Passion Fruit

Description: Type: Fruits / Class: Other / Does the passion fruit turn you on?

Newest Review: ... on it. I'm usually terrible for leaving things until they are past their sell by date, then having to throw them away! Hmmm, what do I do with it? Well, I tried the simplest approach - chopped it in half and grabbed a spoon! If you have never eaten a passion fruit before you will get quite a shock upon opening it! Frogspawn comes to mind, lol! The fruit is vaguely similar to an orange ... more

... in it's composition. You start with a flexible but stiff outer shell, around twice the thickness of orange peel and a little harder on the outside. As it is thicker, it is not peelable. You will then find a thin white skin, just like an orange skin ...more

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Passion Fruit: Dim the lights, unplug the phone, things are about to get... ... (633 words)
by - written on 21/04/09 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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Passion fruit, or Passiflora edulis, is an exotic fruit grown in warm climates. It is of a very dark purple appearance and looks similar to a large fig. Whenever I go shopping I always have to check out the reduced section. Last week while in Tesco, I noticed a pile very strange looking fruits. Initially I thought they were figs but upon closer inspection I realised that they were passion fruits. I had tried passion fruit once before but couldn't remember much about it so thought I'd grab one while they were cheap (35p). My son immediately turned his nose up at it, quite understandable though - they are not the prettiest of fruits! It stood on ... Read the complete review