Mark Twain's Favorite Fruit: Cherimoya

Tristan Kwong's knowledge of how to pick the best fruit, at its peak ripeness, has earned him the title Fruit Sommelier—today he introduces us to the cherimoya, a fruit Mark Twain is quoted as calling the most delicious in the world.





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[brook_angel]

"it's pudding inside of a skin"
Ah yes, very relatable as a fellow skin collector

[sakkarabeirre]

I had it 1 time in Egypt about 15 years ago and i've never forgotten it. If i ever saw it in a store in Queens, NY i would be so happy. It's so incredible.

[carmendejosmith]

It's hard to describe but chirimoya is my most fave fruit of them all and it's almost, almost the national fruit of Peru 🇵🇪, love it

[danielkjm]

Here in Brazil its called "Fruta Do Conde" i love this fruit.

[diegoperezsommariva]

In Chile we call them chirimoyas and one way of eating them is by taking all the edible parts of the fruit and mixing it with orange juice. Its so delicious.

[salemkelemu]

It’s called Gishta in Ethiopia. It really does taste like custard.

[dominiquebrown]

It’s jello… it’s pudding… it’s sugar… I will never be able to rely on this mans descriptive skills 😭😭

[googlekonto]

Like other members of the family Annonaceae, the entire plant contains small amounts of neurotoxic acetogenins, such as annonacin, which appear to be linked to atypical parkinsonism in Guadeloupe.

[jonesy]

Best fruit ever. Also heard them called soursop and custard apple

[FiberOptikAssassin]

I just know I'm allergic to that, don't even need to try it.

[yvonne]

We call them cherimoyas, but I’m now curious as to what other cultures call them.

[megan]

Thats great. Its $8 a fruit at my grocery store. I will try when I'm a millionaire.

[theblobfish]

Dude is the worst person to explain a flavor

[godsdrunkestdriver]

If you’re wondering why the comments keep talking about what they call it, it’s because this dude said it like “Chair moy a” whereas most Spanish speakers say it like “Cherry moya”