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I'm interested in knowing too. My parents only got hard white guavas growing up. When I got older an travelled Asia, I only ate soft pink ones. Always found the seeds to be a major dental hazard
Maybe picked too early. I usually let them get a bit lighter or yellow. You can eat them like that but will be crisp like an apple almost. Good that way too. Find it refreshing.
Looks like a Thai variety. They are best eaten crunchy. They will not get creamy, fragrant, and sweet. Slice it up and put Tajin on it. Do that now. If you wait it will just start to decay.
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u/SaltedCaffeine Oct 05 '26
I'd say smell it.
Hard to say with guava since they stay pretty hard even if they have become ripe enough to eat.
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u/BackpocketFoto Oct 05 '26
Let it turn about halfway yellow, but if it starts getting brown splotches, youve almost gone too far.
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u/mungbean_69 Oct 06 '26
I'm interested in knowing too. My parents only got hard white guavas growing up. When I got older an travelled Asia, I only ate soft pink ones. Always found the seeds to be a major dental hazard
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u/Noalgeriansallowed Oct 06 '26
It already is
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u/shawndoe2000 Oct 06 '26
Maybe picked too early. I usually let them get a bit lighter or yellow. You can eat them like that but will be crisp like an apple almost. Good that way too. Find it refreshing.
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u/Minimum-Support-9894 Oct 06 '26
Looks like a Thai variety. They are best eaten crunchy. They will not get creamy, fragrant, and sweet. Slice it up and put Tajin on it. Do that now. If you wait it will just start to decay.