Word: jackfruit
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...that fruits from ethnic grocers are inching their way into mainstream supermarkets," says Roger Meyer, owner of San Diego's Valley Vista Kiwi Farm. Coming soon: Cuba's mamey sapote (which tastes like a cooked sweet potato), the yellow kiwi (smoother, less tart than the green type), and the jackfruit (fibrous, fleshy, richly flavored). Then there's the Vietnamese dragonfruit, a crunchy cactus that one gourmand called a "psychedelic pink-and-lime-green hand grenade." Snapple is using it in a new "smart drink" line called Elements, but the real thing is also "going to be tremendous," says Meyer...