They look like olives or opaque grapes but they're actually… kiwi berries! (Note the quarter on the bowl for scale.) Each berry looks and tastes like a miniature kiwi fruit. You don't have to peel them, because there is no fuzzy skin to worry about. Kiwi berries have smooth, edible skin.
These are not merely a novelty fruit. They taste great and pack the same dense nutrients that their bigger, fuzzy-skinned cousins do: antioxidants (vitamins A, B2, B6, C, E and folic acid as well as carotenoids and flavonoids), insoluble and soluble fiber, zero cholesterol, very little fat (about 1g per serving from the seeds), and a wealth of minerals (more potassium than bananas!). Plus they're cute and little, so you can coerce most kids into trying them… Roo and Jasper wolfed them down in a couple of minutes. We're going to have to look into planting one of the vines in our yard since it's apparently frost-resistant. I would imagine homegrown kiwi berries would be even more delicious!
We love kiwi... Where do you get these from?
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen these before. At first I thought they were mangos, based on the color. There are so many freaky fruits out there.
ReplyDeleteI may have seen them before in a store, but had no idea what they were. We don't even buy kiwis often, I don't think our walmart even carries them.. for reals. Can't wait to have more money some day again to shop in stores that sell exotic fruits...
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I haven't ever tried them, but they sound delicious. Where did you buy them?
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