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"I don't think so , Dr. Oz!"



I love Dr. Oz even though today I am going to tell him "No Way!" My mom was in town and we were watching Dr. Oz and his 5 superfoods of 2010! So we went hunting for them the next day...one being a "mangosteen". Which is considered the Queen of all Fruits!

It may be the Queen but it takes a chainsaw to open it. I tried every knife in my drawer. Finally, we asked my husband to try as he was walking in from work. He chipped away at it for about 5 minutes. While he was doing that...I was reading on the internet about mangosteen's and their juice.

They have a very potent purple juice that stains. So I quickly told my husband as he was in his dress clothes cutting my mangosteen. When we finally got it open, it was not that "fresh, bright, white" like I saw on the show. They were slimy, grayish and wrinkled....ugh! I think our mangosteen took weeks and weeks traveling overseas and was ROTTEN!

We were so disappointed and decided to give up on our "mangosteen" considering they are $9.99 a pound and the size of a plum!

9 comments:

the gierlack's said...

wow i have never heard of it before. i also love that show and watch watching the healthy recipes. i have rheumatoid arthrits and am trying to eat very healthy so i feel good. it is hard!

Mari said...

I've never heard of that before!. I think I would give up too!

Astrid in Bristling Acres said...

That doesn't sound very appetizing. I've heard of them but I've never tried one. That IS pricey for it to be rotten!

vicki said...

Mr. Sandy Toes is a good man for enduring your whims!!!

Almost as bad as my roach encounter .... remember that?

Sojourner said...

This made it hit home just how lucky I am to live in the tropics, where I can get Mangosteen's nice n fresh from the markets. I'm sorry you never got to experience a nice ripe one!

Busy Bee Suz said...

Whoops.
Dr. Oz Fail!!!!

Jboo said...

Wow -- never ever heard of that fruit! Think I would opt for strawberries instead! Just read that raspberries are a super food! :)

Janet

Darlene said...

I've never heard of that but yuck. After all your trouble it isn't worth it.

aurora said...

icky!