Try Something New Fruits

We've done Try Something New Fruits several times since there are some pretty funky fruits that you probably pass by in the grocery store.

We tried Ugli Fruit which looks very much like an orange without the citrus taste. We've tried Dragon Fruit which is close to a plum and at times had some pretty good sales! And another called African Horned Melon where you eat the slimey seeds inside.

I work in the cafeteria at our school and we have done this for the kids at school. We've tried Kiwi (some kids actually asked if you could buy it at the grocery store--I had to show the fuzzy fruit outside to make sure they didn't look for a green fruit!!) We tried Mango and Papaya.

Some of the kids had tried all three, some had never tried any! What a great way to expose the kids to something new in a non-threatening environment...tasting a tiny piece of each fruit...expanding their palatte.

Where can you do try something new? Can you bring one fruit into work and share with your co-workers? Can you bring an african horned melon to your college roommates and let everyone have a spoonful? Can you bring an ugli fruit to your sports team and give everyone a slice?

Try something new today and share with others!!