GREEN JUJUBE - Reviewing an Often Misunderstood Fruit - Weird Fruit Explorer
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- Green Jujube - Weird Fruit Explorer
Binomial Name: Ziziphus mauritiana
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What would you put on this fruit?
a quantum computer
Maybe hot sauce or pepper jam?
Salted caramel sauce. Yum!
Maybe try different things?
Cinnamon
Chilli
Salt & pepper
Possibilities are endless!
Wondering if you could use it like a water chestnut and just add it last and let it soak in the flavor of what you are making.
I love how over the years, your expression has turned more and more pained
Well of course it has! Wouldn't your expression also be more pained?
Here this guy thought he was just going to talk about fruit!
He adds seriousness to the topic that way to a degree only real conaisseurs can do.You can see:he is mining now for the most adaequate expression,...the roots go deep.
After trying to eat the Cannonball Fruit… it’s been hard to taste anything ever again. 😖
Always good to get a cat's opinion. They're full of insight and enjoy helping us frail hoomans.
A cat? Who, me-ow?
In India and Bangladesh you can get some variety of this fruit which will be 9/10 on your sweetness scale.
Also you can have variety of flavors. This is seasonal fruit harvested around January and February.
You can also get sour variety of this fruit which is used for Jam, Chutney, pickles etc.
Anyway, it's nice to see the fruit of my backyard represented on your show.
Big Fan 💚
I see the co-host was even less impressed by this fruit than you were.
The ones I tried were reminiscent of cardboard. Straight into the compost.
Maybe Vostok was embarrassed by the mistaken ID’s online, confusing this fruit with the Chinese jujube?
Hahaha
Well it has a great crunch to it! And Vostock is super sweet! Adorable 🐱 kitty 🐈
Thank you
As an integral member of the channel, I propose that your cohost should be taken on all future trips.
Yes
Well then that co-host needs some motivational training first... Bc she keeps sleeping on the job! 😆
Agreed!
it'd be cool, but traveling with animals is really tough due to quarantines
@@TheWeirdestOfBugs it was tough before then imo 😂
In Bangladesh we call them Kul Boroi. We eat them as snacks because of their size and availability and can be quite tasty when mixed with spices and salt. You should try it!
They look like they would be even more refreshing with certain spices. Which would you say are typical? Which do you like?
@@anonemoose7777 pretty sure salt and red chili powder
no its test best with green chilly, coriander & green onion..
@Jasem eta ki narkel kul er moto ?
I had no idea that I was interested in fruits until this channel randomly popped up on you tube.I've been watching for a few months now and still find it fascinating.Thank you weird fruit guy for making these videos!I'm subscribing!
I love it too!
The amount of research and effort you put into a 7 minute video is astounding! Thank you for all you do!
Wow, thank you!
I just wanted to let you know that I subbed to your channel because I like your dry, honest, factual and hype free approach to food travel but you've inspired me to try weird produce. I haven't tried Durian yet but im working my way up to it thanks for that.
Edited to fix auto correct mistakes.
If you can find a dessert shop that does good durian pastries or desserts that's probably the most approachable way to try durian at first.
Thank you!
@@Dewkeeper that's a great suggestion.. I didn't even know that was a thing! I'll definitely keep an eye out for it now. Cheers.
I still have no idea how i ended up on this channel but i've been loving it
In Taiwan, this fruit is commonly seen in markets when it's winter.We usually eat this when the color is light green,the sweetness can be from 2 to 7 on that scale depending on your luck.
Cat's like "the hell am I supposed to do with that?"
Play?
You can see the cat thinking ''Oh God, here we go again. I will just pretend I'm sleeping.''
The first time I vacation in Laos, they gave me a bag of Lao jujube. I thought it was green apples. 😁
love this cat so adorable!
In my country, Suriname, we call them olives. I heard they are related to the apple family. They come in different sizes and tastes. From bland to sweet. Usually we pickle them or just eat them raw.
Thanks for the background info!
Olives? We use this name for Olea europea, lol
Basically Vostok’s review is, “Nothing to stop a nap over”, which seems accurate. :)
Your cat and I share a name?!?! I think we might secretly be brothers.
Sounds like they're fun to chew on and they are easy fiber. I'd actually probably buy and eat these regularly if I could.
I just love it and your cat is so cute.
Thank you! 😊
Chinese Jujube is probably more well known because it has some pretty decent cold hardiness so temperate growers can grow it. There aren't _too_ many exotic temperate fruits, so the good ones get pretty popular. With tropical fruits, they have to be pretty damn impressive to compete with all the other amazing tropical things out there.
idk but that crispness.. sounds like those rose apples you've shown that i wanna try. i just love that sound.
Agreed. It sounds so crunchy!
Bought some of those last week at the Indian supermarket, the guy said they were gooseberries. Tried it, figured it was picked too green and traveled too far. Threw it out.
Jujube has the stress on the second syllable "juJUbe "
I grow a variety known as Giant Thai. It is incredibly delicious. I have taken this fruit to several of my fruit clubs in SW Florida, and the members all remark that is the best Jujube they have ever tasted. It also makes a great wine. The tree is very productive, and fruits in December, January here. I'll keep you in mind next year. It is sweet and crunchy. You are right about the brown ones, but I think that when they are just turning yellow they are at their best.
I wish i can grow in GA, that my favorite because it not too sweet.
@@siamsreynoch9998 Yes you can. Jujube grows very far North.
@@keystonecop2005 even the Thai jujube ?
@@siamsreynoch9998 Yep!, Search online. I know it generally available at Echo Farms in Ft Myers, but I don't know if they ship.
@@keystonecop2005 I drove to Ft Myers to visit Sanibel Island couple time before Covid. Thank you I been want it for a while.
I recently got some fruits from my mother’s neighbors that they were growing including guava, and I recall one of them were called jujubes of some unknown variety. They outwardly looked like tiny, ovoid fuji apples and they strongly resemble what you had here. However, they were maybe half the size and the flavor was also about as strong as (and similar to) a typical red apple variety. It was also a bit drier in texture with basically no seeds to speak of, kinda like if popped popcorn was inside a fruit. I honestly think they could be interchangeable with some apples, and hope I can get more.
One of my favorite fruits. First time had it in Taiwan, and the ones in Taiwan are especially sweet, in scale of 5 I’d say 4. They are also larger and rounder. In Taiwan these are called “milk honey date” direct translation. The Chinese jujubee’s are also great, they are less juicy, has lots of fiber that requires some chewing, but they are delicious too.
Rarest cat video on TH-cam, a Cat & Indian Jujube TH-cam video.
Vostok is me 10 minutes before I am supposed to meet friends out.
Just found some of these at the Asian market that I go to monthly. They really are like a mild granny smith with the texture of an Asian pear, but you only have to deal with one seed.
They're really good with Tajin 💚
In India it is called 'Ber' and its tree is called 'Beri'. The fruit is of variable shape and size. It's available here in from the size of a blueberry to the size of an apple.
Interesting!
There is an extremely rare Ziziphus species native to Florida which my professor has done conservation work on. They are a lot bigger than the Chinese ones and I think they were grown by the Seminole Native Americans.
in the caribbean we call those ponserats, they are smaller but the flavor is more intense and sweeter, with some sourness, when they are brown they are excellent and still crisp
I agree about this one. It shows up in Asian food stores at times. There’s something “off” about the flavor for me. Kind of like an watery apple with BO...
I am Indian and I LOVE THIS FRUIT. I know you seem to have a "meh" Reaction to it, but to me it's pure heaven!
I love these soo much, we have them here in Arabia as well, quite possibly my favorite Fruit.
Amazing cohost!
awesome! the timber from Ziziphus jujuba is amazing too. super hard and dense, and its used for the Castañettes here in the region i live in in Spain. its a fairly common fruit tree here but the fruit is never comercially available.
people used it for knife and tool handles in the past too
In Bengali, they're called "boroi". They're primarily eaten when they're overripe and turned into chutney or pickles. I personally prefer to eat them while they're hard and green. I don't like the smell when they're overripe. Have you ever sniffed your finger after taking off a plaster you had on for too long? That's kind of what it smells like.
Damn that’s an interesting way to put it. Funky plaster smell lol.
Really appreciate your kitty's review, great commentary!
I had that tree on my garden and it bear fruit all year round. But I rarely eat that because not really flavourful just like you said. But the great thing about that is that tree not picky on soil. Can grow easily and bear fruit on pot. And bear fruit heavily all year round
I'm not sure what type of jujubes I've had in the past, but I've liked them quite a bit. I would eat them as a snacking fruit. Yes, I'd say they don't have a lot of flavor. The flavor they do have is similar to an apple but without the sourness. I actually really don't like apples, mostly because of the sourness. So my reaction to eating jujubes was like "hey, it's like an apple if apples were good!"
It is also called stone apple. It's a very common fruit in Maldivs. We call it "Kunnaru". I love them.
I love the unnecessarily-gigantic-for-this-purpose knife.
Loved eating the green ones in Singapore and Taiwan in season. Would put those slightly higher in sweetness, but indeed the slightly "green" taste and the crisp and juicy flesh was the part that made them great to eat. Reminds me a bit of of water apples / rose apples.
When I described Chinese jujube to a friend I said something like “slightly sweet, slightly apple-y, slightly juicy styrofoam...in a good way”
It sounds like this is similar
you got bad one, when on the rain season, the fruit gettin bigger, and Sweeter, yes sweeter, more sweet than apple, pear texture, and very thin skin.. so delicious..
but when its got overripe even a bit, taste would be super funky~
Vostok has real stage presence.
The cat laying with the fruit was lovely!
These are very common in Bangladesh. We call them Boroi.
The flavour is like anti-juicy, it makes my mouth dry which I don't like. But it feels really great that you're reviewing a fruit native to my country😀😀😀
Awww Vostok 😊🐾🐾 I love when you include her, or when she decides to get involved.
I really enjoy your adventures and passion for fruit. It's wonderful to see!
I bought some of these, but they were more red. They were labelled as jujubes, or indian apples. I quite liked the texture, and the very light sweetness, but they were quite dry. Not sure if it was a varietal thing, or maybe they were old. Do you find that the ones you had that were browned, were dryer than the other yellow and green ones?
Known as Boroi here in Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Oh! I did not know that I had these! I cooked them with chicken and seasoned with curry (sorry, not experienced with vegan cooking). They swell and pop and add a soft texture and goes so nice with rice, lentils and carrots.
The cat was so bored he didn't even want to knock it on the floor.
I am trying to build up a list of thing to try on my next return trip to Thailand. A little added adventure. Thanks
My family has a sour chili dip that you would eat along with this, as a snack.
Your cohost is very good at expressing themselves!
Jared’s cat says it the best.
Love your cat in this one!
Another fun video. You should try and see if it will ketchup or make jam ❤️
You get an A+ for this nice report.
I love these they're just a nice light and crisp snack
The funniest thing about this somewhat bizarre and supposedly uninteresting video is the fact that Vostok didn't try to play with the green ball or the fact that this TH-camr named his cat Vostok.
Jared, you said it was uninteresting, you should try it fully ripe. It tastes mildly sweet with a distinct rancid oily taste with a mealy texture. Isn't that interesting?
Always interesting. I took some botany, but did not know much about it.
You say “it’s not interesting” but I’ve never seen it before or even heard of it. The Chinese jujube is nice in small amounts- too many and they’re a bit of a chore.
Also I’ve only seen “jujube” written down. Always said “ju joob”.
Sir, Excellent video, Where are getting green jujube
Fur baby❤️
I love your videos! Very informative and interesting!
4:44 Aww so smol and so cute :)
Kitty thoughts: Tuna? Nope. Meat? Nope. Catnip? Nope. NOT INTERESTED.
I love this green jujube... I could not find this green jujube tree any where online to purchase
I'd probably cut it into thin strips and toss into a spinach salad with mandarins. It would add a bit of fresh crunch I think.
The place is Laos-y with them?
🤣😄😅😐
Maybe cook it and make a puree? With cinnamon?
绿枣! My dad’s half of my family is from a place called 枣庄, a place named after this fruit. I ate it all the time as a kid, and I treated them like tiny, weird apples. They are much more common in the red, dried form even within China. We probably have 3-5 pounds of the dried stuff at all times for use in drinks, congee, and desert soups. It’s not hard to find fresh jujubes here in Southern California - much like loquat.
yeah i found there is a huge variation in the quality of the jujube in china..m some can be rather funky tasting or starchy.. the best ive encountered are in northern vietnam an on the chinese boarder on the other side there they were sweet and crisp when green. as sweet as an apple. the dry ones are rather musty and less interesting in my opinion. in india the quality, sweetness and texture varies greatly too
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 most of the dried jujube sold in China and across the world is bad quality. The really good (and highly expensive) ones are given as gifts because of how rich and smooth the flavor is.
Your cat is an excellent reviewer. You need to include them more :) But seriously, cute cat.
Thank you! Will do!
Hello! From Birmingham, UK.
I was in the fruit & veg section of the supermarket today and thought of your videos and how lucky you are to have tried all those fruits.
I'm so bored of strawberries, apples etc.
Shop at an Asian cash & carry. I eat them quite regularly here in London, plus other fruit and vegetables not commonly sold in the West. The bigger supermarket branches sometimes sell more exotic and rare fruit varieties too.
I'm going to have a look, there's quite a few near where I live. Big supermarkets like sainsburys are expensive and don't have much variety.
I just found your channel yesterday. It sounds like like the one you prefer would be good in a salad.
welcome
In Taiwan, this kind of fruit can be twice the size as the one you got and can be very sweet. You need to eat it fresh, don’t let it turn yellow.
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Cat is adorable. I’d love to try this fruit.
I'm sorry but I could not help but notice the reverb on the cat's reaction when you placed it beside at the beginning.
I would love to sample that for some sort of audio project sometime.
Where can I buy this tree
That cat was not impressed lol
Girl at Laos kiosk: " This creepy white boy watching me. Weirdo!"
Weird Explorer: "No No. I am not watching you. I am looking at your bags of fruit lady."
We call it Narkel (coconut) kool. And we call the ber you mentioned topa kool. Narkel kool with chilli flakes and salt. Topa kool you make a chutney out of it ❤
Lime & pinch of salt. Yum.
Hes going at it for so long im starting to think he will run out of fruits to review xD
Where could I get this fruit?
You should try kyoho grape
I wonder if you could pickle them like you do with green mangoes.
We eat it raw with salt and powered red chilli , it tastes much better in that way .
Though it's also good in its own .
Have you ever ate a may apple at least that's what we call around here in West Virginia
Some cultivars we have in Taiwan look exactly like a green apple. Even the size is as big as a medium sized apple. And they are very sweet and crunchy.
nice! ill look out for them. whats the taiwanese local name for this large veriety?
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Green jujubes are called 棗子 (zǎozi), and the large varieties are usually called [some adjective]-蜜棗 (mìzǎo).
I went to China before I had this to eat and I love it a lot Thank You for showing this now I can eat it in the future with knowing it
Love this fruit!! ❤❤
2:21
perfection
Jujube is a very interesting fruit, depending on your taste buds. I love it with a sprinkling of sea salt and pepper flakes.
It might be interesting to use this to make charoset.
Where can you buy it? The nutritional value and fiber is great. Use salt or chili or anything on it. Where to get it?
Have you ever tried aronia berries