BABACO - Trying a Rare Ecuadorian Fruit Related to Papaya - Weird Fruit Explorer
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Ep 579 Babaco
Binomial Name: Vasconcellea × heilbornii
Location: New York City, USA - Grown In California
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Wonderful video ❣️
Spanish tip: to pronounce dulce, there is no "ch" sound. The C sounds like an S. That recipe basically calls for sweetening the fruit with sugar which is why the recipe is called dulce de babaco. Anyways thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
You mean the cartoon charachter from the 90's right Keepo
Was that a Ren and Stimpy reference ?
Duel-say is how you pronounce that word. It means candy, yes.
"I have some criticism for this fruit". Love that line lol. I can picture the Babaco listening to see how it can improve its flavor in the future.
Haha 😆
lovely humorous comment, well done! 🤗
lol I was gigglingas well :D
I like how he explains the taste of a fruit i will never eat with the taste of another fruit i will probably never eat. Its still up to my imagination now
The babaco I have had were a different flavour from one end to the other. They ripen from one end and the flavour changes dramatically as they ripen. The ones I had from the supermarket were not as ripe as the one you tried here. The texture was like a juicy small strawberry, except in a one kilo fruit. So juicy, so many flavours from a tropical fruit salad. One of my favourites. Unfortunately, the supermarket does not get them anymore.
That sounds like a fun experience. Just get a spoon and go at it, enjoy the whole culinary journey.
Wow that sounds amazing and delicious
what supermarket is the one you go to? The ones near me would never have a babaco, only maybe occasionally a papaya if we're lucky...
@@-jank-willson I think that was Tesco, but a long time ago. Not much in the way of new fruit now.
@@pattheplanter Oh, you must be from the UK. No Tesco in US. Maybe other types of fruit are more common in the UK than US
It's amazing how many fruits and vegetables exist that the average person hasn't ever heard of.
Thank you for sharing these! It sort of expands our world.
What an interesting fruit! It looks like a papaya had a baby with a cacoa pod
I was thinking starfruit and papaya baby
I guess we'll have to performe a DNA test to find who the parents are. Ooh yeah, and you better contact dr. Phill.
I usually cheat on a drug test by writing the answers on my forearm and wearing a long sleeve shirt to hide it.
Last time I was scheduled for a drug test, I asked the tech if I could pace myself and test no more than four on the first day. She said the test was for all drugs and had to be done with one little needle. Sounded a bit careless to me...how the hell was I going to give a reliable review if I can't tell the colors from the sounds? 💉💊⚰🔮
I was so ready for it to be a genius discovery moment 😂😂😂
Hahahaha, same 🤣
For the Missing flavor try something with Tannin. Cranberry, Tamarind, Pomegranate. or strongly brewed black tea
Regarding papain enzymes: I was incredibly lucky to have a stay at a relative's house in Hawaii. We bought papaya every morning for breakfast. I was peeling and preparing it everyday and within three days my hands were also peeling. The skin comes off like sunburn if you have too much papine exposure on your hands.
Same thing with pineapples, they contain bromelaine that also digests proteines. Can also be used as meat tenderizer.
Wow interesting.. I just ate my first babaco and my lips are on fire, very tasty fruit but damn feels like I've dipped my lips in acid 🤣😅😬
I love babaco. When we lived in Ecuador, the only way it was used where we lived was for making juice. Pulp, water, and a little sugar in a blender. It ends up really creamy with a fantastic flavor. One of my favorite juices. It won’t grow well here in Florida unless it’s grafted onto papaya rootstock, due to nematodes.
Try adding beneficial nematodes to your soil to combat the bad ones
Thanks for answering the question I was wondering about.
Everything tropical grows in Florida
"Stinking up my room with good things" I can't- 😭
Ecuadorian here, can confirm on the meat tenderizing properties of papain. Some grandmas used to rub meat with a piece of babaco before cooking, often for barbecues.
Creepy Crawlers weren't edible, but there was a related product called Dr. Dreadful that WAS... and I had it, and it was ALL AMAZING... literally some of the most delicious and addicting candy I've ever had, all presented in the form of lovely stuff like frankenstein snot and skeleton brains. Now I'm having a nostalgia trip and badly wanting something similar to any of that stuff lmao
Creepy Crawlers had a sister product called the Incredible Edible toy in 1968. I used to love those two toys. The Incredible Edible toy candy tasted like Swedish Fish candy. I bet the candy goop was highly nutritious and it tasted so very delicious 🤣🤣🤣
I remember that shit. There was like the spider eggs and stuff tooo
@@peewhocantbeaimed6954 don't know if children should be having edibles (:
@@peewhocantbeaimed6954 I have been wondering what those tasted like for more than 50 years. Thank you! Made my day. =D
Lol they still make dr.dreadful. It’s call zombie lab had to look it up.
Ahh yes my aunty grew these in Tauranga New Zealand back in the 90's and we had them sliced and dipped in sugar, very refreshing in summer. Very hard to find plants now and not sold in supermarkets or anywhere as they dont store well if not kept in the fridge.
Send me your email or facebook link I have one potted up, Waiuku area
Just bought a house in Papamoa and we have one growing in the garden here. Got a few fruit on the tree, the fruit is still a very dark green colour, hopefully they eventually ripen 🤷😅
We peel ours and slice across. With a bit of ice cream yum! And yes smaller and not hollow.
I am gonna tell you about some kind of pumpkin/watermelon like, this fruit is native fron the andes region it is the "Sambo" with that fruit you can do "dulce de Sambo", soups, with the seeds you can toast them and do delicious sauces.
"Popeye... Papain... Popeye... Papain... Popeye... Papain... " 😁
I always knew that Popeye is a cheater with those muscular biceps, now I know why. :)))
to be fair, your palate is much more diversified than most. 7:30
So excited for this episode!! Never got to try the babaco while I was in Ecuador as the one I bought got all mushy in my pack. Thank you Jared & Nate!
My aunt managed to grow these in Texas, and my parents were ecstatic to eat some. I think it's one of the fruits they miss the most from Ecuador.
I’ve grown babaco here in Melbourne, Australia for many years (not commercially) and I’ve never seen any trace of seeds inside. I’m guessing that the grower has papaya growing nearby and these seeds are a result of a bit of cross pollination : Babaco don’t exist in the wild as they are seedless. -propagation is by cuttings and is easy to do. I’ve read that in Ecuador, they are a common backyard tree and are usually juiced with oranges for flavour balance.
Oh interesting about the seeds!
@@WeirdExplorer I don’t entirely understand how it works but, some supposedly seedless citrus may also develop seeds of grown with other citrus
Yeah, it’s super rare for them to have seeds. It almost never happens, any of those seedlings would be a completely different fruit from babaco and be something different depending on the parent. Nate has a big papaya collection and maybe Julie mountain papaya crossed with it or a different species. They would be random crossing over events between a 3 species cross and it’s should be super heterozygous, with lots of mixed traíts from the different parents. Oak leaf papaya or papaya berry could be a parent too, that’s a good one to try. Often interspecies crosses have an odd number chromosomes and it makes them unable to produce offspring with either parent.
I live in Ecuador and I love this fruit! I recommend to make juice out of it, be sure you use the ripe end of the babaco because it will taste more sour if it's not ripe.
Also, I didn't know babaco was an hybrid :0 thanks for the info, your channel is amazing.
That looks like a starfruit-sugar daddy.
Quick, somebody get a hold of Hank Scorpio
You've been sitting on this Mr. Scorpion joke since you started this channel. Admit it.
How did that Simpsons reference ever find a way to get practical use in the real world?
What are you refering to?
@@rugvedkulkarni1593 "They're juicy and full of papain. Makes you strong like Popeye. Popeye, papain. Popeye, papain. See? Same thing. Same- Uh, forget it. How are you? I'm Hank Scorpio" - "You Only Move Twice" the second episode of The Simpsons' eighth season
I knew I’d heard this before…
You know it’s a banger when weird explorer uploads B)
Super entertaining review! and big congrats on the 250k
“Not wild about the texture of that snot.”.
At least that is what I think he said. My favorite line so far.
At least it is what I heard. I really enjoy this show.
Feijoa is a favourite of mine. I'd love to try this one.
I had to look away when you sampled the "snot" I'm still laughing! Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for the tip about the drug test.
It never worked for most drugs and has been known to analysts for over 15 years. They will not be fooled by putting meat tenderiser in your sample. The best way to fool a drug test is to not take any drugs or get a job somewhere that does not require them.
@@pattheplanter while true. I thought the idea was eating a lot of the papain?
You didn't hear it from him.
@@kyrab7914 When eaten papain would only affect the substances with it in the gut. It is not absorbed and will not affect any other organs.
@@pattheplanter neat, TIL
The variety of babaco we have in Nz is full of juicy fruit flesh not hollow ☺️thats probably the missing flavour 😊
The nod and "...nope" made me laugh out loud!
most things on this channel are extremely interesting but id usually never have easy access to them, this however i must try. super glad you shared it 👍
will it ketchup tho ?
Really enjoy your videos keep it up sir
congrats on 250k!!!! also, had my first tamarillo the other day, it was DELICIOUS, I am going to attempt to grow the seeds
They are frost-tender
Good luck! Let me know how they turn out
How do you not have more subs you are so effortlessly entertaining
oh my god, you are chalk full of Simpsons references and I love it. Love the reference to hank scorpio from the Simpson episode "you only move twice" at 1:10
That’s so cool! I’d never even heard of these.
That's a beautiful fruit
3:27 ... excellent nerdy spectacles Weird Explorer... complete with the classic sticky tape!
In NZ in many Auckland suburbs Feijoa is used as the street trees. We call them "the people's fruit". We pronounce it Fee-joy-ah. We make crumble, jams, juices and all kinds of other things with it. We also have a lot of mountain papaya (which we call pawpaw). It gives off a strong smell when the fruits are ripe. Lots of people don't like them, but many do. I think it is the musky smell.
Also that papaya looks like the offspring of a dragon fruit and mountian papaya lol.
That head nod after mixing both papaya and babaco and saying "nope" had me laughing!😅
Late 1960's after school, meal on the front veranda overlooking the Lismore NSW valley; desert - chopped PawPaw (Papaya) with lemon juice and sugar on top, watching My Favorite Martian. Great times and memories.
Hank Scorpio really missed an opportunity to provide some papaya in his welcome basket to the Simpsons.
I've had a normal papaya, and I couldn't wat much because it hurt my tongue too much, and it was a little bland. I had a sunrise papaya, and that tasted really good and didn't hurt me. I think this would hurt me too much.
Good that you know you are sensitive to these fruit enzymes!
Gotta love the bamboos nice music choice.
Congratulations, It's an excelent content. You should taste taxo which is so delicious. It's an exotic fruit that you can mix with milk and little sugar. You can find it here in Ecuador in highlands clould forest. Most of the time is consumed in the breakfast with a peace of toast bread.
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The juice seeds and snot is the best part 😆
Another informative video thanks. I have grown Babaco in Victoria , Australia successfully until it got ringbarked by my son.
Sumac is in season right now. It would be an easy video and quite accessible to your viewers
grown here in new zealand, northland, bay of plenty, nelson/tasman areas.
fruit use to be in supermarkets, But is now mainly exported.
Wow, seeds are fairly rare. Usually they don’t have any seeds.
Makes sense, since hybrids are almost always sterile!
When you describe the taste of one exotic fruit by comparing it to other exotic fruits, I have to say that I'm even more lost. Pineapple and creepy crawlers makes much more sense. :D
I once dried out and grounded the seeds of a papaya. They have a pleasant mildly peppery taste! I really wish I could try all these different relatives 🤤
If you eat them fresh, they pop and still taste peppery. You really need to search for some of these fruits here in Canada.
@@sandrastreifel6452 that’s funny, my husband is from Canada and he never had a papaya till he moved down here. They’re in pretty much every supermarket in the US!
"So the first thing that I'm gonna do is scraps out some of this Snot on the inside" 🤣 I think I may love these videos too much
Babaco, papaya and lime?
Hi! Good to sees you.
Sounds exactly like when you buy strawberries at the store. They almost always needs to have sugar sprinkled on them to actually taste strawberries. If you grow them yourself in a quite cold climate, they usually don't need it though. Damn... your videos make me want to taste (almost) everything you review! It's so sad that you can't get 95% of it in northern Sweden. But we have loads of cloudberries and arctic brambles at least :D
So i normally don’t want to recommend different fruits and all that, but have you heard of the kukui nut? It’s a very important nut that is a part of hawaii’s history and i thought you should know that it is in fact a fruit and it tastes incredible! I would love to see an episode of you exploring not just the fruit but also the different properties it has because i see lots of posts on the internet talking about how the nut is used alot as well as the actual plant, but never about the fruit itself.
Excellent Simpsons reference. One of my favorite episodes.
I neved had papaya and this video really made me want to try it
I've also heard them called champagne fruit because the flesh can taste 'fizzy'. I managed to grow a babaco here in the UK and I must admit it did seem to be fizzy. Certainly was extremely juicy
I wonder if that’s because it’s gone slightly fermented. I’ve had fruit be slightly fizzy tasting because that exact thing has started to happen. Not intentionally though, and it wasn’t great.
"They're juicy and full of papain. Makes you strong like Popeye. Popeye, papain. Popeye, papain. See? Same thing. Same- Uh, forget it. How are you? I'm Hank Scorpio" - "You Only Move Twice" the second episode of The Simpsons' eighth season
Your jazzy organ music reminds me of chowder.
I really hope one of these days I get to try one of the fruits that you have recommended
Hi We grow them in NZ , the wife`s favorite is Babaco mised with Avocado and a teaspoon or two of honey- to be fair she hated Babaco for a few years then tried this and has never looked back
Ok where abouts in NZ are you. I want to get hold of some fruit! I'm in Hamilton and cant get them to grow here with the frosts and all. Maybe in glasshouse I could have some luck.
Your knife skills still need a little work, but it's nice to see it sharp for once!
sounds like honey melon and babaco salad would be an amazing dessert.
Just a little bit of sugar, you know, just 20% by volume.
🤣ikr? Such a tiny glass!
Sugar isnt bad for you unless you are diabetic or have a genetic history of diabetes. Diabetes is primarily caused by obesity and not simply eating "too much sugar".
Sugar has about the same calories as any other carbohydrate, but is released quicker, so can make you eat more than you normally would, but thats about it.
Of course drinking sugar is probably a bad idea simply due to the calories in it, again same as stuff like coca cola where its very easy to get too many calories.
@@OsirusHandle You are so wrong it hurts.
@@OsirusHandle big false
@@garmancathotmailcom How so? You do know that 100% of all carbs you consume are converted directly into sugar right? Are you saying the human body cant digest carbohydrates?
While in Panama I had the great pleasure of eating a fresh tree-ripened Papaya. After only eating the bland-tasting green-picked ones we get here in the states it was a wonderful sugar-sweet surprise! All the fresh produce I tasted in Panama was that kind of delight.
🙀never had an actual "sour" soursop! It was ridiculously sweet, like cotton candy, both times. Also, much stickier than cotton candy.
Me too I find souraop is not really sour, but if you compare to sugarsop or sugarapple /swet cheeimoya it's a little bit sour but just a little bit, so yeah ripe soursop acty has low sourness and it's one of my favorite fruit ☺️
It needs to be ketchupfied
Will It Hollandaise?
@@sdfkjgh Wouldn't that just be a fruit curd?
@@chnhakk: I have no idea, will it? I've never made Hollandaise sauce or fruit curd, so I have no idea. I just wanna see what happens. I also wanna continue the meme.
Most fruits do!
Score! Keep on keeping on
Should do the try it ripe & green. I much prefer this one green, made in a green papaya salad style (mint, basil, chilli, soya sauce & a squeeze of lime).
You should do a video ranking the most sour fruit you've ever tried.
Yeah Nate!
7:35
Wow!! Blast from my past..
I've been wanting to see you try Babaco since the mountain papaya episode....
It looks like a huge mountain papaya!
2:20 enzym in it that can break down protein , cause burning sensation
Ive never been a fan of papaya. I cant remember the taste off hand, since its been years since Ive last had it. But I remember really not enjoying it when I tried it last. But you with lime, huh? Might be worth revisiting.
I don't know how you can remember all the fruit you've tried plus how they taste. I know I wouldn't be able to do it. I do like your videos and appreciate your knowledge about fruit.
Just something to take out of context
"I'm not wild about the texture of the snot"
I think I like Papaya with grated pecan more than lime juice, and it's an even better combination with a Papaya that has hints of maple syrup.
Nice
I've never seen a papaya either, only dried cubes of it in the health food shop
The babcao pass the test
Not first! But here! YAYYYY for insomnia and Weird Fruit Explorer! 🤩
weird explorer's videos are like the only good thing abt having insomnia
Oof. Had those days. Hope you get some sleep fam
@@somethinginthewalls388 word lmao
@@kyrab7914 thank u, i appreciate it. i hope so too :’)
86,000 views on this one. Good work dude
I love it when you call me big papain
(You got a fruit up in your waist, please don’t eat up the place) cuz I see some seeds out there that should be growing my tree-ay
Omg lmao creepy crawlers 😂 I forgot about those 7:31
Papaya always gave me indigestion but that does sound interesting to try
Jared: I have a little criticism for this fruit...
God: How you dare?!
LOL
Well to be fair this is a hybrid, so it'd be more like criticizing the folks (Amerindians, I'm guessing by the location) who selectively bred it.
It is good because grows in cold climates.
Love the furniture
id like to try babaco papaya and orange juiced together
Damn the product placement ad was so unexpected i feel like I've said this before and compared you to Linus tech tips lol🤣