Kiwifruit is trending in Tokyo, and food lovers have split into 5 major schools

Readers traveling abroad during Golden Week can keep an eye out,

and see how a simple ingredient like kiwifruit,

in developed countries,

gets woven into daily food life.

Kiwifruit ranks among the top of all fruits for nutrient density.

The nutrient density in the image above refers to what is contained per 100g

of the total of 17 nutrients in the dietary reference intake.

Kiwifruit is more than 5 times that of apple.

(By the way, there are many domestic varieties of green kiwifruit,

such as the green-fleshed Cuixiang and the red-fleshed Hongyang, which are also good,

so you can't say they are necessarily inferior to golden kiwifruit)

And right now is exactly kiwifruit season.

On Japanese social media, there is an abundance of popular ways to eat kiwifruit,

and they usually come with tags like "living mindfully."

Indeed, compared with eating the same raw fruit day after day,

exploring better ways to eat it is an important part of living mindfully.

However, domestic kiwifruit is not easy to eat,

because ripening agents and premature harvesting are common,

Fox has run into several cases where it stayed hard after a month,

or where it finally softened but was so ripe it fell apart at a touch.

Fox recently ate a box of kiwifruit,

which is a good chance to fill in the places where these ways of eating easily fail.

For example, you can first marinate kiwifruit in honey,

then eat it with yogurt.

When you come across kiwifruit that simply won't soften,

this method works wonders,

so don't just foolishly force yourself to swallow it!

1. Kiwifruit special drink

2. Frozen kiwifruit yogurt

3. Kiwifruit sandwich

4. Kiwifruit salad

5. Kiwifruit jelly

6. A new way to peel kiwifruit

Kiwifruit special drink

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Plain kiwifruit juice does not taste good,

not only is it too sour, but the sweetness seems to disappear.

A carefully made kiwifruit special drink won't have this problem,

for example, blending it with honey,

or drinking it in layers and then eating the fruit,

are simple and workable methods.

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These days kiwifruit special drinks are easy to spot in izakaya.

One method is to mix kiwifruit with fruit wine or sake,

it tastes like sweet wine,

and the alcohol content is not high.

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There is also another internet-famous way of eating it that is easy to find on every street and alley,

which is to slice kiwifruit and freeze it into a tower shape,

then let it slowly melt in the drink.

If you don't like alcohol,

you can also mix it with sparkling water.

Fox casually filmed a simple making video.

The sparkling water can be made with Perrier or a soda maker.

Frozen kiwifruit yogurt

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You may all know that if you freeze yogurt in the refrigerator for 2 hours,

it reaches a semi-frozen, ice-cream-like state,

and can be made into frozen yogurt.

Among the various fruits that can be paired with frozen yogurt,

kiwifruit is one of the very popular choices,

and can blend out a rich sweet-and-sour taste.

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If conditions allow,

you can also use green kiwifruit and golden kiwifruit,

and arrange them into a flower shape.

If you look closely, you'll find it's actually not hard,

it's just a matter of the placement angle.

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It is said that children who don't like eating kiwifruit

can all easily accept this ice-cream-like frozen yogurt.

Kiwifruit mixed with yogurt may be a way of eating that many people easily think of,

and Fox has also seen it in some videos.

But in actual practice, it was found to be so astringent it was inedible,

and only after carefully reading the recipe did I learn,

that basically you must keep the kiwifruit and yogurt in two separate layers,

and try not to mix them together.

Besides the method above of keeping the kiwifruit in whole pieces,

another method is the one in the image above,

first mix kiwifruit with honey to make a jam,

then pour it over the yogurt.

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Only after looking it up did I find out,

this is because kiwifruit has an enzyme that breaks down the protein in yogurt,

and the breakdown produces a bitter taste.

And the bitterness of green kiwifruit is a bit stronger.

Therefore you should try to keep the layers separate or keep the kiwifruit intact.

Kiwifruit sandwich

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Kiwifruit sandwiches are also very popular,

and can serve as a hearty holiday brunch.

In the past, Fox was very successful making grilled peach and banana sandwiches,

but grilled kiwifruit turns bitter.

Actually you can first soak the bread in egg liquid and fry it into French toast,

then top it with kiwifruit, banana and other fruits.

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You can also take the toasted bread,

add kiwifruit and fig,

and make an open sandwich.

Kiwifruit plus fig is a classic combination.

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There is also another method,

kiwifruit and red bean sandwich.

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Kiwifruit and cream cheese sandwich,

paired with yogurt and sausage soup.

You could say it is very hearty.

Autumn makes you tired easily,

so after getting up you can eat such a high-protein breakfast to recharge.

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The simplest method is,

cut open a croissant and directly stuff in kiwifruit.

Kiwifruit salad

Kiwifruit can not only be made into a sandwich for breakfast,

but can also be made into a salad to fit into a main meal.

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First, it needs to be said that there are many unreliable food incompatibility claims online,

which were later all debunked one by one.

For example, it is said that kiwifruit contains vitamins,

and cannot be eaten with shrimp or crab,

otherwise it will reduce pentavalent arsenic to arsenic trioxide.

Actually, in Japanese cuisine, using vitamin-rich lemon

to season seafood is completely normal.

As for not being able to mix it with milk and so on,

otherwise it will cause bloating and diarrhea,

that is also far less exaggerated than what is said.

Kiwifruit, like lemon,

can both remove the fishy smell from seafood,

and promote the synthesis of collagen.

Kiwifruit and scallop salad,

6 slices of scallop with 1 kiwifruit and 1 lemon.

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The sweet-and-sour taste of kiwi

can be paired with savory ingredients,

for example, kiwi tuna salad,

combining into a multi-layered flavor that is savory with a hint of sweetness.

You can also add lettuce and asparagus.

A traditional fruit salad

can use a combination of apple, banana, and kiwi,

with yogurt and mayonnaise.

Kiwi Jelly

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The geometric shape of the kiwi

makes it very suitable for making crystal-clear jelly.

The fox also failed at first when making kiwi jelly,

peach jelly and all kinds of other fruit jellies could be made successfully,

but kiwi simply would not set.

The reason is the same as above:

the gelling agents we commonly use, such as gelatin,

are made by boiling beef bones, fish bones, and the like,

and their main component is also protein.

Therefore, you must first dissolve the gelatin in hot water,

and then add the kiwi.

Or first make kiwi juice,

after bringing it to a boil and cooling it to below 60°C,

then add the gelatin.

Round jelly is also very beautiful.

Be careful to keep the sliced shape on top.

A New Way to Peel Kiwi

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Finally, let's talk about a simple way to peel kiwi.

First, put the kiwi into water and bring it to a boil,

then put it into ice water to cool.

Freezing it directly also makes it very easy to peel,

but the taste will change.

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This way, you can peel it quickly.

Compared with methods circulating online such as spinning it with a small spoon,

the advantage is that you can do several at once.

In short, how to eat is a serious matter.

If you just peel it and eat it however you like,

the kiwi would cry if it knew~

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