The Dragon Snack
By katrine
@carexing25 (1822)
Philippines
August 17, 2016 2:23am CST
For the nth time I forgot the time and wasn't able to eat my lunch. Now I'm kinda hungry and good that the fruit vendor arrived on time to deliver the fruits I ordered. This is the first time I'm going to taste a "dragon fruit" or commonly known as pitaya.
This one looks amazing, I expected to see white meat but I got a red one. Tasted it and... 
it tastes just like a papaya. I bet this will be much tastier when chilled. Still it's good and they say it got lots of health benefits. It's actually from the cactus family.. I gathered some seeds and plan to plant them in a pot tomorrow..
it tastes just like a papaya. I bet this will be much tastier when chilled. Still it's good and they say it got lots of health benefits. It's actually from the cactus family.. I gathered some seeds and plan to plant them in a pot tomorrow..5 people like this
8 responses
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
we have that in our garden,yes it's much delicious when its chilled ,my kids loved it yes it has a lot of benefits it fights cancer, high blood and diabetes.i think it's not the seeds you are going to plant its the stem.i think there are 3 kinds of dragon fruit but we have only two the red and white.they said the white ones is much delicious than the red but i think its the same
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
you can also plant the seeds.. so, what color do you have there?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
@carexing25 it takes time for the seeds to grow and bear fruits. i have the white and red fruit.
@thelme55 (76971)
• Germany
17 Aug 16
@carexing25 How do you plant the seeds? Is it a huge tree like mango tree?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
Oh no dear, it would take time to grow pitaya from seeds, just ask the vendor for a branch for you to plant. Anyway, the branch easily grows and after one or two years, it will already yield a fruit.
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
wow..! yeah, the branch does grow easily .. the seeds will take a longer time to grow.. i will see if i can get a branch
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
@carexing25 yes, better to ask, anyway branches of dragon fruit are needed to be trimmed down
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@thelme55 (76971)
• Germany
17 Aug 16
@carexing25 I would like to plant dragon fruit as well. Thanks for the info.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Aug 16
@carexing25 Here the white one is even much more common than the red one.
@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
i just hope i could have the white one so that i can tell which one tastes better
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
yes it is. i gave one slice to the guard and he said he's like eating fruit with a bunch of lice..hahah!
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
I wonder what vitamins this fruit has, i bet it's expensive. I remember my elder aunt always requesting a fruit similar to that.
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
it costs php170 per kilo ..only 3 pcs.. and it contains a lot of different vitamins, has fiber and prevents cancer.
@TopAppDevelopers (53)
• Mumbai, India
17 Aug 16
pityaya could be a cousin of papaya...sounds alike :p
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@rina110383 (24492)
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17 Aug 16
Haven't tasted this fruit. I don't see them around.
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
maybe you could find one in some fruit stands or in the mall..
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