Comments on: Japanese Tomatoes?!? No, it’s a Tamarillo!!! http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: philip http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5268 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:12 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5268 hallo there I've actually eaten the same fruit a few years ago while in New York, I saw the fruit in one of the specialty superstores and found it enticing. Hahaha, I got the same reaction as you did, I didnt eat the skin though. I sliced it up crosswise and scoop out the flesh, and tasted exactly like tomatoes. Well tomato is considered as a fruit right. Some people can eat it like an apple, I cant. I guess its an acquired taste. regards Philip hallo there

I’ve actually eaten the same fruit a few years ago while in New York, I saw the fruit in one of the specialty superstores and found it enticing. Hahaha, I got the same reaction as you did, I didnt eat the skin though. I sliced it up crosswise and scoop out the flesh, and tasted exactly like tomatoes. Well tomato is considered as a fruit right. Some people can eat it like an apple, I cant. I guess its an acquired taste.

regards
Philip

]]> by: sister http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5154 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:44:02 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5154 At the Enid Haupt Conservatory, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, is a 10 ft high Tamarillo tree with several dozen fruit on it. Saw it yesterday while viewing the Orchid show. At the Enid Haupt Conservatory, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, is a 10 ft high Tamarillo tree with several dozen fruit on it. Saw it yesterday while viewing the Orchid show.

]]> by: goodtimer http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5105 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:35:54 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5105 A chef friend in Baguio who introduced me to the fruit told them they were abundant in Baguio when she was a kid. They used to call it "Spanish Tomato". It's still grown in Benguet by organic farmers and sometimes available in Honey in the Rock, a store in Porta Vaga bldg., Session Road, that sells organic produce. Yes, the pulp is scooped out and best eaten when ripe. The taste/texture is a cross between a tomato and passion fruit and very fragrant. I was surprised about its price though. They can be bought in Baguio for just over a hundred/kilo. A chef friend in Baguio who introduced me to the fruit told them they were abundant in Baguio when she was a kid. They used to call it “Spanish Tomato”. It’s still grown in Benguet by organic farmers and sometimes available in Honey in the Rock, a store in Porta Vaga bldg., Session Road, that sells organic produce. Yes, the pulp is scooped out and best eaten when ripe. The taste/texture is a cross between a tomato and passion fruit and very fragrant. I was surprised about its price though. They can be bought in Baguio for just over a hundred/kilo.

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5008 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:42:05 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5008 Mel, that sounds great. I bet these were picked from the tree and not allowed to ripen, they just tasted raw-ish. Mel, that sounds great. I bet these were picked from the tree and not allowed to ripen, they just tasted raw-ish.

]]> by: MEL WOOD http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5007 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:13:19 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/japanese-tomatoes#comment-5007 We have three tamarillo trees in our garden. Just like you, I did not like its taste the first time I tasted it. When I first came to New Zealand, I would look with disgust when my husband would scoop its flesh and have them as topping for his vanilla ice cream. Since we come from the tropics where fruit shakes are well appreciated, it came to me to try and make it into a shake. So I scooped the flesh of two tamarillos (to get rid of the pips, put just enough water with the flesh, use the BLEND of your osterizer for a few swirl, then strain the liquid). Put the liquid back into the osterizer with two cups of cubed ice, half a cup of sugar (or to your taste since this fruit is tart), and at least a cup of milk (again as you like it). The result was one very refreshing shake with a very beautiful purplish color. Now I have come to like the tamarillo, and am looking forward to winter when they will begin to fall from the tree. Yes, you do not pick them from the tree because they won't be ready until they fall off the tree. I can take pictures of the tamarillo tree and send it to you if you like. We have three tamarillo trees in our garden. Just like you, I did not like its taste the first time I tasted it. When I first came to New Zealand, I would look with disgust when my husband would scoop its flesh and have them as topping for his vanilla ice cream.

Since we come from the tropics where fruit shakes are well appreciated, it came to me to try and make it into a shake.

So I scooped the flesh of two tamarillos (to get rid of the pips, put just enough water with the flesh, use the BLEND of your osterizer for a few swirl, then strain the liquid). Put the liquid back into the osterizer with two cups of cubed ice, half a cup of sugar (or to your taste since this fruit is tart), and at least a cup of milk (again as you like it). The result was one very refreshing shake with a very beautiful purplish color.

Now I have come to like the tamarillo, and am looking forward to winter when they will begin to fall from the tree. Yes, you do not pick them from the tree because they won’t be ready until they fall off the tree.

I can take pictures of the tamarillo tree and send it to you if you like.

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