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Hawaii: Exotic Fruit Tasting

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While on Oahu , I enjoyed all of the food at the Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival and the dishes with Shinsato Farms Pork, Kuahiwi Ranch Beef, and a plethora of local produce and seafood.  So when local foodie and friend  Melissa Chang  invited me to a tropical fruit tasting, I wasn't sure what to expect. @Melissa808 sizes up a mango from Makaha Mangoes   When we arrived at the University of Hawaii, I learned that this was part of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers conference and we were to meet people who really knew their stuff.  Having spent many summers in Hawaii, I grew up with papayas, lychee, guava, lilikoi, and pineapples.  I have to admit, some of the fruits on the table were a complete mystery.   #fruitfail See What Jay Eats...  What an assortment of exotic fruits! It was great to taste many of these tropical fruits and some of these I had never had before. The exotic Dragon Fruit One of my favorites, b...