I love Emmy's channel. Everybody is nice in the comments, and there is never any drama. 🙏
@billistics9 ай бұрын
Notice how Emmy made a big deal about washing her Prickly Chayote but didn't wash her dusty cilantro?
@shestewa65819 ай бұрын
How dare you! I have drama with you! How dare you make this comment! You know what I am talking about!!!!! /s
@Fakewokeagenda9 ай бұрын
The roadkill episode was a little dramatic
@ArtByStephenB9 ай бұрын
Right. She has such a way of soothing me. My typical nightly routine is winding down watching extremely disturbing, shocking crime/murder documentaries (LOL) but tonight I am so soothed and thankful for the break from that stuff :P
@Shake_Shark9 ай бұрын
@@Fakewokeagenda Gosh, yeah, that video's comments were volatile for no reason! Emmy was very transparent throughout the whole video, and it's not as if she advocated for everybody to just pick up and eat roadside animals, but some people were still up in arms over the whole thing. Buncha softies, imo- Emmy's a gem and her curious and adventurous eater/ kitchen-goer traits are part of why we enjoy her content.
@HaileyKitty9 ай бұрын
"what does she want? handouts? im busy!" i love emmy lmao
@littlemissmel888 ай бұрын
It's so amazing some of the foods our ancestors saw and said, "yeah, I'm gonna eat that!"
@kareningram60934 ай бұрын
Don't ever change the fruity fruits song, please. I love it!
@Esmenester9 ай бұрын
In mexico, we use to eat them in vegetables soups, also steamed and boiled, just add a little salt and enjoy.
@lauraleeogan75239 ай бұрын
I like to melt a little butter on top while it is hot. I agree that it needs no seasoning except, maybe, a tiny bit of salt. Otherwise the delicate flavor could be obscured.
@adrianaespinosa86477 ай бұрын
Agreed! I add it to a Mexican beef stew and I’ve had it with butter and salt by itself. Glad you did this, Emmie. You’re the best!
@daenas9 ай бұрын
Born and raised on the US and Mexican border and never eaten a chayote squash... Gotta try it now.
@teawithtams65969 ай бұрын
Emmy giving her chickens an attitude is my new favorite thing. p.s. almost 3 million subs!
@bluelikekrishna8 ай бұрын
I had NO idea you could eat that much of the chayote flesh! My old boss taught me how to eat them by just piercing, nuking, adding butter and eating them with a spoon out of the half, but we never dug very far into the flesh and just ate the very innermost parts. I realize now how much of it we must have been wasting. I loved it, haven’t thought to have it again for many years, but your chayote tacos have unlocked a dinner idea! Thanks, Emmy!
@firefoxriouyh65416 ай бұрын
I eat the whole thing😅, with and without skin and seed.
@patriciahetherington33809 ай бұрын
In Australia we call them a choko… they don’t have a lot of flavour if any. But if you are short apples for pie or crumble, you can cook them in with the apples and the flavour of apples will fuse with the choko as they both have the same texture when cooked you can’t tell the difference.
@80sforever39 ай бұрын
How's the price compared to apples?
@nicolevidgen13568 ай бұрын
I love a good choko with cheese sauce. 😊
@Jeni102 ай бұрын
The only thing with prepping chokos is the residue it leaves on your hands, like a film. Better to prep them while wearing food safe gloves. They do have a recognisable flavour just very mild.
@paulahillier13909 ай бұрын
Yay! It's been a long time since we saw a new fruity fruit. ☺️
@sandraarce8109 ай бұрын
Make a simple quesadilla with Queso Oaxaca and then add your chayote and salsa. Yummy! I’ve made this with zucchini for a quick meal.
@scibear99449 ай бұрын
My first thought seeing that was "it looks like a Muppet laid an egg!"😂😂😂
@en1909s9iah9 ай бұрын
here in Brazil there's a traditional Sunday dish called "camarão ensopadinho com chuchu", the vegetable pear is called chuchu here in Brazil. Camarão is shrimp. The dish is a very light soup made with the vegetable pear, tomatoes, cilantro and shrimp, served with a savory custard made with rice flour and coconut cream. It's delicious, and we make it sometimes.
@en1909s9iah9 ай бұрын
The custard is called acaçá and it's set like a flan, and usually molded in a rectangular pan. It's served cold.
@Jhud699 ай бұрын
That sounds so delicious!!
@en1909s9iah9 ай бұрын
@@Jhud69 it is, if you have access to vegetable pear, search for Rita Lobo's recipe, she's like a mix between Nigella and Martha Stewart, a very knowledgeable cook/TV personality here in Brazil.
@esmeraldagreengate43549 ай бұрын
How interesting. In Australia it's called a Choko. It's not eaten a lot here.
@en1909s9iah9 ай бұрын
@@esmeraldagreengate4354 it's considered a very bland vegetable over here, but it's very easy to grow and very abundant (I think because it's native), so it's considered a very cheap, if not bland, vegetable.
@kellym60199 ай бұрын
I love that she says spineless instead of spine free or Spike free I think that is so funny. Love ya Emmy! 😃
@patinpatin129 ай бұрын
When we lived in mexico we had a chayote vine that we called old reliable because it always had chayotes growing on it. I had so many of them thru my childhood, boiled, stir-fried and even some with sugar and milk. 😊😅
@ArtByStephenB9 ай бұрын
I love your short - little - micro - pauses - when you're - tasting stuff lol. It's so cute. You're such a sweet and genuinely kind and warm person. The exact kind of person I wish I had around as a kid. I was always on edge and terrified of the adults around me. Constantly anxious, constantly worried that the adults around me were in a bad mood or mad at me or about something. Fast forward to now and I have a debilitating anxiety disorder and depression- YAY. Sorry- didn't mean to get all deep and overshare LOL. I just wanted to say overall that I bet you are a fantastic and patient mother and your children are very lucky to have such an intelligent, kind, warm, patient, interesting mother. I bet they will grow up to be crazy intelligent with such a diverse and interesting childhood.
@ndb_19826 ай бұрын
You sound like my kid. He's always attempting to judge my mood by my facial expressions. Dude. This is how I look. Chill. You both need to sit down somewhere. The adults are just tired.🙄
@achannel18189 ай бұрын
I just chop them up and put them in a jar of leftover pickle juice. Tastes like a green apple pickle. Very tasty.
@Ty-rz6xy9 ай бұрын
Raw? I really wanna try it Pickled 🤤
@achannel18189 ай бұрын
@@Ty-rz6xy Yes. Raw. Though I've never eaten the spikey kind
@kylemeyer42669 ай бұрын
I grew up with chayote. No need to peel the smooth one. There are also black varieties (dark green) and smaller white ones you should try if you come across them. I love them diced and sauteed with a little onion and finished with a clove of garlic smashed with a pinch of cumin.
@xerk29459 ай бұрын
I love seeing (hearing) your chickens! Your breadfruit video was where I first saw them and now I have five of my own. ❤
@emmymade9 ай бұрын
Chickens are the best, but sometimes their timing could be better. 😆
@xerk29459 ай бұрын
@@emmymade True. They love to scream at very inconvenient times.
@kristinabava87189 ай бұрын
That is my favorite salsa!! It's less tangy once it's chilled!
@ultrarobosaurus9 ай бұрын
I love chayote! My fav way of preparing it is to cut them in half, season with salt and pepper, stuff them with shredded ham and white melty cheese them bake them. Soooo yummy! 🤤
@QueenNemesis3279 ай бұрын
The look of the prickly one made me happy
@emmymade9 ай бұрын
Me too, until I touched it. 😆
@QueenNemesis3279 ай бұрын
@@emmymade 😆😆
@rileymarina44849 ай бұрын
I love being reminded that there are fruits and veggies and cultures that while not familiar to me are very familiar to others! It makes me so happy to remember that the world is so big and I only experience a slice of it! Thank you Emmy!
@kristinparker57459 ай бұрын
I'm doing keto and regular Chayote is a good substitute for Apple desserts. Cook it up and add a little cinnamon and sweetener and you almost can't tell the difference.
@KarenRocha-xw7bq9 ай бұрын
In The region I’m from in Mexico, we boil the spikey chayote too but we eat it as a snack with salt, lime and chile powder. The seed is the best part! As a kid we used to fight over it if we didn’t each get our own.
@livgraham2579 ай бұрын
This is just the best channel on KZbin. I’ll never cook or eat 90% of these things but it’s impossible to be in a bad mood when watching Emmy
@markwatters68759 ай бұрын
In Australia we call the smooth one a Choko. Absolutely beautiful. 👍🇦🇺
@bob0s0629 ай бұрын
New Mexico, USA here. My grandpa called it a porcupine egg. But he was a recluse. I adore your term for it.
@emptyemptiness83728 ай бұрын
Ah yes the choko. It got us through many floods up the back of mullumbimby in the late 80s...only time I ate them.
@guidoylosfreaks9 ай бұрын
That sauce recipe is a classic in Mexican cuisine. Depending on how you cook the tomatillos you can have very different outputs. You can boil them, saute them, roast them, leave them raw or combine them. All of them have different flavours.
@jaimeruiz87799 ай бұрын
I love how Emmy gets so excited when she tries new food, i grew up eating spiky chayotes and seeing her enjoying it for the first time just makes want to eat one too ❤
@diegoquirino81899 ай бұрын
7:20 you can see the flavor kicking in and she has to fight the urge to drink the salsa. Excellent video!!!
@samianader79169 ай бұрын
My mom used to make little chayote boats ⛵️she cut them in half lengthwise, boiled them and then scraped the flesh. You would keep the skin and a little bit of flesh for it not to fall apart. Then you would mash and scramble the scopped flesh on oil, garlic and eggs until egg is cooked. After put mixture back on skin and top with cheese and broil. It is light and delicious. We call this fruit “Tayota” 😊
@abbym99549 ай бұрын
Tomatillos ARE related to tomatoes- both are members of the edible side of the nightshade family, along with potatoes, peppers, gooseberries, and eggplants. There's a third tomato-like fruit in the family, too- the tamarillo, often called the tree tomato!
@maryjanekeneipp66239 ай бұрын
I thought so
@positivepossum139 ай бұрын
My favorite series is back! I never get tired of seeing new fruits!
@valfletcher92859 ай бұрын
Yes! Baton Rouge here.... Militon stuffed is a Thanksgiving dish here in Louisiana. My grandmother called them "Vegetable Pear" . We stuff with seafood dressing.
@yakzivz11049 ай бұрын
that sounds good!!
@kittenwithawhipstan88578 ай бұрын
I’m so happy that all these years later, the outro card is still the same 😊❤
@effiec10149 ай бұрын
I always eat the skin and especially the seed of chayote squash. The seed is so good!!
@StormyTalks9 ай бұрын
Tomatillo is in the nightshade family. So is tomato. They're both related. You know what else is in the nightshade family? Eggplant and potato.
@ericmills98398 ай бұрын
Correct, and they are related to gooseberries as she noted as well.
@oaarbh8 ай бұрын
i think there is some confusion as to what is a gooseberry. True gooseberries are not related to tomatoes at all. they are in the currant family. HOWEVER, there are cape gooseberries also known as goldenberries and they ARE in the tomato/tomatillo family but they are not a true gooseberry
@oakleygermech94988 ай бұрын
@oarrbh is right - true gooseberries are in the family Grossulariaceae, which is more closely related to jade plants and not close to nightshades at all. Cape gooseberries and tomatillos are both in the genus Physalis, in the nightshade family.
@moyetlicious8 ай бұрын
Came to say this!
@an-alechianeathery7708 ай бұрын
Tomatillo are also related to ground cherries/ husk tomato.
@Aure4579 ай бұрын
Hi Emmy, lovely video as usual, I’m from where both the chayote and tomatillo are native plants, you should try the chayote in chicken/beef stock, that’s how we prepare it here (in my family we also stir fry it with chicken and other vegetables). And if it exists in the us you should look for “tomatillo milpero”, it’s the native not artificially selected variant, which in my opinion has a way better taste, also it’s way smaller, kinda like marbles, the farmed tomatillo usually is called “tomate de forro” here.
@JaniceWithTheTarlovCysts9 ай бұрын
I thought my neighbour's cat climbed up onto my balcony and was meowing for me; your chicken really sounded like Luna, the crazy wall climbing cat. 😂
@just4craftsngiggles4549 ай бұрын
lol I thought mine was stuck under my house she’s been known to do that sometimes
@ZannaDanna9 ай бұрын
My own cat perked up his ears, and looked up with concern when he heard it. It does sound like a cat.
@summerf30229 ай бұрын
Omg how funny - I just came to the comments mid-video to see if anyone else wondered if there was a cat meowing in the background because I paused the video at least 3x to listen for my own cats crying somewhere 😂😂😂
@just4craftsngiggles4549 ай бұрын
@@summerf3022 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 same and paused to yell for my husband to see if he heard our cat 🐈
@mrs.beasley19799 ай бұрын
I seriously just got up to open my bedroom door for my cat, Cash. I thought he was calling me LOL. No Cash.....just Emmy's chickens 🤣🤣👏👏
@jenntheamazon8 ай бұрын
It seems like it's been so long since there has been a Fruity Fruits video. Thank you for sharing this little spiked vegetable.
@DarkwaveMistress9 ай бұрын
In Mexico it's really common to eat it in vegetable soup or with cream and salt. I personally despise it lmao but I'm glad that you enjoy it!
@tammyc78989 ай бұрын
Happy Mother's day Emmy, sending love and hugs from Indiana
@Sailortwilight9 ай бұрын
I love Fruity Fruits videos!!! ❤ I love how you describe the taste of things. Thanks Emmy!
@twocvbloke9 ай бұрын
I'd say it's more like a green hedgehog, like it just went for an unintentional swim in an overly algae-bloomed pond... :P
@ElveeKaye9 ай бұрын
I'm just wondering who was the first person to see a vegetable that looks like a squash covered in needly Astro Turf and said, "I'm gonna eat that."
@riverAmazonNZ9 ай бұрын
Tomatillos are definitely related to tomatoes, they are both solanums. You might be thinking of Physalis berries often called “cape gooseberries” but are not realted to true gooseberries which are in the blackcurrant family.
@bunhelsingslegacy35499 ай бұрын
Yep, was looking for someone else to point out that they're in the nightshade family along with tomatoes and ground cherries. (and peppers and potatoes, which is evident when you look at the seeds of all of these, and yes, potatoes can make seed pods, looks like a tiny green tomato, but I've never managed to grow anything from that kind of seed).
@ArtByStephenB9 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. Also... thanks for correcting her without an attitude. I know it's probably weird to thank someone for basic, objective kindness but I've had wayyyyy too much Facebook and KZbin comments lately where people are so goddamn negative and mean. Lol. Emmy and her channel are nothing but positivity and I love it
@AnniCarlsson9 ай бұрын
And psysalis is also in potatoe tomatoe family and chili and paprica All fun facts how they connect. It's like learn cucumber is counted as a berry😂
@coryart9 ай бұрын
Yes Thank you. I was watching the video and when she said that, I'm like, Have I been wrong all this time? I've been telling people that tomatillos, (and Golden Berries/Ground Cherries) are related to tomatoes for a few years now, ever since I discovered Golden Berries.
@diegoquirino81899 ай бұрын
They’re nightshades but so are eggplant and potatoes KNOW IT ALL
@theeyesehaveit7 ай бұрын
You deserve the 3M - dear Emmy. A delight to watch. And you always seem to enjoy - truly enjoy - savoring your prepared creation no matter what it is.
@FishareFriendsNotFood9729 ай бұрын
Spiny Chayote: I am impossible to pick up, I am not sweet, I need to be boiled to be eaten.....NO ONE WILL EAT ME!! ☠ Emmy: Nom nom nom get in muh belly 🤣
@guidoylosfreaks9 ай бұрын
But the spiny ones are the tastiest.
@dianeshover14659 ай бұрын
🤣😂😆🤣😂. Isn’t she just THE BEST🤩🤩
@cristinweekley25479 ай бұрын
I absolutely love your fruity fruits videos!!👍🤩
@ElChris8169 ай бұрын
Very interesting fruit and another great project. Side note: I've been wanting a molcajete for a while now. Mostly just so I can say the word "molcajete" more often.
@berthabighead3699 ай бұрын
13:11 makes me fall in love with Emmy all over again. Her expressions are just adorable!!
@allisondaugherty59639 ай бұрын
Fruity Fruits jingle is my favorite thing about this channel (in my harmony nerd heart)
@lesbw3569 ай бұрын
The Chia Pet of the Chayote Family
@bmartin0019 ай бұрын
I honestly saw the thumbnail and thought she made a chia pet on a rock😅
@lillianlouie42849 ай бұрын
Yes!
@vickytej9 ай бұрын
Emmy, hi!, for a better tomatillo sauce, first boiling watter, then add the tomatillos, so they wont be bitter, also boil the onion, andn, garlic and chile. Also you can cut thick slices, slice almost in half and put cheese in it, flour it, egg and fry, also you can do a soup with it, add panela at the en to serve
@Sapphinthecage9 ай бұрын
Emmy's positivity is contagious.😊
@deanierobinson20899 ай бұрын
My Mexican daughter-in-law taught me to make my salsa verde the same way, except I don't par boil the tomatillos, just leave them raw. I do usually add a little lemon juice. Absolutely delicious! And I use chayote in place of apples in my keto apple pie. They're great to take on the texture and taste of apple when butter, cinnamon and allulose are added to them. Thanks for the video!
@emmymade9 ай бұрын
Ha! I never knew, thanks for sharing.
@deanierobinson20899 ай бұрын
@@emmymade You're welcome!
@your3kidding9 ай бұрын
I make raw tomatillo salsa too, it's amazing! I include a bunch of fresh cilantro also.
@deanierobinson20899 ай бұрын
@@your3kidding Of course. Me too!
@TracyKMainwaring9 ай бұрын
Do you watch the Keto Twins? They've done a couple recipes with cheyote
@lillianlouie42849 ай бұрын
My father grew chayote vines in our backyard over an arbor. They were grooved and dark green with sparse spikes. We made soups and stir fries.
@DarthFurie9 ай бұрын
I see these at the store all the time but have never tried them, thanks for sharing I'll taste them now
@debbieebbiebobebbie9 ай бұрын
Mirliton! You must have it the New Orleans way. We steam them, halve, and stuff with a creole seasoned mirepoix-stale French bread - shrimp and ham dressing then top with butter and bake… ope, lol, we’ve just arrived at the portion of the video where you discuss mirliton 😆 I also slice them whole, batter and fry then use as “noodles” for a fantastic gluten-free vegan lasagna!
@Ty-rz6xy9 ай бұрын
This is the comment I was looking for! That's how I know it!
@imbusydancin9 ай бұрын
totally off subject but have you tried the thousand layer cake ??? first time suggester I hope you see this you're amazing miss Emmy ! thank you for many years of the joy and energy you share!
@000euMJ9 ай бұрын
I love chayote. People say it's tasteless, but I don't think so (and I hate bland food). It also saves diets, as you can use it as a potato replacement with far less calories and carbs. 😂😂😂
@lauraleeogan75239 ай бұрын
Yes, it has a lightly sweet delicate flavor that could be obscured with too much seasoning.
@DaniseArbuckle7 ай бұрын
Growing up in Guatemala my dad had a chayote vine in our garden. They produce SO MUCH FRUIT so we had it daily. My favorite preparation was sandwiching a piece of cheese between two slices of boiled chayote then dipping it in a batter of whipped egg whites with the yolk folded in. Fry it and then eat it with a simple cooked tomato salsa. So simple and so delicious!
@AminahMight8 ай бұрын
Emmy is literally my comfort when I’m down ❤
@joechiasson89569 ай бұрын
Hope you had a wonderful mother's day wishing you the best
@channah649 ай бұрын
Fun plant facts: Tomato and Tomatillo ARE related - both within the Family Solanaceae (nightshades), but in the Solanum and Physalis Genera, respectively. They're cousins:) There are over 90 species in the Physalis Genus - but not the Gooseberry! Gooseberry is part of the Ribes Genus, along with currants. Fruity Fruits are the best.
@bunhelsingslegacy35499 ай бұрын
I think the gooseberry comment was about ground cherries or husk cherries, also called cape gooseberries, that are in the nightshade family and not in any way related to currants/gooseberries.
@channah649 ай бұрын
@@bunhelsingslegacy3549 Oh you are probably very right! I didn't know they were called Cape gooseberries; they are called ground cherries in this part of Ontario.
@bunhelsingslegacy35499 ай бұрын
@@channah64 I've seen them called Golden Berries at the store, and I grew them for a while so I'd seen some of the other names while I was researching them.
@Karoline_g8 ай бұрын
Hey random plants vs zombies facts absolutely qualifies as goofy. I always loved that guy. A fun character to play.
@puggirl4157 ай бұрын
I love these raw! They look and taste amazing in a fruit salad. I put honey and lemon juice on the salad. Very crunchy. Also if propagating chayote know that they will give you as much as 100 fruits or more. In California they were ready to harvest in the late fall. They grow for 2 years. And they are so prolific they need a lot of room in the garden. They completely covered mine to the extent that I had to put up a trellis all around my garden plot so I could grow some other things besides chayote. Along a fence worked the best.
@nat43699 ай бұрын
My momma puts these in caldo de pollo! Enjoy!
@kittykahdy9 ай бұрын
I also mix them in a scrambled egg (with onions and garlic), or prepare them like chiles rellenos putting cheese in the middle.
@485OCEAN9 ай бұрын
@@kittykahdyomg yummmmmm
@elsadelatorre43639 ай бұрын
@nat4369 yes that’s how I eat them in a caldo de pollo
@eunicemayo75129 ай бұрын
Thanks Emmy I always wanted to know what that was and how to cook it!!! Interesting 😮♥️♥️
@deaniseshewokis33158 ай бұрын
WOAH!!!!!!! Emmy remembered to plug in her equipment!!! What is this world coming to?? 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
@jaja879 ай бұрын
You can tell it’s good when she turns her “mmmm” into a song
@lauraleeogan75239 ай бұрын
Emmy, thanks for bringing up good memories of my youth. When he was alive, my dad grew chayotes. Unless the fruit was overgrown we didn't peel the skin off or remove the seed. It was tender like the one you purchased My favorite way to prepare it is the cut it into bite-sized cubes and steam until tender. Place pats of butter on it while it is still hot so it will melt over the deliciousness. I prefer no seasoning so the delicate flavor can be enjoyed on its own.
@nunyabusiness80008 ай бұрын
I used to eat this all the time in stew. My favorite part is the heart. Very tasty
@AzureSkii.Kismet9 ай бұрын
Emmy in Bermuda we call it Chrstophine, it's delicious when I use it in place of potatoes in Scalloped potatoes 💙🎉
@daniborn2bwild87 ай бұрын
I love chayote in caldo, my mom always added them to the caldos she would make, one of my favorite ingredients
@dudzmota9 ай бұрын
here in brazil we call it "chuchu" (shooshoo - the last shoo being the the tonic syllable)
@moddedcontroller36079 ай бұрын
Here in Nepal, we call them eeskus and add it into curries and eat it with rice or roti. I didn't know what it was called in english and i think its nepali name definitely comes from the word squash. We have a hard time pronouncing 'sk' sounds, people call school eeskool. this is so fascinating
@cicilyly60279 ай бұрын
I use chayote in beef shank soup and pollo soup!
@ChicagoMillingCo.9 ай бұрын
Woah don't throw out the seed!! That's the best part. It's super flavorful. My mom would always let me have them but it was always like the prize at the end of eating a chayote. lol. In Mexico these are a common ingredient in beef and chicken stews and are also sold steamed on the streets.
@MariaMendez-ms9iq9 ай бұрын
My favorite part of the chayote is the seed in my house we fight for it is delicious.
@katelynbrown989 ай бұрын
What does it taste like?
@000euMJ9 ай бұрын
My grandpa used to eat it before everybody, before even the chayote dish was served lol! It is really good indeed.
@Imthebrownunicorn9 ай бұрын
Yes the chayote almond está deliciosa
@AbeM.9 ай бұрын
It’s my moms favorite part too
@guccideltaco9 ай бұрын
So glad to see you used Serranos in the salsa; they are underrated IMO.
@puddintayne92548 ай бұрын
I always enjoy your videos , thank you for posting this information
@chippong4979 ай бұрын
Chayote con huevo yummy 😋, saludos señora Emmy me gusta mucho sus videos
@nat53099 ай бұрын
The spiney chayote was one of my favorite snacks as a child growing up in Mexico! They are so flavorful and sweet, I really miss them as I have never found them in Canada.
@Timefortracy9 ай бұрын
My nightly bedtime routine is watching an Emmy video, so soothing and happy after a day of true crime podcasts lol
@debbieebbiebobebbie9 ай бұрын
The seed was always treats for us kids when I was growing up, lol.
@kittykahdy9 ай бұрын
that's what my father says too every time we have them! They would grow the chayotes in his home and he and his siblings would fight for the seed lol
@aliceros19 ай бұрын
Same, we call it the heart and my sister and I would fight on who would get to eat it
@julvwildcat1909 ай бұрын
I didn't know people actually ate the seed. We always take it out.
@markiangooley9 ай бұрын
I didn’t realize at first that the seed is edible and threw it out the first few times I prepared chayote. Some supermarket chayotes have a sprout coming out of the seed… apparently it’s all edible.
@jacqibelle9 ай бұрын
Yay! Love fruity fruit videos! 💜
@BeckyA599 ай бұрын
I was going to say, in Louisiana we called it mirleton, but of course you knew that! An old man who lived next to us when I was really young had big vines of them. I have no memories of how they were prepared though
@TheSimArchitect9 ай бұрын
It looks like a hedgehog! So lovely!!!
@angien94528 ай бұрын
Chayote is great in hearty soups my family uses them in caldo alongside potatoes carrots
@hulklingloveswiccan9 ай бұрын
I love fruity fruits videos, it’s been so long. ❤
@Jmpwfdpdl9 ай бұрын
We used to have a chayote plant growing in the backyard. It grew from over the neighbors backyard, over the fence and spilled into our backyard. They grow like weeds. No watering, no nothing. The chayote got so out of hand that the fence eventually toppled over because of the weight of the chayote plant. We probably should’ve sold them in retrospect.
@23baquino9 ай бұрын
These are really good in Caldo De Res (beef stew) or really any stew where you would normally add potatoes.
@lucylu5309 ай бұрын
My grandmother would grow this vine in Mexico. I believe it is a perennial plant in her region. The spinny one has a better flavor. My favorite part is the seed.
@sweetness3719 ай бұрын
I know you're not a gardening channel, but it'd be an interesting video to eat foods that you've grown from kitchen scraps.
@Skirkly9 ай бұрын
I love that little pot you boiled them in!
@alexandrapereira40519 ай бұрын
In Portugal we call it Chuchu 😊. I believe is the same name in Brazil. 😊
@MrRosebeing8 ай бұрын
That fruit looks like the rarest of all Tribbles.
@susieashby72508 ай бұрын
😂 LLAP!
@ritareyes1009 ай бұрын
In Mexico, the Chayote is usually used in soup, such as cocido (beef soup) or caldo the pollo.
@letssummondinner9 ай бұрын
I made Chayote kimchi off of Maangchi's recipe. It was DELICIOUS!
@debbieebbiebobebbie9 ай бұрын
My cousin makes mirliton custard pie, so silky and a lovely light flavor unlike any other dessert.
@channah649 ай бұрын
WOW that sounds so unique. I would never look at that vegetable and think it could be part of a custard!
@lauraleeogan75239 ай бұрын
Sounds good!
@perrymitchell48939 ай бұрын
Love you videos. They are so fun and interesting.
@riceands0ysauce9 ай бұрын
Growing up, my mom would slice up the smooth chayote and either stirfry it with beef or simmer it in a soup with a shrimp broth. Still to this day one of my favorite dishes to eat when I need comfort food.