Tamarillos

I notice that the supermarkets, in what appears a strategy to make up for the somewhat limited range of local fruits available this time of year, have started importing more exotic fruits.

Recently, I have been able to shop for dragonfruits, prickly pears, and tamarillos amongst other exotic fruits at the local supermarket.

Wait ... tamarillos ... what is that? The tamarillo is also known as the 'tree tomato' and is some sort of sweet tomato - I ate the flesh out of them using a small spoon (having read that the skin is quite bitter): the texture was very nice (so I assume they were ripe) and the taste was .. sort of a general sweet fruity taste but somehow tangy like a tomato.