1. This is a jack-fruit. So this really isn't a recipe but directions on how to eat one. It's HEAVY. Rumor has it Jack could pick it up between his thumb and forefinger. I know what you're thinking: wasn't Jack the one who climbed the bean stalk and found the giant but was regular size? Yes. But he quickly learned how the giant got so big-this crazy fruit. So he ate it and became a giant. What's more curious is how a giant with great mass can live in the clouds. Wouldn't he fall out? It's a simple misunderstanding of density, you see...oh, sorry. That's a story for another time.

2. I carried this fruit one half kilometer through heavy sand like this.

3. Get out your knife and cut it into quarter circles like so. The fruit secrets a very sticky sap so you must...

4. Oil up your hands. You'll also eat it this way.
5. The seeds are surrounded by sweet flesh (though the review is mixed among PCVs) held together by very sticky ligaments.

6. Now that you've cut it up and oiled your hands dig in. (Sorry, I didn't realize I looked so sad in this picture-I really do like the fruit.)

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