Comments on: Don't try this at home

By: Digger

Digger — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:57:58 +0000

Wow! from what i've notice so far is that you ate the bad one, its over ripe, and golly gosh i am quite sure the taste wasnt particularly nice!, i'd encourage you to try again, find the balinese variant and Pondoh variant, so far i liked them the best, hard texture, creamy skin color, and a blend of strawberry and pineapple all together, yummy, where to find one here in fiji is any one guess....

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:04:50 +0000

As someone else pointed out, the fruit you ate was over-ripe and had gone bad. If you do a web search for snake skin fruit you'll see what a fresh one should look like. Even an apple tastes bad in that state.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:48:41 +0000

I'm not sure if the originator had a bad one or what but the taste of those I ate in Indonesia were similar to what one would expect from a blend of an apple and strawberry. The texture was more like a med. texture pear. I absolutely LOVE these things!

By: rob

rob — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:28:59 +0000

When this fruit is ripe- it is white and crunchy -with a taste like a pineapple crossed with a lemon. It is slightly astringent. It is not brown like the photo. That one looks old and rotten . It is a very healthy fruit everyone would like.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:23:25 +0000

Sorry, I had forgotten two important words. Here goes again:

Just talked to my daughter who is presently in Bali. She was extremely enthusiastic about snake fruits, loved it, and said the taste reminded her of strawberries.

By: Diane Louie

Diane Louie — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:33:22 +0000

March 2008 I tried a snake fruit for the first time in Hong Kong. My uncle warned me about it. It was crunchy and stinky. Almost smelled rotten. Was it not ripe yet? or just one that was off?