My very first to show off (actually my second bunch), 100% California Grown Dwarf Brazilian fruit. I harvested this last 12-02-2006 and placed it under the cupboard and started to turn color about 3 days ago. All fruits ripened under the cupboard this morning, 12-09-2006. This is my second bunch this season, we have finished the first one but did not take pics of those. I still have a late bunch hanging out there in the winter, the tree so far is holding after 14 frosty nights, will try to experiment on that if it will make it through the winter and will report it here if success or the attempt was futile. Meanwhile, celebrate with me on this DB fruits that will exist but for a short while:
The results:
Taste similar to Saba and California Gold when ripened to the same color. But come to think of it, the Dwarf Brazilian has more of the Saba flavor that I remember in the Philippines compared to the Saba fruits sold in Oriental Stores! This seems better to use than the store-bought saba. Dwarf Brazilian fruits are slightly smaller than saba but bigger than California Gold.
When these are microwaved cooked, the DB's taste is not as sweet as that of Saba, but when uncooked and eaten fresh, it seems to be sweeter. This could be due to less amount of amylase which usually sweetens plantain type of bananas when you cook them.
Well, the DB are all gone now, this morning, 12-09-2006, I made tostones out of them and my wife and kids couldn't get enough! They tasted excellent for tostones. So no DB wine for me this year. Perhaps next year.