THE KING OF DRAGON FRUITS - I Ate 20 Different Dragonfruits to find the Best One!
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Episode: 744 The King Of Dragon Fruits
Species: Hylocereus ocamponis, H. undatus, H. Guatemalensis, H. Setaceus, H. Stenopterus, H. megalanthus, H. costaricensis
Location: NYC, USA
A BIG thank you to @RAREDRAGONFRUIT and wallaceranchdragonfruit.com for sending these to me. These are great resources for more in depth info about growing dragonfruits, so check them out!
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0:00-4:25 Introduction
4:25-7:45 Round 1.1: El Grullo VS Tricia
7:45-8:35 Don't skip this part... oh okay bye
8:35-11:51 Round1.2: White Dragonfruit VS K-1
11:51-13:25 Round 2.1
13:25-16:25 Round 1.3: American Beauty VS Ax
16:25-18:17 Round 1.4: Yellow Dragonfruit VS Red Dragonfruit
18:17-19:42 Round 2.2
19:42-26:59 Round 1.5: Delight VS Dark Star VS Purple Haze VS Haley's Comet VS Paul's LaVerne Pink
26:59-29:02 Round 1.6: Pink Panther VS Sugar Dragon
29:02-31:20 Round 1.7: Maria Rosa VS Cotton Candy
31:20-35:00 Round 1.8: Bruuni VS Kathy Van Arum VS Connie Mayar
35:00-36:40 Round 2.3
36:40-38:20 Dragonfruit Semifinals 1
38:20-39:25 Dragonfruit Semifinals 2
39:25-42:55 Dragonfruit FINAL Battle
42:55-44:55 THE KING OF DRAGON FRUITS - Розваги
If 45 minutes of dragon fruit wasn't enough for you, this is part of a trilogy.
Here I try using the dragon fruit peels in cooking: ua-cam.com/video/_riLIh85WFA/v-deo.html
Here I make ice cream with the 20 dragon fruits: ua-cam.com/video/PCMQ3TfwUQo/v-deo.html
Wow a dragonfruit emoji
We bought a supermarket dragon fruit we thought it wasn't ripe apparently we were wrong it's just the way they are
how you make dragonfruit emoji
@@Mightype exclusive emojis are a perk for being a channel member
With your passion for exotic fruits you inspired me to grow some of them indoors. I now have 4 different garcinias, 2 mangoes (still hunting for a hamam mango seed), some bananas, a cherimoya and an atemoya tree, 2 Pawpaws outside, a Pitangatuba, and now I have to look for some pitayas 😅. You opened the door of a new world to me, and it's exciting! Thank you.
have you got space for some physalis? 😅 im going to grow 4 different species to compare them. physalis peruviana is the common one "inca berry", there are also some like physalis pruinosa "ground cherry" that grow on the ground. should grow fast like tomatoes for a year harvest 😋
that's amazing man
@@OsirusHandle Great! I've only had physalis peruviana and liked the taste. Please try and share your results. I have a small vegetable garden outside here in europa (zone 7a) and will maybe try to grow it in the future. Good luck!
I believe you'll need a clone to grow hamam mangoes. Only polyembrionic mangoes are true to seed and I'm not seeing anything about Hamam being polyembrionic
oh, good catch. That's why I haven't found any hamam seeds for sale. I have never seen a plant for sale here in Europe, but I'll wait patiently.
if I did this test, I would have to take the remains of all of them and make a 20 dragonfruit smoothie, just to see what they all taste like together
there's a video on a dragon fruit sherbet i made with these
You are the only person out there who could get me to sit and watch a guy just eat and talk about fruit for 44 minutes
Such an enjoyable review to watch! Thank you for making it and providing the background of Paul Thomson, Eckhard Meier, and Don Burnett. Long live American Beauty and Sugar Dragon… Ther are my favorites too. Bruni,
Connie Mayer, and KVA are a unique flavor for sure, I call it a fake coconut flavor. Thanks for making this video. 🐉❤️
From the description of the Bruni I wondered if it was crossed with a Peruvian apple cactus.
This is the collab I never knew I needed!! So awesome to see the fruit explorer getting to delve into the world of dragonfruit with you, he definitely picked the perfect person to get a great variety of beautiful fruits from for this video!!
@@hizzlemobizzleIt’s H. Sternopterus crossed with H. Undatus according to the “old” terms. Check out the purple flowers, they are stunning
@@lifeisbutadreammThank you for the kind words.
@@RAREDRAGONFRUITAs an avid backyard grower (I have Dark Star, Physical Grafiti, Sugar Dragon, Israel Yellow, and Vietnamese White), thank you for all you do.
never would've thought I'd stay up late watching a dragon fruit tournament when I've never even tried one 😂😂
I was just thinking if younger me asked what older me was doing...
"Watching a guy eat dragon fruit on UA-cam..."
"What the f is UA-cam?"
Hi There,
A pro tip I learned from a commercial grower of Dragon fruit:
Let the fruits dry out a bit, perhaps around one to two weeks on the counter, so they get a bit wrinkely on the outside. What happens is that the excess water contained within the fruits evaporates, and the flavors and aromas become noticably more concentrated; they eat much better.
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing!! 😊
Sounds similar to how with fruits like persimmon or quince you let them ripen to basically the point of what many would consider spoiling, called bletting.
im so glad there are other people who are obsessed with trying as many fruits as possible. they are so perfect.
I am so glad you do this for us . Thus says a guy who lives on cabbage and beef.
Oh I didn't know you were german
I bet your farts smell great 👍
Didn’t know you where polish
@@williamreffett5862 I love how being poor didn't even cross your mind
@@williamreffett5862 ?? ummm ok? This doesn't have to do with anything, buddy this isn't a confessional lol!
You should do more fruit species tournament videos, these are super fascinating! Especially do one with Mangos, that would be super cool
I hope you enjoy this massive video! It took time and effort but it was a lot of fun to make.
If you like the tournament format of this video, be sure to check out the Fake Milk Face Off videos that I did a while back: ua-cam.com/play/PLvGFkMrO1ZxLS5CWbQmSO4tBwekrKQ6Ax.html
Beautiful video, thanks
I loved fake milk face off.
YES! Lol, thank you for mixing them all together, I can't wait for that video. Perfect ending.
fantastic!!!
Hoping you did ice cream or something to keep the nutrients intact, as I think I've realized that bio-availability isn't discerned by a perfect means; it seems that just because something absorbs faster or more fully in a particular area of the human body, doesn't exactly mean it's healthiest in that particular processed form, meaning that smaller amounts of the healthier but not as "fully absorbed" substance might be better. Although a mix of both seems like it's possibly necessary for most people at the moment, because of a lack of clean environments(healthy microbes play a huge role) and because of a lack of commodities which seem they are not actually shipped into many, if any, countries.
Also, consider comparing dragon fruit nutrients to chia seeds if you hadn't already; I forget if I mentioned that.
You should try more cactus fruits. They’re all technically edible. Mexican pitaya are pretty tasty.
Most cactus are edible, as in the cactus itself and although I've never tried it, I've seen some cooked tuna cactus recipes that seem really tasty.
I've tried a few random pitaya and they've all been like eating delicious marmalade.
He has eaten quite a few cactus fruits, including Mexican pitaya. Check the search on his channel page.
One of my neighbors has a bucket full of em on their curb lawn for free.
Mexican pitaya is pretty much unobtainable unless you go where they're grown. They fall apart within hours.
I was visiting a botanical garden in I think Phoenix and popped a small cactus fruit into my mouth. Delicious but my lips and tongue were full of spines! Only then did I understand why such fruit have traditionally been made into syrups, filtered through tightly woven cloth.
Thank you Jared - as another dragon fruit grower, I appreciate your efforts in letting people know about the different varieties. I started off with 2 varieties a friend in Florida gave me and this year were over 40 flowers with 18 setting fruit as they are self-infertile and had to be hand pollenated. Last year two different growers gave me cuttings, so next year will be even more varieties.
Again thanks!
BTW many hybrid epiphyllums also set small dragonfruits. Though they are grown for their flowers they are closely related and have edible fruit.
I also grow dragon fruit, and I can say it's very addicting... I have 11 varieties at this time...
That's an incredible assortment of Dragonfruit
I was shocked when you said the white supermarket one was a 7 for sweetness. All the times I’ve tried them they are barely sweet at all, kinda just taste like a cucumber.
Agree. Sometimes the white flesh is just tasteless. I will always go for the red dragon fruit.
@@paulinelee8915 I wish I had that option. For some reason around here they only ever get the white kind. Oh wait there was also a yellow dragonfruit recently at one store…for $14. Insane. I’m not that desperate to try it.
same! I always thought of it as a kinda expensive cucumber with the texture of a kiwi. Like a 1/10 sweetness and no tartness
White is actually really good when ripened properly. I think commercial growers might pick them too early or something. That always bummed me out - so many people think dragon fruit suck because of it! White might actually be my favorite one overall.
And the yellow is the sweetest, right??
That supermarket red is honestly just a gorgeous looking fruit!
I don't usually go shopping until the afternoon but your show is inspiring me to make a special trip to farmers markets to check out the variety!
"Get a gift for somebody special in your life, even if that somebody special is you" 🤣
This just reinforces my decision to start growing American Beauty a couple months ago! 🤣
same lol
Your sense of humor in the ads is fun as always lol
Bro we need one of these for every fruit strawberries, blueberries, apples, etc this is awesome
Specifically any fruit you’d get in a supermarket so consumers can learn
I'm game. It's just getting my hands on so many kinds at the same time that's the tricky part
@@WeirdExplorer thank you for doing this I had no idea this kind of content would be so interesting!!
Purple Haze, Haley’s Comet and Dark Star must also be weed strains. 😂
When perfectly ripe the 'flaps' become brown and desiccated. the ones with green flaps are less sweet and will give you a tummy ache if you eat it in bulk.
Some cultivars do that, but not all at peak ripeness.
The dragon fruit salad at the end just send my mind to family reunion. Different species greeting each other like "hi mom", " hi brother" "Long time no see"
Blend them all into 1 smoothie and unlock the powers of the ancient dragons. That's definatley how it would work
Lol
New Jared Video = Fast Click
New Jared Pitaya Video = Instantaneous Click
Glad that you said you filmed this over 3 days, I was getting queasy on your behalf thinking about doing this all in one day 😅
Whoa! Commonly available varieties always Look impressive but the flavors tend to be subtle. It’s truly amazing you discovered so many flavors in these varieties and a shame they aren’t more readily available.
I vote for a Tiamat-fruit smoothie. The mother of all dragonfruit smoothies gets ground down into a delicious drink. Some of which gets donated to a food scientist to attempt to replicate artificially.
Been waiting to see this one. Paul and “rare dragon fruit” is great people. Wallace ranch sells huge top quality cuts of different varieties and delicious fruits, also great people with Lots of knowledge, dragons are delicious!! Thank you Jared for teaching others about these wonderful fruits. 🤙🔥🐉
Your laxative bit just before you started tasting made me laugh out loud. Very funny, Well done!
That was friggin' electric. I've been face-deep in yellow dragon fruit lately, they are amazing. But you're right, the flavour is sort of one-note (the texture is amazing though). It was thrilling seeing so many different varieties, I'm determined to taste as many as I can!
Dragon fruit are such cool looking fruit! Unfortunately, the ones I've been able to try have been very much style over substance. It's great that there are people actively working on interesting hybrids. Hopefully, in time some of these might become available commercially.
ya i here ya here in Canada we get the white ones, very bland almost no taste but the longer they been off the tree lose more flavor by the time there ship up here.
If you can find a yellow dragon fruit in the store. To me they're much better then other imported varieties.
The problem is that picking them before they’re ripe is part of what ruins them. The white dragon fruit in my grocery store are bland, but I had a cactus ripened one that was FAR better than any I’d ever had-sweet and refreshing with a distinct, interesting, and refreshing “cactus” fruit flavor. (I think the cactus flavor is what he calls watermelon flavor on this video.)
Yep. I’ve. Never had a dragon fruit that any discernable taste.
Yeah bought a Dragon fruit here in New Zealand at a Supermarket at $9 a pop I might add as I was intrigued.
One of the White Flesh types and sure enough no discernable taste.Major
Disappointment and an earful about wasting money😂.
Read up on them and everything I read said this is what happens when picked early and ripened, much like store bought tomato's
I'm still intrigued by them though and may attempt to grow one myself👍
I must confess that I am envious of your 🐉 dragon fruit.
This is the best dragon fruit comparison video I've seen in a while!
I always find that red dragonfruit have a beta carotine note similar to that found in sweet potatoes and cooked carrots that I can't get past. Love white and yellow dragonfruit, though.
I totally get what you’re saying! It’s the same flavor in red beets that makes me choose golden beets every time. I like carrots and LOVE sweet potatoes but whatever flavor those deep red veggies have is something I really don’t love.
I genuinely don't understand the white-fleshed dragonfruit hate. They're incredibly refreshing, imo, and especially good frozen on a hot day
I'm convinced a dragon fruit smoothie is one of the most refreshing things you can have. Had it all the time in Thailand in usa they are too expensive
If you can find home grown optimal ripe they are excellent
Because the red ones are more delicious? Except the yellow one with white flesh
They're bland, they're not terrible, but the red one is just better
@@user-dl7rq9zd8k well exactly, they are better and not bland. When I visit Vietnam I only ate the red ones for obvious reasons xD
Ultimately, the best way to determine your favorite is to try different varieties and decide based on your own taste preferences and growing experiences.
Aaaannd, how was the laxative effect? did you spend the night in toilet trying to give birth to a fire dragon...
Love the video! Hope your stomach was ok afterward 😂. Your content really is great. Thank you for it.
thanks for contributing to the immodium fund
Haha, my pleasure. 🤣
Excellent video! As a home dragon fruit grower this was SO entertaining to watch. You are doing what I wish I could! The pairings in the brackets were very well put together. Was that Mario sounds effects I hear for fireworks 😂
Paul Erickson is a rockstar in the dragon fruit community. All about sharing knowledge. The most down to earth and humble dragon fruit channels on UA-cam
Do this with more fruit types!
I've only had dragon fruit once or twice and your description of the white super market variety nailed it. Bland. Mine tasted like if there was a sparkling water flavored with red pepper. It may not have been ripe enough but I don't know how much it would matter.
Awesome video. Can you do this for bananas? I've never liked the Cavendish, and don't understand how people don't realize all the bananas in India or Asia are soooooo much better, sweeter, more sour, more flavorful
Lokal version of Cavendish in my country is called ambonese banana (pisang ambon) or green banana (pisang hijau, because even the banana is ripe, the skin color is staying green).
They're much sweeter and a bit sour than -sometimes- bland tasted Cavendish.
he actually has done a video on bananas ua-cam.com/video/gFNAd7Kl4Tk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=WeirdExplorer
My small country in South East Asia use to import many varieties of lovely bananas from our neighboring country Malaysia. But in recent years, the big American corporations somehow muscled their way in and now has a large share of the market, imports largely Cavendish bananas from Philippines instead. It is very sad as now we do not get Pisang Raja anymore unless you are able to grow it yourself. Don't let the same thing happen to your country.
Cavendish is good just not the store versions . Local farm raised cavendish is amazing good sweet creamy .
I wish we could find as many cultivars of dragon fruit in stores as there are apple cultivars for sale.
I always get excited when you do a sequel to a video, these are usually your best videos.
Great Episode Jared.
I love dragon fruit. Yellow is my favorite because it's sweet and delicious. The red is not as sweet but, it's still very good. The white is pretty tasteless but, if you put something sweet on it, the taste becomes fantastic.
Big shoutout to @RareDragonfruit for letting this glorious opportunity happen, and a great side-by-side with so many being opened it's beautiful to be able to see.
I really loved the editing and the style of the tournament-tracker xD !!!
I just looked up what a dragon fruit tree looks like - wild looking.
Yes! Very excited to watch this.
I got into different citrus zests lately and thought man this would be a good series for Weird Explorer! Currently experimenting with my homegrown Buddhas hand, Yuzu, and Red limes atm
if anything this video just proves which dragon fruit people should get ya as birthday presents or bribes
You are the best exotic fruit influencer. The OG of fruit and it’s lame that you are not the one going viral. The Swedish smiling couple honestly do my head in. He ate Noni and said mmmmmm! With that shit eating grin of his. I think he likes lying to people.
I appreciate that extra touch of detail with the mario fireworks. lol
Very informative, thanks for taking one for the team! 😉
This format is awesome, would love to see this with other fruit families as well!!
FIIIIIIINALLY I WAS waiting so patiently from the day you found out there are other varieties 😂
This new One piece ep is interesting.
I'm about to go to the gym, and I just bought a dragonfruit to eat when I got home...now I'm pumped to watch this on the treadmill while I dream about eating my dragonfruit later!! Your content is so entertaining as always!
Hope you enjoy it!
I love how random the tournament was, brackets with 2, 3, 5 competitors, some advancing straight to the semis, great all around. And I loved the fireworks at the end!
I've never had dragonfruit, they aren't common where I'm from and I've only seen them at very high prices. Hopefully I can be disappointed by their mild flavor soon lol
The red colored white dragon fruit at the supermarket is very bland and even has a musty flavor directly from the supermarket so no telling if it’s gone bad, or what. The yellow one is technically not really a dragon fruit of his supermarket yellow it has cactus spines on it that you have to take off, and it comes wrapped in like styrofoam netting
lmfao the purple haze and darkstar are named after weed strains, Paul be smokin that good shit XD
I'm excited for this episode! I would love to start growing a dragonfruit in my collection. This is a great idea for a video- please make more best of episodes :)
Hell of an opening montage, Jared!
We just had our plant-sale, lotta DF cuttings went out the door, would have been glad to have beenfitted from your expertise!
Ahhhhh I was sooo hoping when I saw the title that @RAREDRAGONFRUIT would have some sort of involvement, so when I saw the website pop up I was soooo excited!! This is the crossover I absolutely never suspected but I am sooo thrilled for it! Def have a huge amount of resoectabd appreciation for Paul and his dragonfruit passion
Interesting results! As a newbie to growing Dragon Fruit, it reaffirms I chose well in my growing selection even though none have fruited yet. I'm growing American Beauty, Sugar Dragon, Purple Haze, and Connie Mayer. For anyone looking to grow Dragon Fruit, American Beauty is self pollinating and self fertile and the best one to start with. Sugar Dragon is also Self pollinating and self fertile. Purple Haze and Connie Mayer are both self sterile and non self pollinating so you will need another variety to pollinate. Sugar Dragon amd American Beauty are two of the best to grow and have for pollination other Dragon Fruit.
Looks so yummy
Fun Vid, Was surprised to see the purple haze loose to the sugar dragon, that group of 5 to me sounded the best, and the Haley's Comet to me had the most appetizing description
Thank you. Love the long episodes. I wish you had your own show.
I love dragonfruit, and now I want to grow a bunch of them.
I think dragon fruit sorbet would be good.
Fun fact: cacti are related to beets, the red color in both comes from betaine
The red flesh one I had from Ecuador from sprouts tasted very similar to a beet. Very earthy flavor.
Hilarious fact - no, cacti and beetroot are not related. Only inasmuch as they are both members of the plant family.
The dark red large prickly pear fruits I ate did taste very similar to a raw beet! 😣
@@lucpraslan beautiful!
This was absolutely amazing! I will check out that channel. I have been always wanting to grow my own dragon fruit and now I have to find out more about how to do it
Another fantastic video, thank you Jared! This one was really fun to watch, loved this style. This would be kind of long to do as a regular thing but I’d love to see more of this kind of face off challenge in the future!
thanks for sharing Jared!
Cutting to your phone was some truly beautiful comedic timing.
Oh my goodness you are hilarious. I just stumbled on your channel and you are fun. Thank you for your experimenting❗️
Welcome!!
This was such a fun video ❤
"Do dragon fruits have a laxative effect " as I sit on the toilet at work after having dragon fruit for lunch
Thank you for educating us on all these dragon fruit types
I had no idea there were so many types of dragon fruits! Long live the American beauty!
Thanks for doing what you do! You're an inspiration for my channel!
loving all this new content!
Wow, a Residents “Duck Stab” shirt. You’re certainly living up to the “weird” part😊.
I have never in my life tasted dragonfruit or searched for any videos related to it but this popped up on my UA-cam recommendations and I was pleasantly surprised! Going to buy some to see how I like them 😊
This explains why all the dragon fruit I've had from the supermarket were always a disappointment. Need to get me some of that American Beauty goodness!
You are my favourite fruit, exotic fruit channel, you explained it very well all the time. Thanks for the effort
Completely fascinated by this episode. Awesome job and I think I'm in love with dragon fruit.
what a page turner of a video - watched it right to the end!
44 minutes of some awesome looking fruit. Hell yeah.
I can't believe it, my wish came true!!! For a very long time I always wanted to know if there was more than the two dragon fruits sold in supermarkets (white flesh vs purple flesh) and what they would taste like. This is most exciting! The supermarket ones were bland but the seeds were fun to crunch. I was fascinated that there are more than two kinds. Hoping that one day I will be able to try one of two that are different than the usual supermarket brands. This video was fun to watch. Thanks for the differences! PS. Turning it into a contest with the "sitting on edge" music you chose was also fun!
LOVED this episode.
Best video in a long time. Thank you. I had no idea.
Loved that firework effect you did. Also this is a cool resource, I just a standard white dragon fruit recently and was wondering if there were any cool varieties.
Thanks! stop motion takes hours of work for a few seconds of footage but it really feels like magic when it's done
Great video! Made my morning
Glad you enjoyed it!
I appreciate your research that said I know you had bubble guts for days
Very fun video!
Finally you know they have many varieties!!!! Now I can relax.
Love this long-form video! Super enjoyable watch. And the mini "Mortal Kombat" tournament mode segment was very witty imo. Keep it up!
I don't watch all your videos but it is nice to be able to tune into the youtube fruit guy every once in a while. Loved the epic music at the start it was very funny
☆Awespme video, makes me wsnt to grow some! Had no idea there is such a great diversity of fruits...Wonderful video, been doin a great recent bunch of vids btw... much appreciation and joy to you and the cat(s)...cheers!☆
This is a legendary video. Only you could make this happen. 🔥🔥🔥