THE GOLDENBERRIES

(or cape gooseberries)

And now let's have Matt over again to introduce to you the goldenberries...

So then, like the Muppet Babies episode of the 1980's, this ISN'T used by the ones in the nursery while they try to make their own muffins... (This is Season 4 Ep. 14-Millenials, remember...?)

...and no, when I had the CAPE gooseberries, I did not react like baby Gonzo... it is just an unrelated name.

For this one, as it seems to be like the tomatillo in nature, but acting as fruit, it would be like I would be tasting one. So as it is part of the tomato family, one would say that tomatoes are FRUIT in this case, and it can be possible to have a tomato as something sweet-not just ketchup, but like Matt said for the goldenberry, a pie... Well, if bacon can be in a milkshake, anyone-whoever has a risky and adventurous tongue, try your shot in making a tomato pie!

Let's return to goldenberries, as I found them in a small plastic crate, and I finished them within 2 weeks. It's true, even while you let them sit since your purchase and you would let them ripe a lot more, it will STILL be tart, but the sweet taste will improve just a teeny bit slightly. At first, you will have to get that papery leaves that cover them up to access the fruit as Matt said, and it can be quite waxy, but it would disappear if you let the fruit age, like I did. There are seeds, but they are small and they are like the passion fruit-they are edible, and it will be impossible to get them out.

For the taste however, I do have some mixed feelings about it as it seems to be like some tomato taste in there, and a little bit of strawberry with no sugar at all. It is something to expect when it is supposed to be a tart fruit, and that when you enjoy such berries that are naturally that way, it can be OK, once you get used to them. It is like the Granny Smith apple, only that that apple is sweeter, but for any such pies you want to have, this would pair well with maybe a peach pie if you want to keep its yellow or orange in it. As Matt has said that you can make jelly with it, I would feel that you can make any dessert with it, so for that Muppet Babies episode, IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE (CAPE) GOOSEBERRY MUFFINS! Go by trial and error to get that done.

To have it fresh in your mouth directly, it does not seem to be good if you want sweet through and through if you are the "chef's way" of defining a fruit. Some will say that it can have some characteristic to qualify like a vegetable like a cucumber or zucchini, and to a scientist, these are fruits since they have seeds, and they are arranged like a star when cut latitudinally. So for one that will be like the pumpkin being a fruit or even a vegetable despite that it can be in a pie, the goldenberry is the one that will be in that debate as well! Do try and taste it yourself-you judge.

Based on this, it would score low on the list below. However, it does have that little bit of sweet that I like, and it would be OK for me to try again over the pepino and kiwano melons; the lychee I can admit has better tasting than this berry. For the rating, I will say, 4.9/6:

12: Cherimoya
11: Dragonfruit
10: Papaya
9: Passion fruit
8: Mangosteen
7: Durian
6: Korean melon
5: Lychee

>> 4: GOLDENBERRY<<

(close to "MEH", but OK)
3: Kiwano melon (bit good)
2: Pepino melon (Bland)
1: QUINCE (RAW, BUT NEVER TASTED) (BAD!)

It may not be like I would react wildly like Gonzo at the end, but at least it is edible and repugnant, however. At least it has good health benefits for one to have.

In the future art that I may have as Alfred is the fruit eater in the lineup of fursonas I have, he will when he gets this, feel a bit like this emoji:

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...he would have thought at ALL berries that are edible are sweet. His hypothesis is wrong...