Feijoas: Can I Touch Your Feijoa in New Zealand?

Feijoas are fruits.  Feijoas have smooth skin something like a mango.

Feijoas are tart and sweet, something like a kiwi.

They don’t have little black seeds like a kiwi, but the flavor is similar.

To me, the word feijoa just sounds dirty.

It’s pronounced:

fuh juh oh uh

So I’ve been making lots of jokes about them.

“Carrie, let me touch the feijoa!”
“We like the flavor of the feijoa.”
“Would you like to lick my feijoa?”

It just sounds like a dirty word.

But the fruit is delicious.

Video coming soon.

From Wikipedia:

The Feijoa (pronounced /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈdʒoʊ.ə/[1], or /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/[2]) (Feijoa sellowiana), also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen (and sometimes mistakenly as Freijoa or Frijoa), is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 1–7 metres (3.3–23 ft) in height, originating from the highlands of southern Brazil and parts of Colombia, Uruguay and northern Argentina. The genus is monotypic.

It is widely cultivated as a garden plant and fruiting tree and is a perennial.

The fruit, maturing in autumn, is green, ellipsoid and about the size of a chicken’s egg. It has a sweet, aromatic flavor. The flesh is juicy and is divided into a clear jelly-like seed pulp and a firmer, slightly gritty, opaque flesh nearer the skin. The fruit drops when ripe, but can be picked from the tree prior to the drop to prevent bruising.

Like the closely-related guava, the fruit pulp has a gritty texture which is used in some natural cosmetic products as an exfoliant. Feijoa fruit have a distinctive smell. The aroma is due to the ester (methyl benzoate) and related compounds.

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