Eating The Tastiest Fruit In The World! - How to Eat Monstera Deliciosa Safely | Mexican Breadfruit
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Monstera Delcicosa is a popular houseplant all over the world. What many do not know is that when grown outside in the right conditions, it grows an unusual-looking fruit that is packed with punchy flavor and vitamins. You have to know when to eat it at the right time to avoid the toxic calcium oxalates, watch the video to find out more :-) If you want to support the channel and its growth, then help us out by sharing the video with your friends that might be interested. Thanks for watching, don’t forget to like and subscribe!
What this video will cover: 0:00 The Monstera Delcicosa Fruit 0:41 Monstera Delcicosa Fruit Nutritional Benefits 1:03 When To Harvest Monstera Delcicosa Fruit 2:42 When Is It Safe To Eat Monstera Delcicosa Fruit 3:31 What To Do With Unripe Monstera Delcicosa Fruit 4:28 Tasting The Monstera Delcicosa Fruit
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Monstera deliciosa fruit is a rare, edible delicacy rich in nutrients, but requires careful timing and preparation to avoid toxic calcium oxalate crystals present in unripe fruit.
- Unripe monstera fruit contains high concentrations of raphide crystals (calcium oxalate) that cause severe throat and mouth irritation
- Fruit must ripen for a full year and be harvested only when hexagonal scales lift easily without force
- Even ripe fruit contains trace amounts of calcium oxalates, so consumption should be modest and gradual
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Monstera fruit buttons should lift off easily without force; if force is required to remove buttons, the fruit underneath is not ripe and will still contain raphides (needle-like crystals) that cause irritation
“if you start having to put Force to get these scales off that fruit will not be ripe under there and it'll still have a lot of Ray feeds them little needles press isn't you just want to eat the fruit underneath where these little buttons are still present”
Fully ripe monstera fruit shows no raphides in microscopic examination, whereas unripe fruit shows plenty of raphides that will cause throat and mouth irritation
“this is fruit what is fully ripe in the microscopic image and there's no roughides there but in the one where the fruit is on right well you can see there's still plenty of rough eyes and that's going to cause irritation in the throat in the mouth”
When monstera deliciosa is grown outside in the right conditions it can grow a real weird looking fruit that's edible and it's actually prized as a delicacy
“what many don't know is that when Monsieur deliciosi is grown outside in the right conditions it can grow a real weird looking fruit that's edible and it's actually prized as a delicacy”
Raphide crystals (calcium oxalate) in unripe monstera fruit look like little tiny sharp javelins or needles and are present in huge amounts in the unripe fruit and the rest of the plant
“these calcium oxalate crystals are in the form of raphides which look close up as you see in the images like little tiny sharp javelins little needles and they're present in huge amounts in the unripe fruit and the rest of the plant”
It takes one year for monstera deliciosa fruit to become ready for harvesting
“it takes one year for this fruit to become ready for harvesting”
Monstera deliciosa fruit can only be eaten when it is fully 100% ripe because unripe fruit is packed full of oxalic acid in the form of calcium oxalate crystals called raphides
“you can only eat it when it is fully 100 ripe and that's because just like the rest of the Monsieur deliciosa plant they're unripe fruit is packed full of oxalic acid these calcium oxalate crystals are in the form of raphides”
Eating unripe monstera deliciosa fruit would cause severe throat irritation, a burning sensation, and terrible pains in the stomach
“eating the unripe fruit like the one we have right here would cause severe throat irritation a burning sensation and terrible pains in the stomach”
If buttons are not coming off easily while eating monstera fruit, this indicates the fruit is not yet ripe and contains raphides; consumption should stop and fruit should be stored a day or two longer until buttons lift easily
“but look how easy the scales are coming off as soon as you meet some resistance and they're a little they're not coming away so easily you want to stop not eat anymore put it back into a jar like we did all over one and cover it with a paper towel maybe give it a day or two more until these scales start lifting off then you can start eating it again”
When picking monstera fruit, it should come away very easily from the plant; if you have to put force in there, it's better to leave it longer
“when you pick it it should just come away very easily from the plant if you're having to put some force in there then maybe it's better to leave it longer”
The key to safely eating monstera deliciosa fruit is patience and modesty, and the fruit should be about 12 inches long at harvest and really plump
“the key is patience and modesty first we need to make sure that the fruit is a hundred percent ripe when picking the fruit the fruit should be about 12 inches long at this point and really plump”
The hexagonal scales on monstera fruit (called buttons) should be just lifting a little bit when the fruit is ready to pick, and if buttons are tight together the fruit is younger
“the little buttons these little hexagonal uh scales you see called buttons they should be just lifting a little bit like you see in the video now if you look at some younger fruits you'll see that the buttons are really tight together”
After picking monstera deliciosa fruit, additional patience is needed because the fruit will ripen from the stalk up, and the hexagonal buttons should lift easily and fall off before the fruit is safe to eat
“well more patience is needed I know you might have been watching the fruit for months but you're gonna have to wait just a little bit longer we need to wait until the fruit fully ripens and it's going to ripen from the stalk up as you see there look that a few little buttons are just starting to come off”
When eating monstera fruit, care must be taken to not eat any of the scales because they'll be full of raphides and calcium oxalates
“when you're eating it you don't want it you want to make sure you're not eating any of the the scales they'll be full of roughides and calcium oxalates you want to make sure they're completely gone”
Unripe picked monstera fruit should be stored in a container covered with cloth or tissue to prevent fruit flies while waiting for ripening
“you want to just pop it in a container like this and just put a cloth piece of tissue something just to to cover it over so the fruit flies don't get Addy”
Even fully ripe monstera fruit will have some calcium oxalate present, so modesty in consumption is key and should only be eaten a little bit now and again rather than in large quantities
“even though then modesty is key even though you might have a few ripe fruits you don't want to go around like a Nutter eating a lot of these just a little bit now and again because even them is going to have a bit of calcium oxalate in there”
Unripe monstera fruit causes raphide-induced irritation in the mouth that is detectable, whereas fully ripe fruit can be eaten with hardly any sensation of irritation
“the first time we tried it we pulled a little bit of the skin off a little bit too quickly and you could feel them roughides attacking the mouth but with this one now I can hardly feel anything it's it's just sweet deliciousness”
The monstera deliciosa fruit is super rich in vitamin C and B, contains minerals like phosphorus and calcium, fibers and protein, and there are claims that it's very good for people recovering from radiotherapy and increases bowel movements
“the monsera deliciosa fruit is super rich in vitamin C and B contains minerals like phosphorus calcium fibers and protein there's also claims that it's very good for people that are recovering from radiotherapy and it increases bowel movements”
Monstera deliciosa is known also as the Swiss cheese plantain and is prized as a house plant all over the world
“this is the Exotic view of the monsera deliciosa and it is indeed delicious it's known also as the Swiss cheese plantain it's prized as a house plant all over the world”
Monstera fruit jam could be used to add into recipes as a flavor component to create a 'taste explosion'
“it'd be lovely to make some jam with this I think in the future I think this is a jam and then use that jam to add into the recipes like a little little taste explosion”
Monstera fruit has a hard little center that resembles a weird alien corn on the cob
“look we've got this hard little Centre as well like it's some kind of weird alien corn on the cob”
Monstera deliciosa fruit can be processed into jam by freezing ripe fruit and adding additional fruit as it matures, then combining frozen portions to make jam
“I'd like to save this and like to make some jam with it what I'll have to do is maybe take the fruit that's ripe put it in a little containing the freezer and then just keep adding the rest of the fruit to it as it matures”
Monstera deliciosa fruit tastes like a combination of banana and pineapple
“wow it's so delicious it's like a combination of banana and pineapple”