Canistel

Her favorite game consisted of explaining the canistel fruit to me, as there is nothing more difficult than understanding the taste of something you\'ve never tried. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her favorite game consisted of explaining the canistel fruit to me, as there is nothing more difficult than understanding the taste of something you've never tried. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Happily, it turned out to be the equal of that canistel which -- while we both salivated -- my grandmother had regaled me with. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The top vote getter with the local people is the canistel (Pouteria campechiana-see drawing), simply because it is good food. ❋ Unknown (1996)

But now jakfruit, canistel, rollinia, black sapote, yellow passion fruit, abiu and inga are big favorites with the local people. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Its taste is similar to the sweet potato that is widely grown and eaten here [Ed: except that canistel does not need to be cooked.] ❋ Unknown (1996)

Then envision going to other trees and doing the same thing for 10, 20 or 30 minutes: avocado, canistel, loquat, macadamia etc. ❋ Unknown (1996)

The next morning, I found a yellow canistel in the CSA farm box; the fruit splits when ripe and tastes like an egg (it's also called eggfruit) - and was hidden beneath lettuces, tomatoes, and zucchini. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This morning, Jenne, Jess, and I explored the Pinecrest market that has just opened for the season; Redland Organics (they are part of the farm collective that make up the CSA farm boxes) displayed more canistel along with black sapote and starfruit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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Visit their stall often enough and you’ll eventually count seventy varieties of mangoes, mamey, canistel, carambola, papaya, and black sapote, a Central American persimmon that Mr. Burd uses for this pound cake. ❋ Molly O’Neill (2010)

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1. "Hey, could you pass me a [canistel] fruit? I'm hungry." 2. Person #1: "I heard [Canistel] played [progressive rock] for five days straight." Person #2: "That sounds both [plausible] and likely." ❋ Canistel (2010)