HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STROLLING THE GROCERY ISLE LOOKING FOR A BAG OF APPLES OR LEMONS AND COME ACROSS SOMETHING EXTREMELY UNFAMILIAR? I AM CONSTANTLY PUSHING LEMON AND LIMES IN EVERYONE’S WATER. YOU CAN READ MY POST ABOUT IT HERE. HOWEVER,THE OTHER DAY I FOUND A CROSS BETWEEN A LEMON AND A MADARIN ORANGE. SO, OF COURSE, I BOUGHT A BAG OF THEM. THEY LOOK LIKE A LEMON, BUT HAVE THE WRONG COLOR. THE TASTE IS BITTER AND SWEET AT THE SAME TIME. I USED THE FAMILY TO EXPERIENCE ON (THAT IS WHAT PARENTS DO) AND HAD A MIXED REACTION OF “EW” AND “NOT BAD.”
AT WORK, ONE OF THE DOCTORS ASKED ME IF IT WAS GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GMO). HYBRID FRUITS ARE NOT. THEY USE TRADITIONAL POLLINATION THAT OCCURS IN NATURE. LEMON/ORANGE FRUIT ORIGINATED IN CHINA. I FOUND AN “UGLY” FRUIT IN THE STORE AS WELL. IT IS A CROSS BETWEEN A GRAPEFUIT, ORANGE AND TANGERINE. THE FLAVOR IS SWEETER AND PAIRS WELL WITH AVOCADO AND SWEET ONION TO MAKE A HEALTHY SIDE DISH.
I LEARNED OF “PINEBERRIES”. THESE COME OUT IN MAY SO I WILL LOOK FOR THEM. THEY ARE A CROSS BETWEEN A WHITE STRAWBERRY AND A RED STRAWBERRY. THEY GET THEIR NAME BECAUSE THE FLAVOR IS SIMILAR TO A PINEAPPLE. THEY ALSO LOOK PRETTY COOL. A “TAYBERRY” IS A CROSS OF A RASPBERRY AND A BLACKBERRY. NOT SURE WHAT THAT TASTE LIKE BUT I AM WILLING TO TRY!!!
AS LONG AS THE FRUITS ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY, SEEMS LIKE ALL KINDS OF FUN FRUITS CAN OCCUR IN NATURE. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED A HYBRID FRUIT?