What is a Cinnamon Apple? - Exploring a rare fruit with two distinct flavors

[@WeirdExplorer]

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[@abysscallstoabyss55]

I’m sure there’s gonna be someone asking about how to trip off of it. 🤮🤦‍♂️😅

[@abysscallstoabyss55]

Wish I could go. Will you be possibly uploading it in the future? 😁🙏

[@buensomeritano1755]

Please tell me you are collecting seeds

[@WeirdExplorer]

@@abysscallstoabyss55 Its getting released on KZbin on the same day 🎉

[@sdfkjgh]

@@abysscallstoabyss55: I remember a song I heard on Dr. Demento about the banandine hoax. google isn't forthcoming with any results, even though I can recite the opening stanza and most of the chorus from memory: _Have you ever wondered why the monkey acts as if he's high?_ _The things he does are crazy as can be._ _Yeah well, that little funky monkey, that little jungle junkie eats bananas and goes swinging through the trees. BANANAS!_ _We want a pack of ripe bananas,_ (I forget this part) _ripe bananas,_ _Any menthol filter will do_ _Because there's nothing that say lovin'_ _Like something from the oven_ _And how can they bust you for smoking a piece of fruit? BANANAS!_

[@thewizardmountain]

"a nice caramelly cake, with a sweet berry flavour with it." well i'm sold.

[@loganwolv3393]

Sounds like the taste of somekind of ultra processed food.

[@ferretyluv]

It sounds like the most delicious fruit ever.

[@geriannroth449]

Sounds delicious. I wonder how long it'll take to bear if seed grown?

[@joshroolf1966]

​@@loganwolv3393A quantum process so complex it requires an entire global ecosystem of wetware, and some aeons of time!

[@loganwolv3393]

@joshroolf1966 What do you mean?

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

I'm pretty sure out of all the youtubers I follow, I most want to switch lives with you. You're truly living the dream

[@user-td3mf9zy2k]

love your username!

[@thetrawlerman]

I can only imagine how it's like being in the middle of nowhere in the planet trying these awesome fruits. I live in Brazil where we have one of the largest varieties of fruit in the world, but 70% of them are not found in the markets, you have to dig for them in the middle of nowhere

[@Juhpol]

Imagine living in northern Europe where you have like a handful of native fruit and everything else is under a rock. Granted, many of the native ones are something not sold commercially anywhere, but still its just painful.

[@magnumxlpi]

​@Juhpol what fruits are you talking about in Northern Europe? Everything seems pretty available there compared to Brazil

[@gartengeflugel924]

​@@magnumxlpidon't know about Brazil, but I'd just go out on a limb and assume the variety you can get there is far greater than here in central and northern Europe. Even Europe as a whole. Also the original commenter is correct, there are very few native fruits and those that are usable you have to forage for yourself as well. Most everything we grow to eat here is not from here and we import even more, and still I'm pretty certain in a huge tropical country like Brazil both the number of fruits grown commercially and foraged wild far, far exceeds those grown and available here.

[@magnumxlpi]

@gartengeflugel924 he said many of the native ones in northern Europe aren't sold commercially. But I can't think of any that aren't except maybe cloud berries but you can still find those pretty easy compared to Brazil where there's lots you won't ever see available at a market

[@stevenmurray3238]

@@magnumxlpithere are some harder to find fruits of Northern Europe. Some would be common in East like black currants, white currants, flowering quince, bush cranberries/vacciniums, lingonberries, bilberries(sometimes called wild blueberries), there are a ton of wild wintergreen species some super endangered. Others are lost like trapa nuts, medlars, white beans(cornus fruit), the great giant stone brambles(giant tart raspberry looking things), sea berries are grown in Russia but wild in Scandinavia on coast, same with Russian olives, aronia(eastern Europe popular), fruiting Rosa’s like black hipped rosas, then you have the really cool super rare stuff like Nitraria siberica that lives on salt flats of Siberia and has fruits like salty grapes. But then it goes on from there

[@TheRockInnRobin]

Oh wow and this is a zone 9-11 plant which means I might be able to pull it off. Away to read! Thanks Jared.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I hope it grows well for you!

[@StuffandThings_]

Veracruz is notable for occasionally getting all the way down to freezing despite being usually quite tropical, so you may very well have a chance. Best of luck!

[@hardshengpizi]

Dang, maybe I can grow in san fransisco bay area

[@rahhmennoodles338]

​@@WeirdExplorerWas the pun intentional? Lol

[@myownlittlegarbagedump67]

Congratulations on early 800 episodes! You have to be my favorite KZbinr, before and after school and on the weekends! Whenever I get a notification of a new video, i always click on it no matter what. Stay yourself, and have a good day☺

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks so much

[@myownlittlegarbagedump67]

@@WeirdExplorer Thank YOU so much for replying! I always watch your videos with my family and have a great time! Also, on your free time if you want, I actually have a KZbin channel that I think you would really like! But you don't have to if you don't want.😄

[@rahhmennoodles338]

Yeah I think Jared might be the only KZbinr where I've thumbs up'd every single video of his I've watched. And I've also seen almost every single video.

[@myownlittlegarbagedump67]

@@rahhmennoodles338 same

[@AwesomeFish12]

Can't wait to see the Australia series, we have SO SO many native fruits. A lot are amazing, many are sour but a lot are quite sweet. I mean if you don't try at least ONE species of Quandong you're missing out same with the various Davidson's plums(if you like sour).

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

How does the Atherton oak taste?

[@ok_barrett]

Glad you tried this one, it's rad.

[@WeirdExplorer]

me too. one of the highlights of the trip for sure

[@rayikaikin]

the funny thing is i have one of these plants in a pot. its not large enough to get any fruit yet sadly.. i had to walk outside and read the tag to make sure the species name was the same! ive been watching your yt vids for years and you got me into buying rare fruit trees to try interesting fruits out. this vid was interesting to me because i actually thought it was related to anonas. some sugar apple hybrid or something lol!

[@WeirdExplorer]

glad to hear! yeah.. with "apple" in its name it can be just about anything

[@myownlittlegarbagedump67]

@@WeirdExplorer so true

[@PaintbrushHero]

So this is what happens when the cinnamon stick and apple guy from Apple Jacks cereal make up and have a child.

[@Ezddy]

I want to trash my brain

[@ExburneLightDarkness]

You just made me spit out my coffee. Thanks. XD

[@DiuQuy]

Lol clever

[@ImgoingtomurderEveryoneatgoogl]

When cinnamon finally catches apple 😬🥵

[@corymorrison4488]

“Here I come, I am cinna-MON”

[@orionflame2585]

I want to try this fruit more than any that you have showed so far. It sounds amazing!!

[@phranerphamily]

Me too! Thinking about a trip to Veracruz...

[@ClearlyPixelated]

I’m jealous! This would be something that I would love to hunt this fruit down to try.

[@WeirdExplorer]

It is definitely worth the hunt!

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

Damn. This sounds like a perfect fruit.

[@infernaldaedra]

I wonder if freeze dried it would be delicious like capncrunch. It sounds actually delicious. Capncrunch does have a particular butter taste.

[@DiuQuy]

What an intriguing fruit!

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

Sounds frickin amazing 😍

[@BensExoticFlorida]

I tried one of these at the Fruit and Spice Park in south Florida and loved it. I thought it was kind of like a vanilla sapodilla.

[@fruitaddict]

That genetic Jared and Steven tasted in the vid, actually come from Fruit and Spice garden. A friend of mine took back a few seeds to New Caledonia and years later we can now enjoy that delicious fruit in New Caledonia.

[@BensExoticFlorida]

@@fruitaddict wow that's crazy

[@jessicavallee3831]

❤ that sounds so good. I got so hungry while you were describing it and started salivating

[@togrowagarden]

Easily one of my favorite KZbinrs. I would love to get my hands on the seeds from all these fruits, one of my hobbies is growing rare fruit.

[@VincentFruitAdventures]

I also like Cap'n Crunch! This fruit sounds amazing! It is now a bucket list fruit. Yum!

[@youtube.commentator]

Lol always love a steven episode.

[@tomelko]

Amazing tasting notes. 10/10

[@sarahmarti2451]

I’m so so so happy you started doing more traveling videos and trying new fruits again!!! You are the only KZbinr who I have enjoyed this long 🙆🏻‍♀️💗🙂

[@KokoraLife]

Sounds amazing! 🌿 Thanks for sharing.

[@vegecook]

Awesome, can't wait to see what you uncover in Australia.

[@man-xy1cs]

Pouteria species are so diverse

[@paulgroth3345]

Wow oh Wow, that rings all my flavor bells.

[@cathartes8436]

pumped that you got to try it!

[@sdfkjgh]

2:51 I wish we could've seen Steven's reaction. We stan an adorable cuddly bear.

[@mariakapari]

What an interesting fruit!!! Thank you both for sharing 🥰

[@gwalla]

Is this hard to cultivate? It sounds really good and Veracruz is hardly remote, AIUI it's a major agricultural region. It seems wild that it wouldn't be farmed commercially.

[@JuliusUnique]

sounds like an S-tier fruit taste wise

[@stevenmurray3238]

Yeah, worthwhile for any collection, would work in grocery stores but outside doesn’t look as rare as fruit is, looks kind of like a jicama on the outside

[@WTFvISvTHIS]

Steven couldn't wait to dig in 😅

[@sharendonnelly7770]

That was an amazing episode! Love it when Steve introduces you to a very special fruit! Aye Aye, Cap'n!

[@liesinaglass]

If anyone is looking to go on an adventure not quite as far as new Caledonia to find it they have a cinnamon apple tree at the Fruit and spice park in south florida. It wasn't ripe in June when I was there but it was close so I'd guess it would be July or August.

[@Nicholas-qe8so]

As an Australian and a lover of Jared, I'm so excited to hear you're coming to Australia!! We got some good fruit. Where bouts are you going to travel?? There's an Achacha fruit farm in far north QLD.

[@WeirdExplorer]

We checked went to Feast of the senses out that way and a few collections. It was incredible

[@Nicholas-qe8so]

@WeirdExplorer Soooo, you have already been! And you didn't pop in for a cuppa! Haha

[@HarryToeface]

Nature is so wonderful. It always amazes me all of the strange fruits out there. Someone should do a strange vegetable channel.

[@abysscallstoabyss55]

YUM!!! That looks delicious! 😳 Another great upload! Thanks man! 🍻

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

OMG I got my mouth watery 😮

[@dadegroot]

Whoohoo - coming to Australia :) We have so many fruits here that the bulk of the population don't know about.

[@mandab.3180]

oh man this sounds delicious, i wish this was available anywhere.

[@gingermaniac5484]

peculiar that they're called cinnamon apple when it tastes neither of cinnamon or apple, i wonder why that is..? to be clear they absolutely sound delicious~!!!! :3.

[@thalesvondasos]

"Apple" because it's a random fruit that's not native to English speaking areas (see pineapple). They used to call everything an apple

[@infernaldaedra]

@@thalesvondasos apple is a general word for fruit. Even in English and old English or older languages apple was not directly associated with the modern apples which come from Asia it was a term referring to any pear or apple shaped fruit. For example in the Adam and Eve the apples were white. . .

[@El_Revienta_Vientre]

apple jacks

[@TigerMethodSeduction]

My totally unresearched guess would be maybe because it tastes similar to cake/baked goods? Or perhaps it develops an aromatic flavor when fully ripe/overripe reminiscent of cinnamon?

[@taifromyea]

So excited for Australia videos! Finally might be some I can find!

[@Deadlyish]

New Caledonia is pretty close to where I live. I might have to go visit just to check out all the cool fruit they have there.

[@aicirtkciub9167]

Really cool

[@dawnmist2259]

Yay! You’re coming to Australia! I still haven’t forgiven Steven for his Kakadu gaff, lol…😂

[@StuffandThings_]

I love how so many ultra processed/junk foods happen to have a fruit counterpart that tastes just like them. You've got ice cream bean for ice cream, jackfruit for juicy fruit gum, now this for Cap'n Crunch. What's next, we find the legendary fruit behind Froot Loops?

[@shanebep3135]

The Steven has graced us with his celestial cognition🤎 he brings questions🤍there are always questions🤎he wishes to shed his corporeal existence🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎

[@Fayanora]

Most of these fruits on your channel sound amazing, including this one!

[@komreed]

Amazing

[@5avan10]

Can't wait for the nutmeg fruits!

[@shelleyhodgkinson1341]

Always look forward to a new episode.

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

I wish I were there trying out tropical fruit 🥲

[@joshroolf1966]

That was an effective advertisement!🤔🙊⚡️ Time to start a vertical farm for the carmel cake berry fruits..:::💚✨️ I hope Australia is wonderful and you both avoid sunburn and dangerous faunas!

[@i1-L22Belarus]

The way it was described as buttery popcorn 🍿 made me think it would be really good in a whiskey barrel

[@DavidJVMusic]

Interesting!

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

wow and peace be upon you sir from me

[@JTMusicbox]

Called Cinnamon Apple but tastes like Cap’n Crunch and Crunch Berries??? That’s so awesome! The added milkiness you described is too perfect!

[@catk9007]

I want one

[@o00thunderhawk00o]

Bruh im so hype for your nutmeg video its gonna be insane i still think about that cloud berry one if its even better im gonna blow my load

[@yitzharos]

If we'd been eating fruits our whole lives like this, we would say that yellow cake tastes like it.

[@rachel4483]

Yay, a good one!

[@storungz]

OMG, that ugly thing tastes like my FAVORITE CEREAL?!!! Gimmme gimmme! 😁 Seriously though it looked kind of gross... amazing how it tastes like that!

[@randomname7321]

yum

[@tinyflyingdragons9432]

I will be growing this

[@billanzell5962]

Yum

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Heh, nice comparing ooh and hype at the end

[@Dragonmastercj32]

Cap’n Crunch apple ey? This one sounds amazing!…wonder if I can grow it….hmmm…

[@o00thunderhawk00o]

Man new Caledonia was awesome ! I love the Philippines!

[@TheTroposa]

OMG coming to Australia. So curious to see what you find. I've lived here my hole life and don't eat anything native.

[@tktyga77]

One could wonder if the cinnamon apple was the source of inspiration for Cap'n Crunch in terms of flavor

[@WeirdExplorer]

Maybe the Cap'n tried this on one of his voyages. 🚢

[@RoseNZieg]

i wonder if I will get to eat this fruit. it sounds delicious.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

The world needs more two for one fruits.

[@jguitar23]

That must be my dream fruit, love those flavors best❤

[@Herbit-k4j]

just some suggestions: Codium Fragile and Limone Rosso

[@bustedkeaton]

You was my baby!! My cinnamon apple!!!

[@AspyCharger-OFFICIAL]

Saw this upload, immediately I clicked it. I'm a simple man. Edit: I am still Binge watching btw

[@Faustobellissimo]

that looked good

[@totot99]

Hella cool

[@niellahell]

cool fruit

[@kdonsky6]

I have actually had this one. It is probably the best fruit I have ever had. They have a tree at the fruit and spice park. I bought seeds of it but none of them germinated 😥

[@WeirdExplorer]

cool that you got to try it though!

[@kdonsky6]

@@WeirdExplorer yes, I should try to get some plants again and propagate them. Maybe one day help somebody start a farm here in the US because I really think it has potential.

[@singagency1481]

So the next ones are Macapuno Coconut, Nutmeg and Dabai (Canarium odontophyllum) or Kembayau (Cacryodes rostrata forma cuspidata (Blume)). Am I right?

[@WeirdExplorer]

close! there's two videos in the Philippines. and then it's a big one on Nutmeg. The other fruit in that bowl will be getting its own episode, it's not dabai but related.

[@singagency1481]

@@WeirdExplorer I guessed so. The twigs does look different from the Dabai I knew.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Have you tried jaltomata fruits?

[@WeirdExplorer]

yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHPLdnl6ja90iZo

[@beautyonabarnbudget]

Your friend looks like theCampbell’s soup kid 😂

[@JonFTC]

like captain crunch but not destroying the top of your mouth lol

[@arkanglegeibriel]

would you say you prefer this or the bael fruit? Random I know, but trying to decide which final tree to get lol

[@stevenmurray3238]

This one beats bael generally

[@Touchybanana]

So it's like 2 fruits in one?

[@revisehellenologo]

Hello fellow fruit fans, Iam looking for ideas on what to try next (needs to be available in uk). Here's a list of my current favourites California Strawberries, Desert grapes in general, Golden kiwifruit, Green kiwifruit, Purple dragon fruit, Apple _Pink lady, Mangosteen, Honey Pomelo, Chaikoo, Yellow dragon fruit, Victorian plums. Any suggestions you amazing, awesome people? 💕 ps i don't mind waiting I know not much is in season right now just let me know when it's best plz

[@stevenmurray3238]

Find some medlars in Uk

[@siggyincr7447]

Sounds interesting, I wonder if these are available in Costa Rica?

[@bruceritchings5336]

OK, great, but where can I buy a tree to plant???

[@BenLymanO_o]

That song you close with is nice. What is it?

[@WeirdExplorer]

the music is usually automatically listed by KZbin in the description :)

[@55aviavi]

@weirdexplorer I want to formally invite you to come to Australia. We have a SUPER unique environment and countless fruits for you to try. My advice is to link with the Aboriginal communities and other rare fruit growers of Australia. You will have an amazing time here.

[@lynemac2539]

If it tastes anything like durian, I'm in!

[@anthonyburke5656]

Still waiting for your book?

[@klm20079]

Omg you go too PH bro i am half fili and because of you trying to collect seeds and grow them in the filipines soon. Hope i can find the ones you search, i wanna find red durian, native tree figs, kamagong i a persimmon

[@WeirdExplorer]

Best of luck!

[@stevenmurray3238]

Try and find Marang, Katman, large lingaro, maprang for a few good ones

[@zaxchannel2834]

Sapote? I had one before, I don't think it was all that fresh though, I thought it was unremarkable

[@WeirdExplorer]

The word sapote gets used to describe a lot of fruit. You probably had mamey sapote, which is related to this but a different flavor.

[@zaxchannel2834]

@WeirdExplorer yes, that's the one

[@HFTLMate]

woo!

[@harvest5218]

I haven't had cap n crunch in decades so I don't know what that tastes like anymore, although now I'm having flashbacks of a mouth full of blood after being maimed by cereal.

[@yfrontsguy]

Sounds like you need to go to Mexico if you have not been already and taste more of the fruits there

[@vinceraineing]

"You was my baby, My fkn cinnamon apple".