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tikilongbeach
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|  Posted: 2013-05-24 1:31 pm Permalink
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On 2013-05-24 12:58, TikiTacky wrote:
I checked every store I could think of: Whole Foods, Vitamin Cottage, Safeway, King Soopers, all the ethnic markets. There was no passion fruit of any kind, anywhere. Not even Monin syrup. Apparently we're a passionless society.
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It must be a regional ingredient. I can find the juice and the fruit out here. If you ask a grocery store to carry it they might. I'm surprised at what Target has started carrying after I asked.
According to the Los Angeles Times a passion fruit vine will grow like a weed out here once it gets established. They have very beautiful and alien looking flowers.
It would add a very tropical element to a garden if you can control its growth.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/05/passion-fruit.html
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thePorpoise
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From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2013-05-25 8:09 pm Permalink
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On 2013-05-24 10:07, tikilongbeach wrote:
Ceres makes 100% passion fruit juice. You can find it at Whole Foods Market and Wal-Mart out here in California.
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my grocery carries Ceres- however, pretty sure all their products are juice blends...
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thePorpoise
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| Posted: 2013-05-25 8:11 pm Permalink
still surprised no Goya frozen pulp in the frozen fruit/juice or frozen ethnic sections at Kroger out there (produced in Colombia)
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thePorpoise
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| Posted: 2013-05-27 5:58 pm Permalink
so-- what is everyone hoping to mix up with their maracuya syrup, anyhow?
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VanTiki
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From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-05-28 5:32 pm Permalink
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On 2013-05-24 13:31, tikilongbeach wrote:
According to the Los Angeles Times a passion fruit vine will grow like a weed out here once it gets established. They have very beautiful and alien looking flowers.
It would add a very tropical element to a garden if you can control its growth.
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We had some lilikoi growing out back a few years ago on a trellis hanging from our shed. It went down like this:
1 - Hope I remember to water this stuff
2 - Wow. This is growing really fast!
3 - Flowers!
4 - This is a lot of fruit. And I mean a LOT of fruit.
6 - Where is the shed?!
We eventually ended up tearing down the shed to build a micro-house, and never re-planted the lilikoi. It was nice - but if you don't pick the fruit they rot rather fast.
I know this won't help midwestern folks - but california and florida Tiki Centralites may be able to get one growing.
Henrik "VanTiki"
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tikilongbeach
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| Posted: 2013-05-28 5:34 pm Permalink
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On 2013-05-25 20:09, thePorpoise wrote:
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On 2013-05-24 10:07, tikilongbeach wrote:
Ceres makes 100% passion fruit juice. You can find it at Whole Foods Market and Wal-Mart out here in California.
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my grocery carries Ceres- however, pretty sure all their products are juice blends...
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You're right! The Ceres passion fruit juice is blended with other fruit juices. I didn't read the label until now.
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TikiTacky
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Posts: 1285 | Posted: 2013-05-28 6:56 pm Permalink
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On 2013-05-27 17:58, thePorpoise wrote:
so-- what is everyone hoping to mix up with their maracuya syrup, anyhow?
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A lot of the drinks in Beachbum Berry's books call for passion fruit juice. It's one of the most commonly asked for ingredients.
[ This Message was edited by: TikiTacky 2013-05-28 18:57 ]
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stormrider
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From: Ft Misery, Fl
| Posted: 2013-07-04 11:24 am Permalink
I haven't had a use for passion fruit syrup yet but for Hurricanes I use the 12oz cans of Goya passion fruit nectar. I am not sure of whats really in them but they are only $.69 each so if I don't use a whole can its no great loss.
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TikiTacky
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Posts: 1285 | Posted: 2013-07-04 11:45 am Permalink
My quest for Passion Fruit continues with no success. Colorado is officially a Passion Fruit black hole.
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happy buddha
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Posts: 221 | Posted: 2013-07-04 11:49 am Permalink
Passion fruit nectar is not a substitute for passion fruit syrup. Totally different animal.
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stormrider
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| Posted: 2013-07-04 12:55 pm Permalink
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On 2013-07-04 11:49, happy buddha wrote:
Passion fruit nectar is not a substitute for passion fruit syrup. Totally different animal.
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would you be able to turn it in to Syrup? Kind of like I do to make grenadine with POM juice?
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Sunny&Rummy
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From: Melbourne, FL
| Posted: 2013-07-04 1:15 pm Permalink
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On 2013-07-04 12:55, stormrider wrote:
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On 2013-07-04 11:49, happy buddha wrote:
Passion fruit nectar is not a substitute for passion fruit syrup. Totally different animal.
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would you be able to turn it in to Syrup? Kind of like I do to make grenadine with POM juice?
Storm
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The problem is that commercial passionfruit nectars and cocktails are already thinned out and chock full of added sweeteners so adding more sugar to make a syrup the way you would with pure juice or fruit isn't going to work well.
Once I found the groceries that carry the frozen pulp homemade passionfruit syrup became a snap. Recently I also found a Mexican commercial passionfruit syrup at the Latin grocery that is very good and only $5 for a 750ml bottle. There are some shelf stabilizers down on the ingredient list but the top three ingredients are passionfruit, water and sugar, with no artificial flavors or colors. I think homemade still works better in drinks that call for large amounts (e.g. The 2 oz of passionfruit syrup in a Grog Log Hurricane), but in amoints of an ounce or less it's as good as anything I have tried.
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thePorpoise
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From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2013-07-04 3:13 pm Permalink
brand?
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-07-04 3:53 pm Permalink
If you are out of luck getting any fresh juice, try the Monin's Passion Fruit Syrup
which you can get online if you don't have it in your area.
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Sunny&Rummy
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From: Melbourne, FL
| Posted: 2013-07-04 4:28 pm Permalink
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On 2013-07-04 15:13, thePorpoise wrote:
brand?
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Looking at the bottle now. It's labled "Sirop de Parcha Poly" and I was wrong about it's country of origin. It is from PR and the producer is Halcon Baker.
I was also incorrect about there being no artificial coloring, as I see "rojo #40" down on the list of ingredients. No fake flavors though, and agua filtrada, azucar and pulpa de parcha are the first three ingredients.
Very sad that the only Spanish I know comes from food labels.
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