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[HitRed]

Tried Dragon Fruit for the first time today. Phenomenal. $8 each.

[Dukasaur]

I like them.

Wouldn't pay $8, though. More like $3 here. Sometimes $2 on sale.

https://www.redflagdeals.com/deal/groceries/dragon-fruit-or-pc-extra-large-red-seedless-grapes-1/

[jusplay4fun]

Dragon Fruit
By Stephanie Watson
Medically Reviewed by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD on June 24, 2020

This fruit comes in red- and yellow-skinned varieties. The cactus originally grew in southern Mexico and South and Central America. The French brought it to Southeast Asia in the early 19th century.

Central Americans call it "pitaya." In Asia, it's a "strawberry pear." Today, you can buy dragon fruit throughout the U.S.

Dragon fruit is juicy with a slightly sweet taste that some describe as a cross between a kiwi, a pear, and a watermelon. The seeds have a nutty flavor.

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/benefits-dragon-fruit

[mookiemcgee]

Dragon Fruit
By Stephanie Watson
Medically Reviewed by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD on June 24, 2020

This fruit comes in red- and yellow-skinned varieties. The cactus originally grew in southern Mexico and South and Central America. The French brought it to Southeast Asia in the early 19th century.

Central Americans call it "pitaya." In Asia, it's a "strawberry pear." Today, you can buy dragon fruit throughout the U.S.

Dragon fruit is juicy with a slightly sweet taste that some describe as a cross between a kiwi, a pear, and a watermelon. The seeds have a nutty flavor.

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/benefits-dragon-fruit

My wife thought she was allergic to only one food for most of her life (kiwi). Until she tried a dragonfruit!

[Dukasaur]

How do you eat your kiwi?

[bigtoughralf]

In Asia, it's a "strawberry pear."

lolwut. The English name 'dragon fruit' is a translation of the various names given to the fruit in SE/East Asia, which all literally mean dragon fruit.

[2dimes]

Yet you let the re-branding of Chinese Gooseberry to kiwi slide?

[bigtoughralf]

The Chinese name is more like 'monkey peach', although Chinese generally just call it a kiwi fruit these days.

I haven't heard the name Chinese gooseberry but that sounds like a classic example of imperial powers using terminological trickery to suggest that European culture is the standard/pinnacle and all other cultures are simply inferior to and/or knock-offs of European culture, not independent cultures that exist in their own right. Like calling Western chess 'chess', even though the Western version is an adaptation of an eastern game that predates western chess by centuries.

RESIST LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM

[bigtoughralf]

Credit to Europe where credit is due, the rampant homophibia, patriarchy and racism that persist around the world to this day were all loaned from European culture so in some ways global culture does indeed owe a debt to Europe.

One day the tumour will be fully removed though, tiocfaidh ár lá

[Dukasaur]

European culture is the standard/pinnacle and all other cultures are simply inferior to and/or knock-offs of European culture

True enough.

[2dimes]

They were not selling all that great so someone brought some in from New Zealand and branded them kiwis.

Just because something is called Chinese doesn't suggest it sucks apart from wine and a few other boozy drinks. I'd say the Chinese finger trap is one of the finest finger traps out there.

[bigtoughralf]

I don't mean people think Chinese things all suck. It's that saying 'Chinese gooseberry' implies that the fruit is China's equivalent of the 'the gooseberry'. People start with European culture as the benchmark and then work out how other cultures do or don't equate to it.

It's ironic because China has been a civilization for 5,000 years, since back when Europeans were still grunting and hitting each other on the head with sticks.

[2dimes]

Maybe for you. Do you figure English breakfast is just a cup of black tea with a spot of milk in it, instead of a nice big fry up?

That name is extra insincere, since English breakfast tea, is a blend from several other countries that actually produce tea.

So I suppose you have a point. Someone thought a blend of tea they liked in the morning should be named "English" and lots of people probably figured it was the best tea.

The only people here that ask, "Would you like Chinese tea?" when referring to green tea at resaurants, are Chinese people. Which I apreciate if it prevents someone from trying to bring me a cup of that gross Japanese green tea made from powder.

Then again my wife likes matcha so...

[bigtoughralf]

Maybe for you. Do you figure English breakfast is just a cup of black tea with a spot of milk in it, instead of a nice big fry up?

I had English breakfast this morning actually. I had sausage, bacon, black pudding, egg, beans, hash brown, tomates and toast, with an OJ and coffee.

There is also Irish breakfast, which is similar but generally you'd add white pudding, replace the toast with soda or potato bread, and would be less likely to see the beans.

That name is extra insincere, since English breakfast tea, is a blend from several other countries that actually produce tea.

I agree. Saying 'English tea' or 'Irish tea' is a weird way of referring to tea leaves grown in India or Africa, although I would take the point that the specific blend is English or Irish and not really drunk outside of those isles.

People here do also refer to that specific blend as 'English tea', rather than calling it simply 'tea'. The latter would imply that people think English breakfast is the 'standard' blend, but people don't do that. BTR risk of neo-imperialism rating: 2/10.

Personally I don't drink it, because I don't drink milk and English tea is too bitter to drink without it. The closest tea I drink is Earl Grey, otherwise I generally stick to green or corn tea.

The only people here that ask, "Would you like Chinese tea?" when referring to green tea at resaurants, are Chinese people. Which I apreciate if it prevents someone from trying to bring me a cup of that gross Japanese green tea made from powder.

Then again my wife likes matcha so...

lol I get so frustrated when they just say 'Chinese tea'. It's like, what's that supposed to mean? Jasmine? Tie Guan Yin? Oolong? Usually they tend to mean Jasmine though.

I'm not a fan of matcha either. My favourite Japanese tea is Genmai, which is green tea leaves mixed with toasted brown rice. Sencha is also not bad for making ice tea with.

[2dimes]

corn tea.

That one's news to me.