How to eat sugar apples? Why do sugar apples turn black?

A fruit with a unique shape. Because of its peculiar shape, the young fruit looks like a "litchi" and it was introduced from the "Fanbang", so it is called "sugar apple". There are many protruding scales on the surface of the fruit, and its appearance resembles the head shape of Sakyamuni in Buddhism, so people are used to calling it "sad apple". It is an edible tropical fruit. Do you know?

Contents of this article

1. How to eat Custard Apple

2. Why does the Custard Apple turn black?

3. Can I still eat sugar apples if they turn black?

How to Eat Custard Apple

1. Eat directly

Sugar-apple is a tropical fruit that can be eaten directly. Usually, you need to pinch it with your hands before eating it to see if it is fully ripe. If it feels soft when pinching, you can cut it in the middle and eat the flesh directly with a small spoon. If it feels hard, it needs to be ripened before eating.

2. Make a milkshake

Milkshakes made with sugar-apples are also very delicious. When making them, you need to select ripe sugar-apples, remove the skin, take out the white flesh inside, prepare an appropriate amount of pure milk, put them all into a food processor, make them into a milkshake, take them out and put them in a cup, and then put two on top for decoration.

Why does the sugar apple turn black?

The skin of the sugar apple does turn black when it is ripe.

Custard apples are hard after being picked. They need to be placed at room temperature for a period of time. After the ripening stage, the skin becomes soft and black before they can be eaten. If they are placed in the refrigerator before they become soft, they will not become soft when taken to room temperature later. The correct storage method is to refrigerate them after they become soft at room temperature, and take them out when you eat them. This will extend the storage time without affecting their taste.

Can I still eat sugar apple if it turns black?

Depends on the specific part.

If only the skin of the sugar-apple turns black, it means that the sugar-apple is ripe and can be eaten, and the taste will be better. If the flesh of the sugar-apple turns black, it is not recommended to continue eating it, because this kind of sugar-apple is mostly rotten and may cause physical discomfort after consumption.