This article is for those of you with access to the real deal…raw, unpasteurized, un-homogenized straight from the cow – milk. In a nut shell, pasteurized milk has been heated to kill live enzymes plus good, possibly bad, bacteria to increase its shelf life. Homogenized milk has been essentially, blasted through a screen to break […]
Chico Sapotes are just coming into their season in March for Hawaii. If you’ve never experienced this fruit, it’s like a pear with a brown sugar/cinnamon flavor added in. The consistency is like a pear and it has a thin skin which is edible. My favorite thing to do, is to grab a branch and […]
Kumu Aina Farm deems that the Mamey Sapote should be called the mother of all fruits. Some fruits have a distinction above others. Two that come to mind are the Durian, known as the king of all fruits and the Mangosteen called the queen of all fruits. Hefty titles, indeed. On our farm, we have […]
Once you open a ripe black sapote (Diospyris dignia) you can see why it is called “chocolate pudding fruit.” The deep rich brown smooth pulp with its spoon-like consistency looks exactly like chocolate pudding. I am often asked, “What does it taste like?” I want to reply that it tastes exactly what it tastes like […]