Day 356: Horned Melon

   The horned melon, also know as the blowfish fruit is one freaky looking guy. At first glance, you'd swear that you were starring down a wild Pokemon from the grassy marshes of Pallet town. It's orange and round, yet green and spiky (just weird all over). Once you slice though it's exotic exterior, you are greeted with neon green guts and seeds. The meat of the fruit had a jello-like consistency and tasted really familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was like, kind of cucumber-ish, but at the same time, it was something else. The taste wasn't very apparent, because the texture was all I could think about. It was all slimy, just like the basil seed drink from way back when. Both tasted pretty good, but looked funky and felt funkier.

Day 345: Gator Pear

     You'd think that I would have ran up my produce points by now in this project, but I struck some luck as I glanced through the fruit and veggie isle today. I found this thing called a gator pear (or chayote squash, really whatever) that looked interesting enough to be a challenge. From an angle, it looked like a face with puckering lips, which was a true selling point for me. It's freaky looks didn't stop me from feeling apatized, so I took it home and made an impressive smelling stir fry out of it. Unfortunately, it only smelt good, the taste was a different story. It wasn't bad necessarily, it just wasn't good either. If it means anything, my cooked gator pear was way better than just the raw thing. So that's that, another produce challenge that ended about the same as every other produce challenge I've tried so far. Shame.

Day 289: Try A Quince

     It's hard to find new fruits and vegetables to try when your this far into a year long project, but I seemed to strike gold today while I was in the produce section. This yellowish fruit caught my eye. It looked like a hybrid of a lemon, an apple, and a pear, and it was called a quince. I bought it at once and took it home to try. I was excited because it looked rather appetizing, but I quickly learned that I was mistaken after the first bite. It was awfully bitter and dry, almost like a crab apple. I had to wash down the aftertaste and dispose of the fruit. It may have been a terrible taste, but at least it was a new one.

Day 190: Pluot

     Another exotic fruit challenge coming your way... A pluot is a fruit thing that is a hybrid that was devolved by Floyd Ziager. Its a lot like a plum and a little bit like an apricot (at least that's what the the picture above is making it seem like). They are super juicy (like make-a-giant-mess-on-your-white-shirt-juicy) and sweet. The skin of the fruit was a little weird but nothing too out there. It made for a pretty delicious challenge for the day.