Have you ever got a fruit or vegetable and not known what to do with it?

Question

I bought a fennel bulb today and the supermarket cashier asked what it was and what you do with it. I politely told her it was a vegetable and you eat it.

So have you ever come into possession of a fruit or vegetable and not had a clue what to do with it?

msmissydc · Accepted Answer

Yes actually a homegrown vegetable. We found near our pumpkins. To this day we still dont know what exactly it was. It looked like a Zuchini but as big as a pumpkin tasted mostly like a pumpkin except the consistency was more like an eggplant. We survived and it didn't even taste bad. Two years later now and we never found another one. If it would have closely looked like the pumpkins we have, we would have thought it was just an unripe one or that it didn't have enough water, sun or was missing something, but it looked completly different from the pumpkins. Our most fitting speculation is still that somehow a cucumber or zuchini fused with the pumpkin plants and made this thing. No idea how that is biological possible but we dont have any better idea.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

For a few or several years we would spontaneously get orange plants in my house and it was more than we had time to eat and even when gifting some of the vegetables to neighbours, we had more than we could eat. What finally happened was the vegetables stopped spontaneously growing so we ate left overs from previous years. It’s a hybrid type of gigantic squash with no known English name due to being a new breed of vegetable.

bean2k21 · Accepted Answer

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mstbooblover · Accepted Answer

Sometimes the problems are just practical. For instance a big pumpkin I cultivated in my garden. Damn big thing... I solved the problem by cutting patiently the whole vegetable in small pieces and cooking with other mixed vegetables and spices. Then I divided the prepared mix in a number of boxes to be put in the freezer.

Some time ago I bought out of curiosity a plain celeriac. Seems silly, but I still did not find a convincing way of preparing that vegetable. Ultimately I cut the celeriac into small pieces and mixed it with spices and other vegetables, which produced a mix having an extra nice taste and smell.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Some things must be prepared in a certain way to be edible, let alone tasty. I confirmed this by trying to eat a raw potato once. This is part of the reason that i don’t try new foods at home very often. I’ll try new stuff in restaurants all the time, but if’n i don’t know how to prepare it myself, i’m not even gonna try.

electromagnetic · Answer

Have you ever got a fruit or vegetable and not known what to do with it?

When I was in highschool, my mum gave me this fruit. I looked at it and it in turn looked at me.
I honestly cannot describe the taste other than sour. Some people put sugar and others put salt and spicy pepper.

MrOracle · Answer

No, but I'm NOT an adventurous eater (which is another way of saying that I'm picky as hell about my food), so I only buy what I know that I like, and I rarely accept meal offers or go to restaurants if I'm not sure I'll find something I want to eat there.

As I did, I was forced to eat things I didn't want, and I hated it, and ever since then, I refuse to be made to eat food that I don't want, or even be pressured to do so. Maybe that makes me an asshole, but I just don't care.

AviatorTom · Answer

While in Hong Kong, I visited a Chinese market that had lots of fruits and vegetables I'd never seen before. Fortunately, the local Chinese person explained what they were and how to cook and/or eat them. I took some fruits back to my hotel room to eat... no Durians though, they stink so much that they are not allowed in hotels.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Yeah, when I was flying to Taiwan, the airline served me some fruit, I no idea what it was, but it was delicious so I ate it anyways. Two of them actually.

And one time my mom bought a watermelon and we cut into it and the flesh was yellow, and I we were like, "What the fuck is this?"

BoobSlayer · Answer

Fennel bulb is a versatile vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked. It can be sliced thinly and added to salads for a crunchy, anise-flavored kick. It can also be braised, sautéed, or roasted as a side dish. Fennel bulb can also be used in soups, stews, and pasta dishes. It pairs well with fish, pork, and poultry and can be used in a variety of cuisines.

Red_Arrow · Answer

"known what to do with it" The picture with "No I haven't" certainly looks like she has figured what she is going to do with it!

andreasderjuengere · Answer

As an ''expat'' and quasi colonialist, I follow the rule: 'In doubt: peel it, boil it, and eat it' Admittedly, I do not know sometimes what I eat, but there's no hesitation about what to do with it :)

exitseven · Answer

My father told me about how you eat a pomegranate and I didn't believe him.

Guy13 · Answer

Eat them. I have pulled a cucumber 🥒 about half that length but wide out of a toilet. Guess she got the tampon confused with toy and dropped the wrong one. Lady resident there.

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

I haven't but my mom has. She bought avocado but didn't know what to do with it.

goaded · Answer

Plantain. I understood it wasn't a banana, but I don't think I cooked it properly.

jshm2 · Answer

Not so much "not known" but not tasted.  Dragon fruit isn't something often found in Scottish supermarkets. But it's horrible if eaten under ripe.

Lliam · Answer

I've seen exotic fruits that I have no idea about. Cherimoya, jack fruit, dragon fruit, prickly pear, ... the list is endless.

dustybiker · Answer

Not these days. Just take a picture and your phone fills you in on the rest. Modern tech at it’s best.

OfMiceandMen · Answer

The first time I bought an eggplant, I was thinking, what can I make with this other than Eggplant Parmesan.

NathanDavis · Answer

I could always make ice cream with it... any, either

Pudsmucker · Answer

Before I buy any kind of fruit or vegetable I want to know what it's about and what I can use it for. Would I like it.

Luna854422 · Answer

Cool Salads the way you like them

es20490446e · Answer

I will just eat everything unknown raw.

Iron_Man · Answer

If I get a watermelon, I eat it

FreyaRed · Answer

Zucchini.

Msputiton · Answer

🤣naw

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

Nope.

jimmy2 · Answer

Damn that's big

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