DonRocks Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/6/2018 at 4:33 PM, Simul Parikh said: Definitely try Rasa Grill! It’s also in a different space. Is anyone else in the DC area using jackfruit yet??? Le Mirch is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlingtonkabob Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 So is Bistro1521, Rasika West End, Great Sage just to name a few.. (My vendors love to fill me in on the newest (not so newest) items restaurants are using.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Bindaas also has it as part of their Bindaas Salad (along with mango, papaya, and chickpeas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I bought a piece of Jack Fruit and I was so intimidated that it rotted before I dug in. Saw too many videos of oiling my hands and knife to get the fruit out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simul Parikh Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Alright fine. It’s basically Brussels sprouts now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelumbo Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I'm pretty sure Manila Mart in Beltsville has jackfruit dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smita Nordwall Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 7:10 AM, Simul Parikh said: Alright fine. It’s basically Brussels sprouts now. So I saw "young jackfruit" in cans at TJ's today... foodie trend OVER! My grand mothers will be over joyed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbee Nayee Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 15 hours ago, Smita Nordwall said: So I saw "young jackfruit" in cans at TJ's today... foodie trend OVER! My grand mothers will be over joyed! I had TJ's jackfruit-in-the-can. It was semi-tasteless with a sour finish. If that's what jackfruit really tastes like, I'll pass.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIShGo Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Kibbee Nayee said: I had TJ's jackfruit-in-the-can. It was semi-tasteless with a sour finish. If that's what jackfruit really tastes like, I'll pass.... I bought this on a whim the last time I was at TJ's. It is sitting in my pantry, unopened, because I don't know what to do with it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbee Nayee Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 5 hours ago, DIShGo said: I bought this on a whim the last time I was at TJ's. It is sitting in my pantry, unopened, because I don't know what to do with it... Not sure I would actually recommend this, but area food banks take canned goods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 20 hours ago, DIShGo said: I bought this on a whim the last time I was at TJ's. It is sitting in my pantry, unopened, because I don't know what to do with it... Make Es Teler or Es Campur!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIShGo Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, ktmoomau said: Make Es Teler or Es Campur!!! Mmmm. Es Teler sounds good! I'll give it a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smita Nordwall Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 24 minutes ago, ktmoomau said: Make Es Teler or Es Campur!!! Not with the canned jackfruit. These call for ripe jackfruit, which is sweet. The canned stuff is young or unripe jackfruit which is suitable only for savory dishes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Smita Nordwall said: Not with the canned jackfruit. These call for ripe jackfruit, which is sweet. The canned stuff is young or unripe jackfruit which is suitable only for savory dishes. This sounds like a parallel situation with cooking bananas: Most of us are familiar with "a side order of platanos" at Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa houses, which are mushy and fairly sweet (the platanos; not the Pollo a la Brasa houses), but certain countries - I'm thinking Panama - use unripe plaintains in cooked dishes quite a bit, and they are pretty awesome. Matt's first nanny was from Panama, and man could she cook - she used unripe platanos all the time. I also made the mistake of taking her family out to Rio Grande for ceviche - you've never seen such "polite looks of disgust" in your life (I've since learned that the worst ceviche in coastal Panama is pretty much better than anything we can get here). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandynva Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 There's a number of Indian Jain dishes that use unripe bananas or plantains instead of potatoes. I think they're only OK, but then again I really like potatoes and dislike the hints of sweet sometimes plantains have tjs also has a curry-I think it's thai-in the freezer section that uses jackfruit. I've never had cooked jackfruit before and it didn't impress me, but I realize it might have a lot to do with the application there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I've seen a few different preps of it at Whole Foods in vacuum bags in the refrigerated section -- BBQ, Tex-Mex, something else. Tried one and it was okay but nothing special. I think it was the Tex-Mex flavor. It tasted mostly of lime & cilantro; the jackfruit was more of a texture than a flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterriffs Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Blue Pit BBQ in Baltimore has jackfruit tacos as its token vegetarian item on the menu and, which, from what I understand, is the only good item on the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I gotta say that it's apparently a love-it-or-hate-it fruit. I've always loved its tropical esters, but it turns out that gubeen doesn't. So when I brought home one of those quarter-fruit chunks from an Asian supermarket, she complained about the heady aroma, and I ended up eating it all by myself. She's lucky that I'm not so keen on durian! And it wasn't nearly as messy as I had feared. I'd previously only had canned jackfruit, and my South Asian friends had told me all sorts of stories about its stickyness and using oil, or taking it apart submerged in water, but ultimately I ended up hovering over the sink with the chunk of fruit and pigging out over a few sessions. Here's the thing - you're only eating the ripe arils surrounding each seed, which resemble juicy multilayered flower petals, but the whole damn "fruit" is actually a "multiple fruit" of arils surrounding their respective seeds. The chunk I chose must have ended up being something like 90% ripe jackfruit by volume; there was little more than the outer hull remaining when it was over. Pluck out a drupe, pop out the seed, eat, eat some more arils that you missed, repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 19 hours ago, ol_ironstomach said: I gotta say that it's apparently a love-it-or-hate-it fruit. I've always loved its tropical esters, but it turns out that gubeen doesn't. More exactly, they're Polynesian esters. Polyesters for short. Sorry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Lesson from today’s jackfruit: Tecnu outdoor hand wash, commonly used to remove poison ivy oils from skin after unintended contact, is also effective for washing jackfruit latex off your hands. --- Jackfruit (Katya4me) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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