Dragon fruit

[Jacinta (Australian)]

Hello lovelies what do you guys think of dragon fruit ? Worth it in small amounts or wouldn’t risk it ? Would it be safe to add some to Greek yoghurt with berries ???
I’m only asking because my fiancée ending up buying me one and asked if I can eat it and I basically said don’t know never tried it to be honest .

 

[Gwynn]

Hi, seems to be low calorie, low fat, low protein and carbohydrate at 13g per 100g of fruit.

However, it may be ok for you or it may not be. You would need to test before and 2 hrs after eating one to see. Everyone is different on how they react to foods.

Personally, I have never tried one. Do let us know what you think and how it goes for you.

 

[Leadinglights]

They are a fruit not too common in the UK but carb wise they are about the same as mango which we think of as a high carb fruit, but the best thing to do is try it. They look nice but not sure what they taste like.

 

[rebrascora]

I bought one once, long before I was diagnosed and remember being extremely unimpressed. Maybe the one I had was under ripe or just a tasteless variety. It looked spectacular of course being such a pretty pink but my recollection is of it being like a very slightly sweet mild radish... mostly watery and not worth the effort, certainly not the huge price I paid for the privilege of trying something new and exotic!!
I am very surprised if they have the same carbs as a mango.... Given the choice I would take mango every time. At least you get flavour with your carbs then. Maybe I just had a bad experience..... Hope yours is delicious Jacinta and how lovely of your fiancee to be so thoughtful as to buy you one.
You should know by now that no one can tell you how your body will respond and the only thing which will tell you is to eat some and test. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

 

[Leadinglights]

I bought one once, long before I was diagnosed and remember being extremely unimpressed. Maybe the one I had was under ripe or just a tasteless variety. It looked spectacular of course being such a pretty pink but my recollection is of it being like a very slightly sweet mild radish... mostly watery and not worth the effort, certainly not the huge price I paid for the privilege of trying something new and exotic!!
I am very surprised if they have the same carbs as a mango.... Given the choice I would take mango every time. At least you get flavour with your carbs then. Maybe I just had a bad experience..... Hope yours is delicious Jacinta and how lovely of your fiancee to be so thoughtful as to buy you one.
You should know by now that no one can tell you how your body will respond and the only thing which will tell you is to eat some and test. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

Gwynn said they were 13g carb per 100g which is about what C & C says mango is at 13.75g carb per 100g.
My first experience with an avocado was not good but it was way under ripe. Love then now with balsamic and bit of olive oil.

 

[rebrascora]

Gwynn said they were 13g carb per 100g which is about what C & C says mango is at 13.75g carb per 100g.
My first experience with an avocado was not good but it was way under ripe. Love then now with balsamic and bit of olive oil.

Maybe that is where I went wrong! Balsamic and cheese can improve most foods in my opinion.

The price tag alone was enough to put me off ever trying again and I think the one I bought was probably reduced to clear and still about £2 and that was more than 10 years ago, but I was beguiled by the colour and it's exotic name.... and supposedly getting a bargain! I wouldn't even know how to tell if it was ripe or not....I wasn't even sure how to eat it... like do you peel it... eat it raw or stew it etc.
At least with an avocado you can tell by feeling them if they are ripe, but then if I knew more about Dragon Fruit it is probably possible to tell. Think I will stick to raspberries which are my favourite and rhubarb if it ever makes it through the mountain of horse manure I buried it under! 😱

 

[Drummer]

@ rebrascora as long as it was not fresh manure which would have cooked the root in the ground, it ought to come up with a vengeance. In the first year you need to leave around 1/2 to 1/3rd of the stalks so it can get established, and not take every single stick in subsequent years but rhubarb used to grow abundantly in my home town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

 

[rebrascora]

@ rebrascora as long as it was not fresh manure which would have cooked the root in the ground, it ought to come up with a vengeance. In the first year you need to leave around 1/2 to 1/3rd of the stalks so it can get established, and not take every single stick in subsequent years but rhubarb used to grow abundantly in my home town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Thanks for the advice but my rhubarb patch is almost certainly older than I am (58) and I am not even sure my Dad established it.... perhaps his Uncle Mark who lived here before I was born. It is the size of a small forest by early summer....to the point that I could probably supply the whole village with rhubarb.
I tip several barrow loads of manure onto it every winter although the chickens usually scatter the muck and spread it around. This year it has been left piled up more as the chickens are confined to coop due to bird flu restrictions. I started to spread it about a bit myself but I caught a couple of crowns and broke them off.... Not a big deal in the scheme of things as they are so numerous.... but decided it might be best to let them "force" their way through it rather than risk any further damage. It really grows like a weed here but then it gets fed well and I have more than enough manure to give it plenty. I find it surprising that commercial rhubarb growers dig it out and replace it after so many years as this stuff is still pretty sweet and tender right up to late summer, even after 50 odd years in the same place.
It may also be relevant that the soak away from my sewage treatment plant is not far away so it probably gets fed from below as well as above, although that has only been a feature for the past 25 years! I do find that it is less likely to seed if it is buried each year under a mound of manure. I think it enables the crowns to continually grow upwards.

 

[Jacinta (Australian)]

So I ended up eating some of the dragon fruit today with strawberries and black berries and Greek yoghurt , the dragon fruit was an weird taste to say the least . My fiancée , his dad and I went on a 2 km hike up the mountains and it was cold but hell I enjoyed it . So we drove up to the mountains and then went on a 2km walking track so I’m hoping my sugars did go down but I tell you what , I’m calf’s (legs) we’re burning on the way up and jelly like on the way down . I love hiking as it’s a great way to exercise and chill out your blood sugars . We only got back at 6:30pm tonight and it’s 7:54pm at the moment so not that long ago but I enjoyed it so so much .

Unfortnately as it’s getting to winter we are in spring at the moment the berries start getting expensive and I’ll have to buy frozen . Fresh blue berries are over $7 . I didn’t see the raspberries , the strawberries are $3 on special and blackberries are $4 . That’s them being fresh though . Fresh is like $4 or $5 they still do the same job 🙂 just have to put them in a 1 cup and let them sit in hot water to defrost .


I will say I probably won’t buy an dragon fruit again , I think I was more curious about it and it was on special at the time , I always wanted to try it but I don’t think I’ll ever go out and buy again .

 

[Eddy Edson]

Berry prices going up, days getting shorter - winter slouches nearer ...

 

[rebrascora]

Berry prices going up, days getting shorter - winter slouches nearer ...

What I didn't realise until I was talking to a friend who moved to Australia (I hadn't given it any thought until then) is that even in summer, your days are relatively short compared to ours.

Frozen berries are fine for the winter although I sometimes treat myself to fresh raspberries from Spain or Morocco. My rationale is that spending money on a treat like fresh raspberries is better than spending it on chocolates or alcohol.

 

[Eddy Edson]

What I didn't realise until I was talking to a friend who moved to Australia (I hadn't given it any thought until then) is that even in summer, your days are relatively short compared to ours.

Frozen berries are fine for the winter although I sometimes treat myself to fresh raspberries from Spain or Morocco. My rationale is that spending money on a treat like fresh raspberries is better than spending it on chocolates or alcohol.

Shorter in summer, longer in winter - I think!

I never see fresh raspberries or blackberries here in winter at all. They're ridiculously expensive even in season here but I've gotten used to paying up.

 

[Leadinglights]

What I didn't realise until I was talking to a friend who moved to Australia (I hadn't given it any thought until then) is that even in summer, your days are relatively short compared to ours.

Frozen berries are fine for the winter although I sometimes treat myself to fresh raspberries from Spain or Morocco. My rationale is that spending money on a treat like fresh raspberries is better than spending it on chocolates or alcohol.

My OH got some 'blueberries' out of the freezer this morning and thawed them out but they turned out to be sloes we had frozen intending to make some sloe gin. What a shock when I bit into it and found a stone, then I remembered.
I thought we couldn't have had so many blueberries that we would have been able to freeze such a huge bag.

 

[rebrascora]

My OH got some 'blueberries' out of the freezer this morning and thawed them out but they turned out to be sloes we had frozen intending to make some sloe gin. What a shock when I bit into it and found a stone, then I remembered.
I thought we couldn't have had so many blueberries that we would have been able to freeze such a huge bag.

Hope you didn't break a tooth. Those sloes can be pretty bitter too.... Yuk!

 

[Jacinta (Australian)]

What I didn't realise until I was talking to a friend who moved to Australia (I hadn't given it any thought until then) is that even in summer, your days are relatively short compared to ours.

Frozen berries are fine for the winter although I sometimes treat myself to fresh raspberries from Spain or Morocco. My rationale is that spending money on a treat like fresh raspberries is better than spending it on chocolates or alcohol.

I’ve gone to frozen berries as it’s almost winter but I did treat myself to fresh strawberries . The fresh ones are going to get expensive as .

 

[Jacinta (Australian)]

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Shorter in summer, longer in winter - I think!

I never see fresh raspberries or blackberries here in winter at all. They're ridiculously expensive even in season here but I've gotten used to paying up.

Ive literally gone to frozen as it’s hell expensive . Blue berries are $7.30 . Raspberries went poof and blackberries are still around same with strawberries but it won’t be long until they get way expensive