The Buddha's Hand??

Has anyone ever eaten this fruit?

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Permalink Reply by Ashley on January 14, 2011 at 1:49am

I saw that the other day in whole foods and a guy told me its actually more of a condiment almost like citronella I think...it has a lemony smell...was he right? expensive too - 8 bucks for one

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Permalink Reply by Rock on January 14, 2011 at 9:38pm

I found that fruits that are $8 each (like dragon fruit) are about half that at the Asian markets where the Asians shop.

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Permalink Reply by treehugger on January 14, 2011 at 2:02am

The Sideshow Bob fruit.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Six on January 14, 2011 at 2:16am

If it was possible for a lemon and an octopus to mate that is probably what their kid would look like.

I don't think they are used for eating. They probably don't contain that much edible flesh inside and I've heard that they are bitter and pretty acidic as well. I think that people buy them for their pleasant aeroma and for the fact that they look so weird that they are an interesting conversation piece. (I almost bought some for a recent family reunion because I wanted to bring a lot of beautiful and exotic fruit and I thought that they would be good for decoration purposes, but I was afaid that one of my relatives might actually try to eat one of them so I didn't get them.)

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Permalink Reply by Ben on January 14, 2011 at 3:07am

It is for using the zest only. I am unaware of any other uses.

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Permalink Reply by sunshower on January 14, 2011 at 11:48am

we just brought this into our produce department where i work. it is used mostly for the zest. there is no acidic flesh inside, its just the rind. i blended a bit up with my dates for dateorade and it is delicious! the taste almost reminds me of the candy lemonheads, but in a good way haha.

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Permalink Reply by ddddave on January 14, 2011 at 1:47pm

Buddha's Hands smell great! (not to mention look awesome) They really diffuse their scent throughout a room... sweet n lemony.

Like a flower that doesn't need to be put in water and lasts longer.

I've heard of a fancy restaurant slicing them very thin and combining with thinly sliced fennel for a salad (with olive oil and salt of course).

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Permalink Reply by thierry"pasteque/watermelon man" on January 14, 2011 at 2:03pm

yeah , in my area of south france we sometimes cultivate it mainly to flavour other dishes...i sometimes eat one finger or two but it is very intense taste...a lot of citrus essential oil content and according to me this couldn't be anything else but a condiment!

but i have in garden , so beautifull!!