passionfruit always reminds me of this time i went to my friends house and we went swimming and then lay on the side of her pool eating passionfruit straight off the vine growing on her pool fence.
mixing it with plain yoghurt is good for breakfast, or putting it with icecream.

you mentioned durian. it made me go wot? i havent had durian for ages ..and it will be something i look forward to when i go back to malaysia (if in season). never met a canadian (or american or english or....)whos ever tried eating durians. the smell usually puts them off

my eyes almost popped out of my head when i read katharine's comment. don't eat the skin of passionfruit!! cut it open and spoon out the insides. yum.

After reading this post I decided to pick up a grapefruit while doing the shopping last night. I've never eaten a grapefruit and to be honest I'm kinda nervous!

Hmmm, passion fruit....I usually just cut them open and eat them. Just the mention of passion fruit takes me back to my chldhood. I grew up on an island where we could just pick passion fruit off the vine and eat them fresh...those were good times.

Passion-fruit cupcakes with passion-fruit icing!

I want a grapefruit moment!!!! What a wonderful connection to have with a complete stranger! I'm going to go out and buy some grapefruit to enjoy with my family. Fortunately for me its one of a few fruits my kids will eat.

Angja - You might be able to get passion fruit tinned which might be cheaper... certainly I've got tins at our South African themed cafe here in Edinburgh http://www.ndebele.co.uk/reviews.htm

Nigella Lawson has several recipes with passion fruit (pomegranate, too!) - one of them is passion fruit curd (like lemon curd, only with passion fruit). I always wanted to try that one, but I haven't - mostly because I live in Scandinavia and fruit is expensive here (sadly, no passion fruit vines). I think it would be delicious on toast. And everything else.

I second the Pavlova idea! It's my number one favourite summer dessert.

http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/food/pavlova.php

It's more of a summer dessert, but slice up banana and strawberries as well.

:)

Those charged meetings make me walk away wondering --what just happened there? did I miss an opportunity to make a friend?-- Maybe for two minutes they "charge" my life? The effect of them last longer than the meeting...

Sometimes, I just want to say "Wanna be friends?" to someone with an inviting face, but, sometimes, I'm chicken. They may not be thinking what I'm thinking!

Passion fruit makes good passion orange juice!

Passion fruit vines grow beautifully in my part of the world (Sydney, Australia), a friend of mine has a vine that entirely covers one side of her garage!

For me the best way to eat passionfruit is to just cut the top off and dive in with a spoon - or to slather it all over the top of a Pavlova! (A meringue base piled high with whipped cream, and then topped with fruit - yum). Make sure the passionfruit is really ripe, usually the darker and more wrinkly the better.

4 for a $? that seems expensive to me. especially when I can go out in my backyard and pick some. I have grapefruit from Dec until the end of Feb..

and oranges, mangos, guavas and papayas..

I love passionfruit which i normally eat right out of the shell. you can eat the seeds too if you wish.

Do you like pink or white grapefruit?

Due to a family connection I have been fortunate to visit the Caribbean island of St. Lucia twice within the past year and I am not surprised at your feeling an instantaneous connection in meeting a lady from that part of the world. What fabulous people! And what fabulous fruit! Have you had soursop? There is a place on St. Lucia where you can get soursop gelato. Utter heaven!

I'm so embarrassed to admit that I never bothered to buy a passion fruit because I don't know what to do with it. I know I can't break it, but I just don't know what to do with it. Same with a pomegranate. One time I ventured into the unknown world of exotic melons and my throat closed up after just one bite! I realized that I was allergic to this mysterious melon. Ever since that unfortunate incident I have avoided all things exotic. Sad, isn't it.

I love grapefruit. The seeds have strong immune system building properties and the white parts are extremely high in bioflavanoids, which are extremely good for you.

Grapefruits, like many other foods, are teachers.

And they smell HEAVENLY!

Totally know what you mean when you say that you connected with her. Some people you meet, and it's like a switch goes on. Instant comfort. An electrical connection. Or perhaps a re-connection. Like old friends meeting up again after a long separation. Makes me seriously consider the possibility of past lives. Life can be so magical when you stay open and awake! So hard sometimes, but so vital.

Whoops--it was actually persimmons that I tried. Sorry for the scare! So, um, never try persimmons.

Ewww...passion fruit! My friends and I had a big fruit party a while back, where we tried all sorts of exotic fruits that were new to us. Someone brought passion fruit that was supposedly in season and at perfect ripeness. The skin was so thick and dry that my throat closed up and I almost asphyxiated after taking one bite. I don't know what passion fruit is supposed to taste like, but it wasn't very good!

When I experience those occassional 'electric' meetings, I always wonder if I was meant to invite the person over for grapefruit (which I never do because I'm a shy fraidy cat). Or, if it was just that brief magical moment in time and to take it further would be pushing the river. Do you ever second guess yourself this way (or invite the person over for grapefruit)?

I was second-guessing myself about a grapefruit moment recently about a guy I bought a fridge from (from a classified ad) and POOF -- I ran right into him in a store (and this is not a small town). That was very cool.

The inclusion of squid on your list caught me off guard. Funny!

Half the passion fruit and eat it with a tiny spoon. Can add to vanilla ice cream, also good in cake icing!