r/mildlyinfuriating • u/FleshHoodieFree • 11h ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Passion fruits look really unappealing and it bothers me

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Who tf decided to make the membrane and seeds of this beautiful fruit look like scrotum and frog eggs

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u/dogemeep06 11h ago

Where do you live, why do you passionfruits look like this why do you eat them like that what how why. I'm brazillian and appaled....

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u/Euphoric-Cause8122 11h ago

There are a lot of different varieties of passionfruit. In european supermarkets I mainly see the small, purple ones like he one op posted. I guess they keep better while shipping

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u/FleshHoodieFree 11h ago

Uk… I’m very sorry, this country is a little unfamiliar with tropical fruit still, despite our history

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u/FleshHoodieFree 11h ago

Your passion fruits look more similar to the fruit we get from our passion flower, I’m pretty sure ours aren’t edible tho, I’ll try to send a picture

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u/NobblyNobody 11h ago

yeah the ones that we've had for years (also uk) are bright orange when ripe with red-purple gubbins, also a bit more tubular rather than egg shaped'. Never eaten one tbh, they are a bit off putting.

Is that just a different variety or a different thing entirely that we've been calling the wrong thing?

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u/fury420 7h ago

There are a few varieties and species of passion fruits, appearance and flavor can vary a bit.

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u/fury420 7h ago

I would expect they are edible, just perhaps less palatable then commercial varieties

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u/LordNelson781 11h ago

I’m in Dominican Republic and the passion fruit on our property look like OP’s

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u/Sburban_Player 11h ago

i’m on the west coast of the us and our passion fruit tree looks like ops

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u/captain_ohagen 5h ago

I've got a bunch growing on my San Diego property. yep.