Palm Food

[Looking Glass]

Not food for your palms, but food from palms for me….  Eutrupe olecerea pops I guess.  I saw this in the checkout line at Wildfork Foods, so I got one…. Kind of gritty, tart, not too sweet (which I liked).  Not bad.  

I sat in the car and opened it up.  Sadly, I bit off the top, gave it a firm squeeze and it shot dark purple syrup goo out of the bottom all over my crotch..   That was an unfortunate turn of events.  I guess I shouldn't have squeezed it so hard.  Thank god I was headed home. 
 

Side note:  They are putting Thrinax radiata all over the place in parking lots down here, and Vetchias that are tall with white crown shafts in the medians.   They look pretty good.  

[JohnAndSancho]

14 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

it shot dark purple syrup goo out of the bottom all over my crotch..  

Happens to the best of us. 

[Johnny Palmseed]

Funny post with a cool picture. I think it’s great that people are realizing there are more than just the standard palms available when doing a landscaping project. Thrinax Radiata has really received a lot of attention lately and rightly so. It’s a great Florida palm and I sometimes see it in the big box stores mixed in with the ubiquitous Adonidias. As far as the açaí goes, it’s a treat that is perfect for smoothies.

[Kaname-kun]

Now you need to plant your own acai palms. They grow well here in South Florida (until we get a freeze).