As those who read my posts know I'm all about trying new foods.  Here are a few that I've recently sampled.
1.  Arkansas Black Apple:  not horrible but certainly not the best apple I've ever eaten.  They are crude and rough, like apples cave men would have eaten before we started cultivating them.  They were popular in olden times because they lasted longer without refrigeration than other apple varieties.  I wouldn't buy them again.
2.  Kabocha Squash:  I love squash in general.  I usually have one or two varieties of squash in at any given time.  I didn't care for Kabocha Squash.  Maybe the one I bought was bad or old or something.  It had a chalky texture and taste.  Those who read my posts know I HATE to waste food but I could only bear to choke down three quarters of this squash.  I ended up throwing the last quarter in the trash conjuring up images of starving Armenians to haunt me.  I definitely won't be buying this squash again.
3.  Fennel:  The entire plant is edible.  If you like licorice you'll like Fennel.  Unfortunately I don't care for the taste of licorice so I don't really like Fennel.  The stems have a strong licorice taste, the spindly fronds not quite as much, and the bulb is the least offensive part.   It's not horrible... I'll eat the one I bought but I won't be buying it again.
4.  Romanesco:  It's like a mash up of Cauliflower and Broccoli.  It is mild, sweet, tender, and absolutely delicious.  The entire plant is edible.  This one I'll be purchasing often.

Trying new fruits is sort of a passion of mine. Currently I am scouting for my first Durian fruit experience. If you haven't tried Jack Fruit RM I would highly recommend it. Wonderful flavor and texture.

    Here's another apple variety I tried for the first time about nine months ago.  The Evercrisp.  This one is a winner.  It is crisp, juicy, and the sweetest apple I've ever tasted.  All of the apple varieties that end in "crisp" are excellent.  This one is the best of the best.

So many delicious apple varieties across the world. Unfortunately here it's hard to come by more than the few types sold in supermarkets.

Yfir wrote on Jan 8^th, 2025 at 12:02am:


Yes, I'm fortunate.  Our local Produce Junction  always has many varieties of apple.

This is a recipe a friend on Fascistbook recently sent me and not a new food but what the heck.  It tastes too good to be as simple as it is.  You need:
2 Bananas
2  Eggs
4  Tablespoons of oatmeal
    Peel the Bananas then smash them with a fork.  Beat the eggs.  Mix the eggs and smashed Bananas together then mix in the oatmeal.  Fry in a large non-stick pan with a little butter or oil.  Flip it once.  Done.  You could put syrup, jelly, honey, butter, etc. on it if you wish.  I eat mine straight up. 
     The outside is like a regular pancake and the inside is creamy.  It's ridiculously simple to make and delicious.  Try it.

Rat Man wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 4:07pm:


I will have to try that at some point! If the oatmeal amount in that recipe was bumped up a bit to make a dough I imagine it would make some fabulously simple cookies. Probably at 350-375℉ for some 10-15 minutes, and presto. I'm going to need to experiment.

OK the three ingredient pancake is interesting. Good, especially with syrup, but interesting. Intriguing, I daresay.

I halved the recipe, because this is a test run. The banana I used wasn't as ripe as it probably should have been, but I'm having a bout of delirium caused by a variety of things and so I was eager to try the recipe for its simplicity. And so this isn't as sweet as it would be with a riper banana, and the lack of sugars kept my pancake from getting crispy. It has great potential, however, and necessitates further investigation - probably when I'm not delirious and when there's overripe bananas to use. Thanks for sharing the recipe.