Dinosaur Egg (it's a fruit)

Kalikel · August 2014

Just sharing this, since I'd never heard of them, tried one today and it's really good.

They're speckled and look a little like a big peach from the outside, but taste more like a very sweet plum...yummier than plums, though. The skin has a nice, small burst of sour to it, so it's like a sweet n sour thing.

I think they're really good. Nobody I know had heard of them, so I thought I'd share, in case anyone wants to try something new.

Can't be too much variety!!

sympha01 · August 2014

"Dinosaur egg" is a brand name for a particular cultivar of pluot produced by a specific grower, I think. Occasionally the term is extended to all pluots. A pluot is a kind of hybrid of a plum and an apricot, that's all.

Pluots are generally delicious, though there's a WIDE variety of flavor by different cultivar. Not all pluots are as speckled as the dinosaur egg variety. I don't particularly care for that variety, in fact: I find it less flavorful than many available to me.

shankasaurus · August 2014

Did someone say Dinosaur?

leggup · August 2014

"Dinosaur egg" is a brand name for a particular cultivar of pluot produced by a specific grower, I think. Occasionally the term is extended to all pluots. A pluot is a kind of hybrid of a plum and an apricot, that's all.

Pluots are generally delicious, though there's a WIDE variety of flavor by different cultivar. Not all pluots are as speckled as the dinosaur egg variety. I don't particularly care for that variety, in fact: I find it less flavorful than many available to me.

This. My work gets them delivered. If you look at the sticker should say dino101.com, which has information about the different varieties and a code indicating which specific variety you tried. Plug in the 4 digit code on the sticker in the site search here: http://www.kingsburgorchards.com/dinosaur-brand to see which one you tried.

Kalikel · August 2014

"Dinosaur egg" is a brand name for a particular cultivar of pluot produced by a specific grower, I think. Occasionally the term is extended to all pluots. A pluot is a kind of hybrid of a plum and an apricot, that's all.

Pluots are generally delicious, though there's a WIDE variety of flavor by different cultivar. Not all pluots are as speckled as the dinosaur egg variety. I don't particularly care for that variety, in fact: I find it less flavorful than many available to me.

Thanks! Didn't know that.

They rearranged our produce section and these were where the onions were supposed to be.

Label said "Dinosaur Egg."

Had to buy one.

It was really yummy!