Post #329457 by Okolehao on Fri, Aug 31, 2007 9:03 PM

Well, I've found the other difficult ingredient of Oke - breadfruit. After searching several Asian food markets I found one that had a few dusty cans of the stuff. It's canned in Vatuwaqa, Suva, Fiji.

Never having tasted breadfruit, I opened a can tonight and gave it a taste test. Strange stuff. It looks like pineapple spears that have been bleached, has the texture of canned potatos, and tastes sort of like wet bread mixed with a very bland sweet potato with an exotic ginger like aftertaste. Not bad, but nothing too exciting. The most interesting aspect of the stuff is the way the taste stays with you for a long time. It's like the way garlic keeps hanging around after you've eaten it. I can see how if it were fermented and distilled it would create a very unique drink. I'm really curious now how the ti root will taste.

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement".
Jim Horning

[ Edited by: Okolehao 2007-08-31 21:06 ]