Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya or pitahaya, is a tropical fruit with a truly exotic appearance. It has vibrant pink or yellow skin with green, scale-like spikes, resembling a mythical dragon. Inside, the flesh is usually white with tiny black edible seeds, though a rarer variety has red flesh.
How to a Eat Dragon Fruit:
1. Choose a ripe fruit: It should be slightly soft to the touch and have vibrant colored skin.
2. Cut in half lengthwise: Scoop out the flesh with a spoon, or cut it into cubes.
3. Enjoy! Eat it fresh, or add it to smoothies, salads, or yogurt for a burst of flavor and healthy nutrients.
Origins: Native to Central and South America, but now grown in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
Belongs to: The cactus family (Cactaceae).
Taste: It has a subtly sweet flavor, often described as a mix of kiwi, pear, and watermelon.
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Byron again here at Lois with Zoe and Zoe is a college student right now yes and she’s been with us for quite a few years and today we’re going to be tasting a very interesting tropical fruit called the dragon fruit or the genus is selon acerus so these are interesting fruit they’re actually
Produced by a cactus type plant and they have really outrageous flowers before they’re pollinated we’re going to cut it open and find out what’s inside because it’s really kind of a curious fruit you cut it open and there are different colors of these and this one happens to
Be a white and what you see inside of here are these little tiny seeds which you’re going to eat if kind of ignore them you can have that piece it is actually solid fruit inside of this pink cup that we’re holding let’s give it a try
H it’s got a little bit of a Tang to it m some sweetness and it’s very crunchy so it has a lot of freshness to it and it’s the kind of thing that you keep in the refrigerator and then take it out on a hot day and eat it and it’ be
Delicious you just eat the seeds right now no you don’t feel them no you don’t spit them out yeah they’re kind of I think that’s where the crunches actually coming from as we eat them and as a plant they’re very large growing vines they are climbers but as I mentioned the
Flowers are actually outrageous so there we go a great tropical fruit I like it yeah