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asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2020-03-18 01:03 am

What to do with 66,000 pounds of surplus dragon fruit?

I heard this story on BBC World News, but the online links I could find with the best images were from this Business Insider story by Kate Taylor.

The founder of ABC Bakery in Ho Chi Minh city found that thousands of pounds of red dragon fruit were going unsold out in the Vietnamese countryside because Vietnam had closed its borders with China, the main buyer. So this bakery began buying the fruits and using them in their baked goods:

pink baguettes

(photo: Kate Taylor)

pink buns

(photo: Angela Kao)

and dragon fruit cake!

(photo: Angela Kao)

Here's what red dragon fruit looks like, so you have an idea of where the color comes from:


(image from eBay)

These offerings have been wildly popular, and it's really benefited the local farmers.
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[personal profile] sovay 2020-03-18 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
The founder of ABC Bakery in Ho Chi Minh city found that thousands of pounds of red dragon fruit were going unsold out in the Vietnamese countryside because Vietnam had closed its borders with China, the main buyer.

Oh, my God, I want a dragon fruit baguette.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2020-03-18 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Several mail order places sell freeze-dried dragonfruit powder, including my favorite, nuts.com . Baguettes are famously difficult, but you could dragonfruit-infuse your favorite homemade baked goods?
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[personal profile] rachelmanija 2020-03-18 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
WANT.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2020-03-18 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
Pink things are pink!

Stand away from all those small girls (and doubtless some small boys)! :o)
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[personal profile] mallorys_camera 2020-03-18 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love this!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
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[personal profile] amaebi 2020-03-18 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow!

(It would be even better if dragon fruit weren't a snooze. But I bet it's nutritious.)
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[personal profile] shewhomust 2020-03-18 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
What a great story! My local greengrocer has dragonfruit, I've never got up the courage to buy one ...
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[personal profile] osprey_archer 2020-03-18 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
That dragonfruit cake looks amaaazing, I want it right now.
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[personal profile] osprey_archer 2020-03-18 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet the letter does not have a photograph of the MOST MAGENTA CAKE, so it's probably just as well that you posted as well as wrote in the letter!
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[personal profile] queenoftheskies 2020-03-18 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw that article and thought they were ingenious!
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2020-03-18 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like nashi pear, which is disappointingly watery (but very refreshing).

Have you tried jack fruit? That's becoming a real thing here among vegans. I saw it turning up on a vegan pizza t'other day! :o/
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[personal profile] sartorias 2020-03-18 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't help wonder what it tastes like, but for pretty, can't be beat!
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[personal profile] kore 2020-03-18 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The fruit and the cake are AMAZING. I want some!
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[personal profile] athenais 2020-03-18 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I will ask my friend who lives in Saigon if he has sampled any of these delights yet!
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[personal profile] amaebi 2020-03-19 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Baguettes are difficult in what sense? With the regard to the desired oven humidities? (I ask as a veteran baguette-maker.)
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[personal profile] amaebi 2020-03-19 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
I keep looking at jackfruit but feeling intimidated by the size of the whole fruit, though I know I can buy just a chuck. Could you describe it?
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[personal profile] amaebi 2020-03-19 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
I so hope.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2020-03-19 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)

I am so impressed with you! My one try at baguettes came ot misshapen and leathery, in part because i couldn't get the humidities right.

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[personal profile] zyzyly 2020-03-20 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That dragonfruit bread looks delicious! I'm glad they are being creative.
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[personal profile] amaebi 2020-03-20 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There is a trick. As well as putting in a pan of hot water, I throw in some ice cubes as I put the bread pan in.