-droid7739 4 роки тому +115

    The information that kids consider it a great treat is your clue: It means it probably doesn't taste like homework.

    • @lateoclock4281
      @lateoclock4281 4 роки тому +6

      If it did, the note would probably have said that dogs like it...

    • @DardS8Br
      @DardS8Br 3 роки тому +5

      @@lateoclock4281 my dog once legitimately ate my homework. That was embarrassing

    • @mr_silver_eyes
      @mr_silver_eyes 6 місяців тому

      @@DardS8Brit would be hilarious if your homework was to make a new dog food recipe at home, have your dog test it and everyone in your cooking class comes back the next day telling the teacher “My dog ate my homework…and loved it! What’s my grade? Did I do good enough?”

  • @quorthonsinferno5119
    @quorthonsinferno5119 4 роки тому +226

    A man named bitter discovers a fruit that tastes like candy
    Hilarious

    • @felixlangat9777
      @felixlangat9777 4 роки тому +6

      This was the comment I was searching for. Thank you, I am now complete.🙂

    • @nicholassimeon2279
      @nicholassimeon2279 3 роки тому +11

      "discovered"

    • @vysharra
      @vysharra 3 роки тому +2

      *documents
      The fruit had been cultivated by the locals for a long time. It was just unknown to the west.

    • @Alpha13Wolf
      @Alpha13Wolf 2 роки тому

      Bitter is too close to the german bitte, you’re welcome, it must’ve been fun to have that for a name as a german lol.

  • @joehewitt7596
    @joehewitt7596 4 роки тому +95

    Wow. Brian sent me seeds years ago and I grew this plant in California, but it never fruited for me. It is a horribly thorny vine. Imagine a tomato vine covered in tiny hooked knives. When I moved to Hawaii I chose not to bring it with me because it was just too evil.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  4 роки тому +61

      So that's why it was covered in blood when he sent it to me... jk
      It is quite good though. I'd buy a chain mail glove for it.

    • @glitchym751
      @glitchym751 4 роки тому +8

      *Comment Removed*

    • @cameronwilliams4149
      @cameronwilliams4149 4 роки тому +8

      @@glitchym751 unlisted

    • @aappplee
      @aappplee 4 роки тому +8

      @@glitchym751 patreon ;)

    • @sly-ryder-dietz
      @sly-ryder-dietz 4 роки тому +4

      Brian is my idol

  • @HarryToeface
    @HarryToeface 4 роки тому +22

    Omg an ecto cooler flavored fruit... insane actually how complex it actually was

  • @zahrakruk2597
    @zahrakruk2597 4 роки тому +2

    Your channel has been such a joy to find recently. Definitely one of my top fav comforts to watch regularly

  • @bretdevies5499
    @bretdevies5499 4 роки тому +8

    It’s related to a tomato and no ketchup? Great video. Please keep making ketchups. It’s quickly becoming my favorite segment of your show.

  • @markiangooley
    @markiangooley 4 роки тому +10

    There are a lot of plants that are documented in print but have almost nothing about them online. That was true ten years ago when I was taking an interest, and it still seems to be true today.

  • @luke_fabis
    @luke_fabis 4 роки тому +346

    I think the question on everyone’s mind is, “Will it ketchup?”

  • @spencerkieft6021
    @spencerkieft6021 4 роки тому

    Your attention to detail is almost intimidating. You have no idea how much I appreciate that.

  • @JTMusicbox
    @JTMusicbox 4 роки тому +3

    I’m always skeptical when people insist a fruit tastes like a specific candy. I saw this and thought it would be similar to lulo. I love how good you are a describing the subtlety of flavors in relatable ways!

  • @DestinationFawked
    @DestinationFawked 4 роки тому +1

    This channel has me hooked, came upon it a few months ago and was curious about the different fruits. I knew there were a lot but wow what a wide variety we have in the world. Needless to say I got bitten by this and have spent a few grand having fruits flown in for my family to try. Been a great experience and I can see why this gentleman has a passion for this.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  4 роки тому +1

      Welcome aboard!

    • @DestinationFawked
      @DestinationFawked 4 роки тому

      @@WeirdExplorer Thanks my kids enjoyed the episode on the Ruby Chocolate 3 weeks ago and of course having never tried it (or heard of if) we had to get some and it was a solid choice and very interesting. Looking forward to your future videos!

  • @AlbinoAxolotl
    @AlbinoAxolotl 4 роки тому +2

    Wow that one is especially cool! What a great chance to document such an unusual fruit!

  • @a3kid
    @a3kid 3 роки тому +5

    I like watching just to see you review flavours 😂 it's actually really difficult. If someone asked me what a Orange tastes like I'd say like Orange!

  • @ganggang2537
    @ganggang2537 4 роки тому

    I remember watching your videos way back and only rediscovered your channel now. So glad I skipped work today!!!

  • @umtrappershitposter5869
    @umtrappershitposter5869 4 роки тому +45

    you should go to Brazil on the state of Amazon try the tucumã(tucuma). Real delicious fruit usually ate inside a sandwich.

    • @yourwifesboyfriend1485
      @yourwifesboyfriend1485 4 роки тому +1

      What would you compare the flavor to?

    • @umtrappershitposter5869
      @umtrappershitposter5869 4 роки тому +10

      ​ @bofa updog It's really hard to describe, but is a fruit that's about half the size of an orange, with almost no meat inside. When it's in season time, it's not sweet. Have kind of a neutral flavor, more like a salty flavor than a sweet flavor. I think you can say that it tastes a little bit like Brazil nut(not a lot) The texture vaguely remembers a mango(i think this is the most close from the texture, but it's really hard to describe, even after years of eating this fruit lol). You need to peel off the shell before eating.
      Sorry if i couldn't describe the fuit in the best way possible. It's really hard to describe it based on other things that i tasted. It's a really unique flavor.

  • @jezuswizardspatula5804
    @jezuswizardspatula5804 4 роки тому +37

    My Dad use to give us jolly ranchers
    when we got hungry during church service

    • @anne-droid7739
      @anne-droid7739 4 роки тому +6

      Lucky you! The only thing my mom ever had on her was Beano.

    • @psychoknot3958
      @psychoknot3958 4 роки тому +5

      @@anne-droid7739 well then you didn't fart in church!

    • @anne-droid7739
      @anne-droid7739 4 роки тому +5

      @@psychoknot3958 She was brilliant in her own way, wasn't she?

    • @treemarie3080
      @treemarie3080 4 роки тому +1

      @@anne-droid7739 😂😂😂 I totally forgot beano even existed

    • @devilhunterradio8395
      @devilhunterradio8395 4 роки тому +2

      You got candy at church? Lucky sob.

  • @yfrontsguy
    @yfrontsguy 4 роки тому

    You are doing us all an immense service with your many, many interesting & often unique fruit tastings!

  • @5naxalotl
    @5naxalotl 3 роки тому +2

    *so* many Solanums! and they can be practically all grafted onto each other. favorite trivia this week: i heard that five people once died eating tomatoes that were grafted onto jimson weed (same family different genus. seems like you can graft tomato onto tobacco too)

    • @MrStensnask
      @MrStensnask 9 днів тому

      Yeah, tomacco. Watch that "Simpson's" episode 😃

  • @TheWeirdestOfBugs
    @TheWeirdestOfBugs 4 роки тому +15

    Looks like a hybrid between a lulo and a tamarillo. It's interesting to see a rare fruit from South America. Also, I swear, you could easily be a food taster... Figuring out flavors in coffee.

    • @AlbinoAxolotl
      @AlbinoAxolotl 4 роки тому +1

      Seriously. His ability to describe flavors is next level and SO helpful in deciding whether something is worth of space in my collection!

    • @puttytat007
      @puttytat007 4 роки тому +2

      It's correct name is Naranjilla since it only grew in a certain place in Ecuador and was finally grafted so it can grow in other zones. They even changed plane routes to avoid damaging the original plant. Like the Panama hat, it's native only to Ecuador. 😊

    • @TheWeirdestOfBugs
      @TheWeirdestOfBugs 4 роки тому

      @@puttytat007 ¿Te refieres a la fruta que Jared probó, o al lulo como tal?

    • @tanyawales5445
      @tanyawales5445 4 роки тому +1

      @@puttytat007 -Solanum pachyandrum
      occurs on the western slopes of the Andes and in the Huancabamba Depression of Ecuador (Prov. Manabí) and Peru (Depts. of Cajamarca, La Libertad, and Tumbes) in moist forests on slopes; 200-1,000 m. The Ecuadorian type collection
      is somewhat disjunct from the rest of the species distribution.

  • @samburck13
    @samburck13 4 роки тому +1

    I live for these videos. Watching you try to describe the flavor of these fruits is so funny

  • @puddingmini
    @puddingmini 4 роки тому +12

    I am from Ecuador and I've never seen that fruit, the closest thing I've tried is Lulo or Naranjilla as we call it here. It looks very similar to it but it is more meaty and seedy, very interesting. I'm going to ask my family if any of them have ever tried it

    • @AcademiaTica
      @AcademiaTica 3 роки тому

      Looks like naranjilla

    • @spocksvulcanbrain
      @spocksvulcanbrain 2 роки тому +2

      OMG I love naranjilla. Wish we had them here in the USA, but it only grows in cloud forests environments.

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions5280 4 роки тому +12

    ever try bitter oranges/seville oranges?
    that was a... shocking experience. would definitely recommend.

    • @darthguilder1923
      @darthguilder1923 4 роки тому +3

      Shocking is a good term for the flavor, they smell very nice too

  • @cameronschneider6569
    @cameronschneider6569 4 роки тому +106

    on a scale of 0 to 10, how much does it taste like a jolly rancher?

  • @FreddieHg37
    @FreddieHg37 4 роки тому

    I discovered this channel a little while ago and as a fruit enthusiast it is exciting to get to know of fruits I hadn't even heard of before…
    Greetings from México!

  • @AHD2105
    @AHD2105 4 роки тому +21

    I hope he kept the seeds and tried growing it!.

    • @youtube.commentator
      @youtube.commentator 4 роки тому +5

      Grown in Ecuador, peru.. Hawaii could grow it... pretty sure it won't propagate in New York

    • @torianholt2752
      @torianholt2752 4 роки тому +7

      @@youtube.commentator Unless he has a big ass terrarium or something 😂

    • @youtube.commentator
      @youtube.commentator 4 роки тому +2

      @@torianholt2752 lmao

    • @whatthepick
      @whatthepick 4 роки тому +2

      Technically an invasive species that said worth it :)

    • @Ami-ut2us
      @Ami-ut2us 4 роки тому +4

      I want to ask him for the seeds of all these fruits he eats 😭

  • @tampazeke4587
    @tampazeke4587 4 роки тому +8

    It looks a lot like passion fruit, inside and out.

  • @glitchym751
    @glitchym751 4 роки тому +13

    That's a legendary fruit my guy

  • @Frendh
    @Frendh 4 роки тому +2

    Glad you went for the rind. I was sitting here impatiently asking myself, "When is he going to try the rind?"

  • @BalancedEarth
    @BalancedEarth 4 роки тому

    Honestly if it wasn't for weird fruit explorer we wouldn't have all this information on different fruit to be so accessible. I have really enjoyed your work done! Keep it up, maybe one day a spin off will occur for other oddities and curiosities!

    • @BalancedEarth
      @BalancedEarth 4 роки тому

      Oh crap! Just noticed you changed your channel name from weird fruit explorer to the weird explorer? MORE CONTENT INCOMING!!! Noice!

  • @Ruktiet
    @Ruktiet 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks to this video, I ordered seeds of this plant from Brian, and it grows really fast, like a vine, comparable to a tomato plant, but sturdier/woodier. After a while, the on the underside thorned/spiked leaves start producing a perfume that's like a mix between a savory, meaty, vegetably stew and cat urine... Strange plant, great video. Thanks Jared!

  • @dataquester
    @dataquester 4 роки тому

    Awesome man you produce a lot of things the world has no idea of you're a good guy..

  • @gigharbourite
    @gigharbourite 4 роки тому +1

    Save the seeds! I love that Lounger your sitting on♥️

  • @blackmaggit2294
    @blackmaggit2294 3 роки тому +1

    This one sounds so interesting!

  • @mathmorrison7178
    @mathmorrison7178 4 роки тому

    Thanks Brian.

  • @D3AD3ND3D
    @D3AD3ND3D 4 роки тому

    Thank you Ryan

  • @roomonfire88
    @roomonfire88 3 роки тому +1

    I’m currently growing this and so far my plants are doing well. My only concern is how they will grow in my climate and if I will need to bring them indoors during the winter. I live in Southern California in zone 8b.

  • @mytech6779
    @mytech6779 3 роки тому +1

    You know you are getting into the weeds when the relatable comparisons are lulo and passion fruit.

  • @JayzenFreeze
    @JayzenFreeze 3 роки тому

    wow thats one hell of a rind

  • @catherinecawthon3377
    @catherinecawthon3377 4 роки тому

    Thank you for your work.

  • @Franchzap
    @Franchzap 4 роки тому +2

    have you ever tried pequi fruit ( Caryocar brasiliense )?
    It's a fruit that you can't bite through because it's full of thorns inside, whose protect a nut wich is edible. But it's skin is also edible and that's the part we usually eat, so you always gotta be precautious while eating it

  • @robrod7120
    @robrod7120 4 роки тому +4

    I wish I could grow this, sounds like something I’d love to try

    • @brandonkoeltzow2653
      @brandonkoeltzow2653 Рік тому

      That would be cool, but I haven't seen anything online about seeds for it (except the Brian guy that blipped out of existence or something)

  • @Hawkeyestalker
    @Hawkeyestalker 4 роки тому +2

    I love that this guy sends you fruit so you out him about bringing nonnative plants back to a protected archipelago and growing them XD.

  • @lallamitaquitena1816
    @lallamitaquitena1816 3 роки тому

    Oooh! Video de naranjillas! (I grew up with those and they're one of my favorites! I'm not big on plant stuff but can probably send you towards people who can tell you more about naranjillas :D

    • @lallamitaquitena1816
      @lallamitaquitena1816 3 роки тому

      Ah! And the best way to have them is in juice! You boil them for a little bit, so you get the skin off, blend them with water and then, get the seeds out, and you get a really nice juice :)

  • @jeffgoesrandom4217
    @jeffgoesrandom4217 4 роки тому +5

    Great. Now if you can find a jolly rancher... that tastes like a tomato. :-)

  • @PaulSkies
    @PaulSkies 4 роки тому

    Great video! Very interesting fruit

  • @eeeehale
    @eeeehale 4 роки тому

    That was a cool one. I bet you could cut it into thin wedges and get at the inner rind more easily. I wonder how the rind and inner portion taste together.

  • @amberfireheart1576
    @amberfireheart1576 3 роки тому +1

    Oh I wish I could give it a try some day, save the seeds! Lol

  • @stonetacular5651
    @stonetacular5651 4 роки тому +2

    My man went extremely hard to bring you that fruit 😂 grew his own to send in

  • @champaroniparpah2871
    @champaroniparpah2871 4 роки тому

    Legendary video

  • @forevertj
    @forevertj 4 роки тому

    Another great episode. Never heard of this before. I see some Kiwi in its guts.

  • @GolosinasArgentinas
    @GolosinasArgentinas 4 роки тому

    Would love to try this!

  • @danielkjh8
    @danielkjh8 4 роки тому +1

    tomatos and tomato variants are really underrated

  • @joaocangueiro3796
    @joaocangueiro3796 3 роки тому

    Finally a good channel. Keep going bro

  • @TheCat4791
    @TheCat4791 3 роки тому

    It looks very interesting that fruit. I love Lulo juice so I hope I will taste it someday.

  • @thelambsauce490
    @thelambsauce490 4 роки тому

    Have you tried the miracle berry? After you take a bite it makes sour things taste sweet. You could bite into a lemon and it would be sweet to you.

  • @pabloramos1022
    @pabloramos1022 4 роки тому +11

    Sis : what u wtchin?
    "uh fruit reviews, you know... As you do"

  • @ravent3016
    @ravent3016 4 роки тому

    Fascinating! Are you going to try to propagate the seeds?

  • @twmpuketa
    @twmpuketa 4 роки тому +5

    We call that a naranjilla in costa rica. Great for juices

    • @Erewhon2024
      @Erewhon2024 4 роки тому +5

      Naranjilla is usually what he calls "lulo," a similar but different, related species (not glabrous, in my experience). S. quitoense?

    • @aussiejoe4404
      @aussiejoe4404 4 роки тому +1

      @@Erewhon2024 That's what I was thinking. Here we call it "golden fruit of the andes".

  • @kayakman9845
    @kayakman9845 3 роки тому +2

    you should write a book on all the different fruits you have eaten from all around the world I would buy a bunch of those books

  • @rbtmdl
    @rbtmdl 4 роки тому

    I sometimes grow a solanum called a litchi tomato. Next summer, I'll send you some, if I can get them to grow.

  • @ambulocetusnatans
    @ambulocetusnatans 4 роки тому +1

    You should do a collaboration with Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't.

  • @Skitdora2010
    @Skitdora2010 2 роки тому

    There is an Asian plum variety called Howards Miracle Plum which is said to taste like orange pineapple. One of the exciting things about even apples is that they get a variety of flavors, just not seen regularly in the store. My all time favorite apple tasted naturally of peanut butter. Nuts are a rare flavor in apples, but some varieties have them. The chestnut crab is suppose to taste like nuts.

  • @tawneehaven3225
    @tawneehaven3225 3 роки тому

    Just received some seeds today. Very interested in growing this!

    • @robertiliev6560
      @robertiliev6560 3 роки тому

      Hi, where did you buy them?

    • @roomonfire88
      @roomonfire88 3 роки тому +1

      @@robertiliev6560 I bought them from the link provided in the video

  • @openbooknutrition
    @openbooknutrition 4 роки тому

    Im growing an interesting all orange naranjilla variety (I believe) I got some in Costa Rica and took some seeds, Its fruiting right now! It takes like a sweet tart in my opinion

  • @PeteDaGreek
    @PeteDaGreek 2 роки тому +2

    I'd love to grow this but the link is dead.

  • @KateGoldauthoress
    @KateGoldauthoress 4 роки тому +12

    lol I'm sure the TSA is happy to hear about this.

    • @randalllaue4042
      @randalllaue4042 4 роки тому

      That was my thought too!

    • @DaveTexas
      @DaveTexas 4 роки тому +2

      Brian might be getting a visit from Customs to ask about this...

    • @randalllaue4042
      @randalllaue4042 4 роки тому +1

      @@DaveTexas that’s why they ask! Here’s hoping that the future is full of new options at stores. They are bringing out lots of lost apples and novelty products.

    • @Ami-ut2us
      @Ami-ut2us 4 роки тому

      He could have had a small seed lot permit. It allows you to bring or mail international seeds to the us

  • @zenna5925
    @zenna5925 4 роки тому

    New fruit review yay.

  • @KinFilms
    @KinFilms 2 роки тому

    You could probably make a fortune selling these seeds. I'm genuinely considering a trip to South America to follow in your footsteps and then grow them at home.

  • @williamhart4896
    @williamhart4896 4 роки тому

    Fruit and vegetables in the same place can understand why kids would like it out of hand

  • @zsandmann
    @zsandmann 4 роки тому

    Wow I would really love to attempt growing this.

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 4 роки тому +26

    Was it legal for that guy to take those seeds to Hawaii? Did he have to sneak them past customs? I think Hawaii has a lot of problems with non native species growing there, right?

    • @xarin42
      @xarin42 4 роки тому +3

      I was wondering the same thing.

    • @nyuuparadise1183
      @nyuuparadise1183 4 роки тому +8

      Yes your a 100% correct about it .

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 4 роки тому +1

      @@nyuuparadise1183 So he did have to break the law?

    • @stealthyfang3660
      @stealthyfang3660 4 роки тому +1

      @@Melissa0774 very likely yes

    • @ericlivingston8027
      @ericlivingston8027 4 роки тому +3

      @@Melissa0774 In theory you are not supposed to bring plants out from abroad without filling out a boat load of paperwork. I forget the name of the certificate you need. People do it all the time though. There is plenty of plants that exist here in the states that should not exist. A good example is Whitman farms sells a King James Mulberry (Chelsea) tree. For reference it is from a tree that was in the Chelsea gardens in Europe. Now Americans can enjoy the plants that were once limited to only the Chelsea gardens in Europe. Other examples include things like peppers which often grow naturally in South America and are actually quite invasive where it does not freeze.

  • @PowerTom286
    @PowerTom286 4 роки тому +2

    I wanna try this, Jared

  • @stevenmurray3238
    @stevenmurray3238 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, so many comments. I have a couple plants but so far now fruits. I just found a new one in Mexico that looks similar but with red jello like flesh this week

  • @hoglefish
    @hoglefish 4 роки тому

    When I was in Nigeria there were these white tomato like fruits they called “Garden Eggs”! They tasted awful but I guess they were full of Calories so they ate them. I would love to see them on here! Love your work

  • @alialshaikh6414
    @alialshaikh6414 3 роки тому

    I am an old subscriber of your videos, you really did a great documentary videos that can be used as references.
    💐💐i have a suggestion , is to cover your eyes and somebody gives you 5 different exotic fruits, and try to give the name of each fruit as possible' also you can make another video by touching the fruit and smelling them only " 💐💐💐

  • @ibnyahud
    @ibnyahud 2 роки тому

    this calls for a marinade!

  • @wigglyfruit4708
    @wigglyfruit4708 4 роки тому +3

    Early af!
    Edit: cool vid and cool fruit. I thought tomatoes where already candy like, but this fruit tops it i guess.

    • @Sparkina
      @Sparkina 4 роки тому +2

      Tomatoes are indeed quite tasty, but they taste like candy like I’m a tightrope walker!

  • @TheMag20
    @TheMag20 3 роки тому +1

    I'm trying it here in Massachusetts and the plant is starting to take off. Hopefully I can get some fruit off of it. The thorns should help keep the animals away

  • @HunterParasite
    @HunterParasite 3 роки тому +1

    im gonna need some of those seeds...

  • @padredemishijos12
    @padredemishijos12 4 роки тому

    California State University, East Bay is doing research and cultivation. This fruit, tomate de árbol, or tamarillo in English. In Ecuador, it is used as a sherbet or smoothie. It is sour. It blends well in a "salsa de aji con tomate de árbol".

  • @LotsofStuffYT
    @LotsofStuffYT 4 роки тому

    1:14 you flipped us off....lmao

  • @ericlivingston8027
    @ericlivingston8027 4 роки тому +2

    I always found it funny too that not many of these rare fruit have their taste described. In my experience though some fruit can be hard to describe the taste of because different types of a certain fruit can taste way different. A good example is with mulberries where there is no uniform taste. Something like a White Pakistan will be so sweet people describe it as tasting like honey while other mulberries can be super tangy and other mulberries that are not named variety can be very bland so I guess how would you describe that flavor when there is no uniform flavor.

  • @ginninadances
    @ginninadances 4 роки тому

    It has me wanting one!

  • @olgierd_jarczynski
    @olgierd_jarczynski 3 роки тому

    you deserve more subs

  • @speadskater
    @speadskater 4 роки тому +1

    I'd love to get seeds from you for my greenhouse