Hail to the Lilikoi

We discovered the most amazing fruit on Kauai. We first tasted the lilikoi, a member of the passion fruit family, at a farmer's market. We found out they grew wild on vines in the valleys. On a bike ride, Tony found a whole road with lilikoi vines.
We only discovered the vines in the last three days of our 18 day vacation. Fortunately we were supplied by the farmer's markets until that day, because I became addicted to the scrumptious fruit.












There is no way to describe it but one of its unique features is that you pop off the top and suck out the inside. Not content to leave any wasting, I could easily open it up and suck the seeds and pulp off the side. By the time we left, Tony too thought it was scruptious--this could have been the fruit that Eve tempted Adam with. Jillian is enjoying a grapefruit that we picked off one of our grapefruit trees each morning.