This fruit can kill you but it is worth having it.
Have you heard of The Akee Fruit? This is my Akee Tree harvest and my friends tasting it for the first time. This fruit can kill you but it is worth having it.
Murray Corman tried to convince me to plant one of these 27 years ago. Too worried that some kid might try and eat it, I passed. Planted a Pollock avocado 🥑 instead.
I have 3 adult trees & late summer I was swamped with Ackee. I pick remove the seed the red lining then freeze. It's almost $10 per can. Absolutely wonderful with salted Cod. 💕💕💕🌴
One of my favourites. I have only tried it from a can a few times but I think it's so amazing. Soft like butter with a mild nutty flavour. If I could eat it every day, I would.
Hi, B. Paul! My fam is Jamaican, and I grew up with both types of ackee trees growing in the yard. We only ate them cooked. I never knew they were edible raw until I saw a video by raw chef, Aris Latham, whom you interviewed. I wish I had known! I missed out! When I travel back to my family's home, I'm going to try it raw. Cheers!
Your quite generous to share your Ackee considering that you have not got enough on your tree. I'm GLAD THAT your tree is fruiting. How many do you eat raw. I ask this as Im wondering whether you might get tummy ache eating a lot in its raw state.
The toxin (hypoglycin) is not a gas, it’s an amino acid derivative which is still present in the flesh (but in much smaller quantities) once ripe. The seeds contain the toxin even if ripe, and eating them will kill you. Hypoglycin is also present in lychees, longans and rambutans and eating large quantities of these can also be deadly, especially to children, underweight individuals and people who are fasting or dieting.
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Shalom 💜
Nice yes I have very interesting fruit
Wow 🤩 thank you
Murray Corman tried to convince me to plant one of these 27 years ago. Too worried that some kid might try and eat it, I passed. Planted a Pollock avocado 🥑 instead.
I have 3 adult trees & late summer I was swamped with Ackee. I pick remove the seed the red lining then freeze. It's almost $10 per can. Absolutely wonderful with salted Cod. 💕💕💕🌴
One of my favourites. I have only tried it from a can a few times but I think it's so amazing. Soft like butter with a mild nutty flavour. If I could eat it every day, I would.
If you pick it off the tree prematurely. You can leave till it opens by itself. It will be safe, so you dont have to throw it away.
That's our National Dish back home in Jamaica….. I can't wait to go home to have freshly cooked ackee and saltfish
Hi, B. Paul! My fam is Jamaican, and I grew up with both types of ackee trees growing in the yard. We only ate them cooked. I never knew they were edible raw until I saw a video by raw chef, Aris Latham, whom you interviewed. I wish I had known! I missed out! When I travel back to my family's home, I'm going to try it raw.
Cheers!
Your quite generous to share your Ackee considering that you have not got enough on your tree. I'm GLAD THAT your tree is fruiting. How many do you eat raw. I ask this as Im wondering whether you might get tummy ache eating a lot in its raw state.
No Thank you. Too Risky for me.
The toxin (hypoglycin) is not a gas, it’s an amino acid derivative which is still present in the flesh (but in much smaller quantities) once ripe. The seeds contain the toxin even if ripe, and eating them will kill you. Hypoglycin is also present in lychees, longans and rambutans and eating large quantities of these can also be deadly, especially to children, underweight individuals and people who are fasting or dieting.
Ackee
Nigerians eat it raw too they don't cook it like Jamaicans, it is so good with salted Cod, salt Mackrel and redherring fish
It’s the ‘red film’ that’s poisonous. Don’t eat that. It has a powerful hypoglycin a chemical that will drop your blood sugar. That’s how it kills
So nice
They make a great meal with salt fish some ackees are soft & others are firm sometimes they can have a slightly bitterish taste
Which type do you prefer Paul the soft or firm ackee? I wonder if you can distinguish which tree produces the firm or soft ackee.
It's actually apart of our national dish here in Jamaica 🇯🇲.