Bought a few guavas from local farmer's market. As they sat in my kitchen ripening over the last week, their fragrance was so intoxicating. The only other fruit I've had with such an intense fragrance were Indian mangoes. They were finally ripe enough to start trying them today. I chilled them them and cut into them tonight and they were so BLAND. They had none of the wonderful tropical flavor of a bottled guava nectar. The contrast between the beautiful fragrance and bland, tasteless flavor was so disappointing. Is this par for the course with fresh guavas or did I just get a bad batch?
Cook them. Make them in syrup, it's a very rich flavor, with a great perfum. They are like quinces, they gain an adorable taste once you cook them
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 27, 2020 4:25 AM |
Cook them. Make them in syrup, it's a very rich flavor, with a great perfum. They are like quinces, they gain an adorable taste once you cook them
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 27, 2020 4:25 AM |
One must walk on the Napali trail and pluck them from overhanging trees and suck their juice. I have never tasted such wonder guavas as those I plucked while hiking Napali.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 27, 2020 4:47 AM |
R1 - perhaps, but I was just interested in enjoying the fresh fruit.
R3 - that sounds amazing, but for now, I'll need to settle for the farmers market.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 27, 2020 4:56 AM |
They lack guavitas.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 27, 2020 4:57 AM |
[quote] One must walk on the Napali trail and pluck them from overhanging trees and suck their juice. I have never tasted such wonder guavas as those I plucked while hiking Napali.
R3 you forgot to add the part about Moussaka and Making Looovvvvve . . .
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 27, 2020 5:39 AM |
Manigoes ripen to flavor after bring picked. Unfortunately, guavas need to ripen on the vine. They are delicious in tropical counties but when we get them in the US, they’re old and still not ripe. By the time the rind is perfumed, the inner fruit essences are used up.
If there were demand here and we grew them with expertise in Cali or Florida, they could be great.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 27, 2020 7:05 AM |