This is a jackfruit. According to Business Insider.com, "Jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world — one fruit can weigh between 10 and 100 pounds and contain hundreds of seeds that are rich in protein, potassium, calcium, and iron — all of which are important for bodily growth.
"It's a miracle. It can provide so many nutrients and calories – everything," Shyamala Reddy, who is a biotechnology researcher at the University of Agriculture Sciences in Bangalore, India, told The Guardian earlier this year.
"If you just eat 10 or 12 bulbs of this fruit, you don't need food for another half a day."
The tree's leaves can feed animals, the bark provides dye for the color orange, the bark also produces a sticky substance that can be used as glue, and the wood is good for timber and other uses.
"Whatever you call it, it's a versatile food source — and thus a potential economic boon for countries that market it. Jackfruits can be dried, roasted, added to soups, used in chips, jams, juices, ice cream. The seeds can be boiled, roasted or ground into flour. Even the tree itself is valuable: high-quality, rot-resistant timber for furniture and musical instruments.
Or you can eat a jackfruit fresh (npr.org, "Here's the Scoop on Jackfruit)."
Word is that cooked jackfruit tastes just like pulled pork.
Are you sold? Just run over to Foodland before this one is gone...
Oh, by the way, it costs $4.99 a pound, so our 40 lb Foodland jackfruit is priced for quick sale--just $200. Hmmm, tempting!
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