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My parents have a guava and sour orange tree that grow along a very busy street in southern california. The oranges look delicious, but are sour as hell. They
by spaceflunky 9y ago
My parents have a guava and sour orange tree that grow along a very busy street in southern california.
The oranges look delicious, but are sour as hell. They are mostly used for marinades. I feel bad for the people that have been burnt on them.
The guavas are fantastic, but almost nobody in socal knows what a guava looks like. Once in a while someone will recognize the guava tree and gorge themselves. Considering good fresh guava is not only hard to come by, but around $8/lb if you can find it.
- nwatson 9y ago$8/pound for guava sounds real expensive. I can get real good Mexican guava for around $3/pound at this grocery store in North Carolina: https://www.facebook.com/Compare-Foods-Winston-Salem-NC-119656968200283/ https://www.facebook.com/Compare-Foods-Winston-Salem-NC-1196... (I suppose this varies according to season). Side note: I was born and spent a lot of time growing up in Brazil and like Guaraná in soda/soft drink form (Antarctica brand). I didn't think I'd find it when I moved here, but this store had four pallets of the stuff on display on one of my first visits.
- spaceflunky 9y agoProbably more of a regional thing. Lots of Guava is grown and sold in Florida because of the demand. I suppose that makes it easy to get up the east coast at a lower cost. Guava doesnt grow well on west coast (at least on the commercial scale) and there is much less demand, so that's why prices are so high.