Every once in awhile I would find this fruit in our yard. I never gave it much thought except to kinda wonder where it came from. And then I would throw it in the trash can.
A couple of days ago, there were five of them in the yard. I was curious so I finally took one into the kitchen and cut it open.
Some of you probably already knew from the picture, but I was surprised. It was a lilikoi!!! But there IS NO lilikoi plant in my or my neighbors' yard. ????? And yet there were five fruit on the ground.
I went back outside. This time I looked up.
And there they were . . . waaaay up high in my neighbor's mango tree . . . a cluster of lilikoi fruit. BTW, you DO know which neighbor this is, right?
But HOWZDAT HAH!!
I texted a few people and asked them what I should do so that the lilikoi wouldn't go to waste. Mich said that she could try and make some jelly and went online to figure out how to do it. She got back to me and said that she would need about 2 cups of the juice without any of the seeds in it.
Later in the afternoon, two more fruit fell to the ground. Hoo hoo! It's like finding treasure now! I got around 1/2 cup of the juice that I'm saving in the freezer for Mich.
I guess I gotta wait for more to fall to the ground. That's what I read online anyway . . . when they're ripe, they fall to the ground. Too bad for the neighbor . . . they're falling on our side of the fence. Awwww . . .
23 comments:
Wow, there is plenty fruit in that tree! You should have 2 cups in no time!
Oh my! You are so lucky! Fresh lilikoi is the best! My favorite flavor all things. Send me some, you have my address. lol...jk!
My problem is I like um now, Mich. I no more the patience to wait for them to fall to the ground.
What a find!!!! You so lucky!!!! Now that you know they grow well where you live, you could grow um on your fence from the seeds.
One of my friends makes an unreal lilikoi cheesecake with the juice.
Another one makes lilikoi butter - slurp slurp, yum yum. Both are delights for our tastebuds.
Good neighbor, lol!
Time,to,drag,out your blow,dart,gun jalna!!!!! Just,take one big breath and aim!!!!;)
Btw,I am saving my juice,too for make lilikoi,butter. But I grow mines. Wish I had more fruit to share.
See what the power of that dam rabbit poo can doooo doooo ? You too could of had your own orchard;)
hahaha you cracking me up!!
My Auntie Ida makes some of the best jellies I have ever eaten. So good that she even had some made for President Obama. The amazing thing is she is still VERY active with the church, making jellies & jams & even using the wheelbarrow around her yard at St Stephen's Diocesan Center where she lives. And she will be 102 years old this April. -kawika http://www.generations808.com/am2013d.html
nice!
Oh, lilikoi!!! Now I stay so 'ono for lilikoi jelly. My friends and I used to go kakaroach some from da neighbor's place... but I think they didn't want um cuz they never did anything with um.
Oh, how I miss da fruits from home.
woweee...got kinda planny fruit !!!
I know, Lance! I gotta look up how for grow um myself now.
Whoa, Aunty . . . lilikoi cheesecake!!
Hahahaha funny, Anon!! Do they fruit only this time of the year?
You know what, Anon . . . I was wondering where the vines were originating from so I wen peek through the puka in the fence. I saw that the neighbor had constructed a wire structure for the vines to entwine onto. Only thing the vines on the thing they made are all brown and dried out. I dunno if the neighbor even knows that three of the stems wen creep up their mango tree. But anyway, what I wanted to say is that when I wen peep through the fence I saw one cage that had THREE rabbits in um!! I felt bad for um.
What Les??! I neva sound sincere when I said, "Awww"?
Wow, Kawika . . . thanks for the link. Your aunty is amaaaazing!!!
So lucky yah, Kat!
Moki, if get extra, I'll try send you some.
Yah, Didi!
I just picked a couple more,this morning...I think they grow year round ...
Oh good, Anon. I was hoping that my time wasn't limited.
Jalna, if you really can't wait or the fruit collection is going too slow, go up to Aiea Heights State Park, the one with the heiau. It's an easy hike on well kept trails. In fact I think they're now paved. The woods in that area used to be lousy with lilikoi just 10 - 30 feet off trail. They have the gold (like the one's your neighbor has) and the purple ones. Easier to pick too as they'll be growing on the ground instead of you having to climb 20 feet up a tree.
OMG Ainakoa! Thanks! I've never been there but just recently saw some family photos that were taken there so I just so happen wen look up how for get there. Four more fruit fell this afternoon, so production is not too bad. But I am not the most patient person so maybe . . . next time me and my sisters go swap meet, I can shanghai them to go help me pick some.
Ha, ha, isn't that the bunny neighbor?
Yup, you right, Erick!
oooh lilikoi!! what an awesome find. i make lilikoi bars for my coworkers when i get my hands on them.
OMG, Taryn!! Lilikoi bars! From fresh lilikoi!! Whoa!
I love lilikoi fruit. My daughter has few trees.
Your daughter is so lucky, Akemi!
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