We all know what fruit and vegetables look like when they're sitting on the shelf in the supermarket, but have you ever wondered what they look like before they're ready to harvest? Then check out this list, compiled by Bored Panda, to see some of your favorite foods in a totally new light.
From bananas and sesame seeds to cashew nuts and kiwi fruits, these pictures of natural produce prior to being harvested are sure to make you think differently about the fruits and vegetables that you eat every day.
Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to vote for the best!
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Sesame Seeds
Peanut
Cranberry
Cashew
This one is even more baffling than cinnamon. "Well, John appears to have died after eating one. But there's just GOT to be a way to prepare those green squash testicles so we could all enjoy them."
you can eat the yellow fruit just above the cashew nut , its very tasty. Very popular in south India, where village kids throw stones at these to eat cashew fruits .. the yellow / orange/ red (very ripe and sweet ) fruit bit and then collect the raw cashew (green nut) in bulk and sell them to the local trader for money. Or you can bbq them in fire , it release a puss before the cashew inside gets toasted , which you then open and eat. Guess thats why cashew nuts are expensive.
it's highly poisonous and has to go through tons of processing before it can be declared edible
It's because of urushiol, which poison ivy also contains. Roasting the cashew removes most of it, but it must be done outside because the smoke contains droplets of urushiol as well.
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The yellow fruit is fleshy, edible but not something that I'd say is delicious. We slice it and sprinkle a bit of salt before eating. We roast the shell to get the nut out. When roasting the shell we also make sure that no chickens are around as the acrid smoke can make them sick.
We eat and make juice from the yellow (it can be red also) part of the cashew here in Brazil. But the cashew nut (as we call it), cannot be eaten raw.
Always found cashews to be a bit on the weird side. Now I'm totally off them.
According to friends in Mozambique, the yellow fruit is delicious and they make preserves with it.
The second picture only shows the cashew nut, which is the green "tail" . The yellow part is fleshy and very sweet. The nut is dried and then roasted and salted.Cashew is a staple fruit in Brazil.
In my childhood, my school contained too many cashew trees.. I remember plucking and roasting them along with my friends!! it was a lovely sight!
Wow at my grandfather's village the color of guava is red when it ready to crop. In Indonesia we call jambu mete or jambu monyet it's mean monkey guava
Pistachio
Cacao
Proof that chocolate is a vegetable and therefore beneficial to my health
Pineapple
Brussel Sprouts
Vanilla
Saffron
And that's why saffron is so scary expensive. There are only two stamens per crocus, and they have to be carefully harvested by hand, one at a time.
Kiwi
Coffee
Cinnamon
Pomegranate
Banana
Wasabi
Black Pepper
Quinoa
Avocado
Oh, they grow on trees. I don't know why, but I always assumed they grew near the ground like strawberries. The more you know.
Asparagus
Mango
Dragon Fruit
Dates
Persimmon
Capers
The little green flower buds are the capers. The small unripe fruits are eaten too. In Dutch they are called 'caper-apples'.
Jabuticaba
Tea Plant
Throw back childhood. It's like sit on library and read an ensyclopedia or walk with my friend into a garden then climb the tree pick the fruit and eat them wow i'm miss my childhood
Peanut : its not the flower. That is actually a grass which is planted in a palm oil field. Sorry. I can't helped it but comment. Wrong fact.
Peanuts do bear flowers as seen in the picture before they form the seed underground.
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It's time for a fruit joke! Beware of falling sausage fruit, gardeners fear the wurst.
When u say surprising pics I just wonder what's so surprising about this to someone here in Africa who has grown up seeing these fruits. Please start posting interesting issues other than boring some of us because honestly u have started sounding so boring just like your name suggests; bored panda
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Clickbait much! It's not really surprising to those who have seen it before (and I've seen quite a lot before).
I take back my words, some of these here are really quite surprising and I couldn't delete my comments for some reason. It's a good article.
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Number 10 is def not Almond,Almond tree leaves are definitely bigger
Throw back childhood. It's like sit on library and read an ensyclopedia or walk with my friend into a garden then climb the tree pick the fruit and eat them wow i'm miss my childhood
Peanut : its not the flower. That is actually a grass which is planted in a palm oil field. Sorry. I can't helped it but comment. Wrong fact.
Peanuts do bear flowers as seen in the picture before they form the seed underground.
Load More Replies... It's time for a fruit joke! Beware of falling sausage fruit, gardeners fear the wurst.
When u say surprising pics I just wonder what's so surprising about this to someone here in Africa who has grown up seeing these fruits. Please start posting interesting issues other than boring some of us because honestly u have started sounding so boring just like your name suggests; bored panda
Babaco,Tree tomatoes, Papaya, Bread fruit, 1000 more exotic fruits and veggies.
9 Foods That Cancer Doctors Refuse To Eat – I Love Our household medical doctors have a considerable amount of sway in terms of our private well being and wellness.... To Read More : https://www.socialbrainy.com/cancers-food/
Clickbait much! It's not really surprising to those who have seen it before (and I've seen quite a lot before).
I take back my words, some of these here are really quite surprising and I couldn't delete my comments for some reason. It's a good article.
Load More Replies... Number 10 is def not Almond,Almond tree leaves are definitely bigger
