Comments on: Summer Swan Song

By: Home Cooking Kitchen

Home Cooking Kitchen — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:17:44 +0000

I love the idea of using sugar cookie dough as the crust! So easy and so tasty-looking

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:57:38 +0000

Andrew – I appreciate your passion for correct identification of these fruits. You certainly seem to know your origins. However, the fruit in this recipe is not a chinese gooseberry. It’s a very close relative though. The best way to explain is to use the Latin nomenclature names: the gooseberries/common kiwis are Actinidia deliciosa while, as noted above, these hardy kiwis are Actinidia arguta. I am not entirely sure if the “kiwiberry” you refer to is a member of the first species or the second. Common names vary by region so that’s why I often rely on the Latin. I’ll use my resources at Longwood Gardens to find out for sure and clarify in the post. Utlimately, it’s all about how they taste though, isn’t it? And you’re definitely right there: they’re fantastic!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:49:31 +0000

i wish people wouldn’t call them ‘kiwis’. a kiwi is a bird. kiwi is also another name for a new zealander. you wouldn’t eat either of those, whether they were peeled or not.

these berries are chinese gooseberries. new zealand growers invented the name ‘kiwifruit’ to help market them to the world.

another variety of chinese gooseberry is called the kiwiberry — it’s a small hairless fruit about the size of a regular gooseberry that you can throw whole in your mouth. fantastic.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:05:13 +0000

Welcome, Claire! If you got at 90%, you must be a kindred spirit and that phrase “my heart lives at the intersection between sustainability and food” is further proof (beautifully said, I might add). I don’t know how I would feel about eating a regular kiwi’s skin, but it’s interesting to know that I can. Thanks for the comment!

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:55:41 +0000

Hey there,

I live in PA and just found this blog, and I’m glad I did because my heart lives at the intersection between sustainability and food. (Btw I scored 90% on your quiz). Oddly enough, after reading that it was okay in a cookbook I tried eating a kiwi without peeling it. And it was okay! So that’s what I do now. I still don’t eat the ends, though.

-Claire

By: Chocolate Shavings

Chocolate Shavings — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:55:07 +0000

That looks delicious – and reminds me that I should start baking with kiwis more often. I’m bookmarking this, thanks!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:08:33 +0000

Wow, what funny little fruits, I’ve never seen this before! They look like miniature apples!
The tarts look tasty and I like the way you formed the crust, it gives them a really unfussy look.

By: Discover Unearthed

Discover Unearthed — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:25:38 +0000

I have never heard of or seen these before but a kiwi of any sort is always welcome. I wonder if growing some in the UK would be asking a little too much…?

By: [eatingclub] vancouver || js

[eatingclub] vancouver || js — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:22:26 +0000

Oh, so that’s what they are. I saw these at the supermarket the other day but I didn’t know what they were. They’re mini-kiwis. Lovely tarts.

By: Lo!

Lo! — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:06:49 +0000

You know, I was actually introduced to these funny little fruits last year around this time. My co-op carries them — and I was attracted to them because of their adorable miniature size (they really are super cute!). I thought their flavor differed slightly from the regular kiwi — but they were definitely a treat when other local fruits were dwindling in our northern clime.

Thanks for sharing more info about these sweeties. And photos of their natural habitat!