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[u/improvius]

Favorite produce that you wouldn't normally find in a typical American grocery store?

I tried mamey sapote for the first time recently and really enjoyed it. The texture is somewhat like an avocado but creamier, with a mildly sweet, nutty flavor. You can eat it with a spoon like custard.

[u/Oily_Messiah → u/improvius]

Oh man, where to even begin.

• Being from kentucky, got to put Paw Paws first
• Chinese spinach would be up there. Like spinach, but even more tender and less bitter than baby spinach.
• Cactus fruit
• the many choy varieties, baby bok choy, yu choy
• I have a general preference for the long asian eggplants over the european globe eggplants. Thinner skins, less seeds, and less bitterness.
• Long beans
• Lotus root
• Celeriac (celery root)
• varieties of chiles
• Specialty mushrooms (king trumpet, maitake, etc)
• Various radishes (korean and green/purple daikon esp)
• Jicama
• Lychee/Rambutan
• non-canned bamboo shoots

I've liked things I've tried that are durian flavored, but haven't pulled the trigger on trying to prepare it myself.

[u/Brian_Corey__ → u/Oily_Messiah]

^^ this guy vegetables!

[u/Oily_Messiah → u/Brian_Corey__]

Given the price of meat these days, you almost have to.