Tropical fruit can look intimidating when you have never opened one before. What do you do with the spiky ones? How do you know when a fruit is ripe? Which part do you eat? And what is the easiest way to cut it without making a complete mess?
We are here to make tropical fruit easy.
At Jessie’s Tropical Fruit Farm, we grow, harvest, taste and enjoy tropical fruit every day. In our Tropical Fruit How-To videos, we show you exactly how to open and eat some of our favorite tropical fruits, straight from the farm.
You will see how to cut fruits such as mangosteen, lychee, longan, sapodilla, passionfruit, dragon fruit, mango and jackfruit, along with tips for knowing when each fruit is ready to eat.
Some tropical fruits are best enjoyed when they are perfectly ripe and sweet. Others can be eaten at different stages of ripeness and used in completely different ways. Jackfruit, for example, can be enjoyed as a sweet fruit when ripe or prepared while young for savory dishes.
Our goal is to take the mystery out of tropical fruit so you can feel confident choosing, cutting and enjoying fruits you may have never tried before.
Each page includes a video from our farm along with helpful information about the fruit, how to tell when it is ready, and the easiest way to open and enjoy it.
Whether you are discovering tropical fruit for the first time or you already love these unusual and delicious fruits, we hope these guides help you enjoy them even more.
Explore the Tropical Fruit How-To guides below and learn how to get the most out of your next tropical fruit.
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