Auxin Posted March 4, 2007 (edited) I was exploring a new asian store and amongst the many yummy foods, spices, and drugs that I did recognize I kept seeing these packs of red fruit that simply said Golden Pak®. Being wholely unrecognizable and not knowing if its a food, spice, or drug I decided what the heck It has a nice asian fruit smell remeniscent of dates, the fruit is ~2.5 cm long and ~1.75 cm wide, kinda spongy and mucilaginous with tan insides and a sweet palm sap/date sorta smell, the seed is red/orange, 1.2 x 0.5 cm, and pointed on both ends. It seems to be some sort of palm fruit, it tasted fairly good, and I'm not hallucinating... it seems I found food At the store I assumed a simple google search would swiftly settle it but I was wrong... Any clue as to species? Edited March 4, 2007 by Auxin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted March 4, 2007 I was exploring a new asian store and amongst the many yummy foods, spices, and drugs that I did recognize I kept seeing these packs of red fruit that simply said Golden Pak®. Being wholely unrecognizable and not knowing if its a food, spice, or drug I decided what the heck It has a nice asian fruit smell remeniscent of dates, the fruit is ~2.5 cm long and ~1.75 cm wide, kinda spongy and mucilaginous with tan insides and a sweet palm sap/date sorta smell, the seed is red/orange, 1.2 x 0.5 cm, and pointed on both ends. It seems to be some sort of palm fruit, it tasted fairly good, and I'm not hallucinating... it seems I found food At the store I assumed a simple google search would swiftly settle it but I was wrong... Any clue as to species? shit, u didnt eat any did you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auxin Posted March 5, 2007 Aha! Jujube, thats it. Thanks darcy shit, u didnt eat any did you? Cant have more brains than balls ALL the time, what fun would that be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted March 5, 2007 They look more like Z jujuba to me ive seen Z spinosa seeds and they are tiny by comparison with the lunkers in these things you can buy the trees if you love the fruit Perrys (SA) - http://perrysfruitnursery.com.au/ (also sell fresh fruit) http://perrysfruitnursery.com.au/eJujube.htm (also have other cool stuff like Capers, medlars etc - uncommon) there are diff cultivars if you can find them Lang is one http://www.treesofantiquity.com/index.php?...amp;cPath=41_51 Z mauritiana on the other hand does better in tropical aust - too well! - and fruit can be harvested from the wild alongside fresh tamarinds and other fruits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted March 5, 2007 Good to have you and your encyclopedic brain back amongst us Rev Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auxin Posted March 5, 2007 Thanks Rev Good to see ya around. Didja get the comp all fixed up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
