While we're working on editing up pictures of the pink Maui sunset, I thought I'd share something fun.
Discovering new foods is my version of retail therapy. Enter the Jackfruit.
![Jackfruit-1 Jackfruit-1](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/19d2512e7c4d9a67fdf5ab96d3b4507e/Jackfruit-1-900x900.jpg)
The morning after we landed in balmy Maui, we ambled down to the farmer's market (ok, I basically ran), and oh oh oh the produce. We left with bags bulging with candy-like mangos, a machete-hacked coconut, Surfing Goats' Farm goat cheese, a wheatgrass shot, and the soft, dino-skinned Jackfruit.
It sat in the fridge a few days before the odor and weight of it could be born no longer.
![Jackfruit-3 Jackfruit-3](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/b6669ad894e928e2eee9394316b40760/Jackfruit-3-900x900.jpg)
The farmer told us Juicyfruit gum's original flavor came from jackfruit. Hellooooo, juicyfruit.
![Jackfruit-2 Jackfruit-2](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/6d6cebc26eca8bc0e31f711746ac2b9b/Jackfruit-2-900x900.jpg)
Here's where it gets weirder. The whole fruit is full of these pits, about the size of peach bits, covered with chewy, yellow sweet fruit. If I look slightly nauseated it's because I was. It was cold and slimy.
![Jackfruit-4 Jackfruit-4](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/88a13170c3e9437c04d0e3208a33179c/Jackfruit-4-900x900.jpg)
The flavor was delish, but the chewy texture wasn't my fave.
![Jackfruit-6 Jackfruit-6](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/b9759cf0914841fbd572cad157f4ead8/Jackfruit-6-900x900.jpg)
![Jackfruit-5 Jackfruit-5](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/59b24fe27b51d43a41cab181c6b0788a/Jackfruit-5-900x900.jpg)
And, success!
![Jackfruit-7 Jackfruit-7](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/0c2dd7c5f44e406000aef778e3a0dc29/Jackfruit-7-900x900.jpg)
![Jackfruit-8 Jackfruit-8](https://media.walkandalie.com/images/7b0453c59a5bb881a8d3047e280198be/Jackfruit-8-900x900.jpg)
Epilogue: Most of the jackfruit was whirred into a fresh coconut smoothie. I didn't drink it.