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• techdeviant commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  @9 Lauren I attempted to make a feidjoada dish once, after having it in Rio de Janeiro. The way I made it was with bacon, ham, sausage, beef, onions, and lots of black beans - basically all meat, no fruit at all....
• Soon Lee commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  Anonymous @19: When we used to have a couple of trees in the garden, we would gorge ourselves on fresh feijoa during the short season. Delicious at the correct ripeness but leave them too long and they develop unpleasant over-ripe aromas. You could always share the bounty with friends & cow-orkers. Feijoas also makes a nice cake. Just use a standard banana cake recipe & substitute feijoas for the bananas....
• Bexta commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  Ooh yes... I also love them, we've had a tree in the backyard since I was really little. I actually went and checked it earlier and it's flowering, so not long to go now!...
• comfuzed commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  I have one of these trees. Typically you only eat the fruit that falls - that's when it's ripe. Give it a jolly good hair cut after it's finished fruiting and you should be rewarded with a heavy crop next season....
• Zealandia commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  We have a massive hedge of these in our back yard (NZ), about 8 mature trees around 9-10ft high. The Feijoa trees are in full blossom here at the moment and are attracting all manner of insects and birds to feed on the nectar. It's true that they need a good hair cut. They only produce fruit from the new growth. A orchardist an hour or so north told us the best possible care was a good trim and a mulch of horse manure every season! Apparently horse manure smells far less than other kinds and the Feijoas perform better...