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[caption id="attachment_6094" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Jackfruit can weigh up to 80 pounds!"]<a href="http://floridagardener.com/pom/jackfruit.htm"><img class="size-medium wp-image-6094" title="jackfruit" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jackfruit-208x300.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="300" /></a>[/caption]

JftB</a></strong> came to me with a snack bag of something unbeknownst to me.  Always willing to accept free food, I dipped into the bag while she explained to me that this was <strong><a href="http://floridagardener.com/pom/jackfruit.htm" target="_blank">Jackfruit</a></strong>.

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Huh?

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"Dried Jackfruit," JftB repeated.

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I had already popped one in my mouth when she began describing the fruit as "slimy and rubbery".  Great.

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"But that's before it's cleaned and the edible portion extracted," JftB confirmed.

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"Oh, o.k." <em>(Rudely talking while chewing)</em>

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"Michele C. said it tastes like a cross between an apple and a pear."

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"Not so much."  <em>(Still chewing) </em> "Maybe an apple and a potato chip."

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Jftb inquired, "Do you like them?"

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<em>(Making a face) </em>"Not so much."

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It didn't taste bad.  They just didn't knock my socks off like the Dunkin' Donuts JftB brought in two days prior.  (I really need to get back to my usual healthy eating habits.  I've been off kilter ever since <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/31/day-243-wine-and-dine-2011-kickoff/" target="_blank">Wine and Dine 2011</a></strong>.)

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Hey -- If apple-infused potato chips are your thing, you'd like them!  Today, I am PMSing, so anything mimicking a potato chip sounds good to me.  Today, dried Jackfruit would probably become my new fav snack!!

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Have you sampled any exotic food for the first time lately?  What did your taste buds think?

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