Feijoas are fruits. Feijoas have smooth skin something like a mango.
Feijoas are tart and sweet, something like a kiwi.
They don’t have little black seeds like a kiwi, but the flavor is similar.
To me, the word feijoa just sounds dirty.
It’s pronounced:
fuh juh oh uh
So I’ve been making lots of jokes about them.
“Carrie, let me touch the feijoa!”
“We like the flavor of the feijoa.”
“Would you like to lick my feijoa?”
It just sounds like a dirty word.
But the fruit is delicious.
Video coming soon.
From Wikipedia:
The Feijoa (pronounced /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈdʒoʊ.ə/[1], or /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/[2]) (Feijoa sellowiana), also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen (and sometimes mistakenly as Freijoa or Frijoa), is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 1–7 metres (3.3–23 ft) in height, originating from the highlands of southern Brazil and parts of Colombia, Uruguay and northern Argentina. The genus is monotypic.
It is widely cultivated as a garden plant and fruiting tree and is a perennial.
The fruit, maturing in autumn, is green, ellipsoid and about the size of a chicken’s egg. It has a sweet, aromatic flavor. The flesh is juicy and is divided into a clear jelly-like seed pulp and a firmer, slightly gritty, opaque flesh nearer the skin. The fruit drops when ripe, but can be picked from the tree prior to the drop to prevent bruising.
Like the closely-related guava, the fruit pulp has a gritty texture which is used in some natural cosmetic products as an exfoliant. Feijoa fruit have a distinctive smell. The aroma is due to the ester (methyl benzoate) and related compounds.
looks like guava but, never knew about this fruit before
You should try one when you get the chance. It’s super-yummy.
Since it is also an exfoliant, you can also say “Can I rub your feijoa all over my face?”
but that might be going too far…
Yah… maybe a bit too far… but then, if you’re into that sort of thing… 🙂
Que bestia! que chicos locos!…. antes de ver la foto de feijoa, yo me imaginé algo sucio pero, cuando yo vi las feijoas, pensé que mi mente era la sucia. un abrazo chicos locos
No, no Adam, not going too far. I think your on to something. We could use the feijoa for all kinds of needs and problems; i.e. hang nail? rub it with a feijoa; car dead? jump start with a feijoa; girlfriend (or spouse) problems serve him/her feijoa. I alread have a great marketing plan and system in place. What do you Kraft brothers (and others who may also have expertise) think? It could be big. Really, really big.