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I am from the Kerala state in India where this fruit is in abundance. My home has 2 of those big trees. About the pulled pork reference , I have had pulled por
by titomc 11y ago
I am from the Kerala state in India where this fruit is in abundance. My home has 2 of those big trees.
About the pulled pork reference , I have had pulled pork in Arizona Phoenix where I work now. The unripe jackfruit do not taste like that. Just an "unripe" taste that's all. Unripe fruit has lot of milky sticky liquid oozing from the hives inside the fruit.
In its unripe form , its used for frying , something like potato sticks lookalike. In its ripe form its mixed with beef and made into squishy form. Keralites eat a lot of beef,unlike other states in India. (where beef is banned)
The seeds of the jackfruit , ( a single fruit has hundreds of seeds ) is used to make curry mixed with sour mango and sun dried shrimp. The outer casing of the jackfruit is re purposed as food to the cows. The jackfruit wood is good for carpentry and is used to make door , almirahs , windows in Kerala homes.
Probably the author is just an author. Might not have experience with the real fruit and do not know much about India as is with many western countries.
- xtreme 11y agoJust to set the record straight, beef is not banned in many states in India, especially the northeast. [Legislation on cattle slaughter by state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India#Legislation_by_State_or_Union_Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India#Legi...)
- MarkSweep 11y ago"24 out of 29 states in India currently have various regulations prohibiting either the slaughter or sale of cows." That sounds like most states ban it. Also the grandparent comment just said "other states" without stating the number.
- Kiro 11y agoHere in Europe jackfruit is sold as a vegetarian alternative to pulled pork in all food trucks. I haven't tried it but I've heard it's very similar.
- shameerc 11y agoI'm also from Kerala and completely agree with this. Jackfruit wood is the preferred wood for carpentry when Teak wood is not available/affordable. Another important fact is, we don't use any fertilizer to grow Jackfruits. It's totally healthy and chemical free.