Feijoa - impossible to source in UK?

[Tibbycloud]

I lived in New Zealand for quite a few years and one of the things I miss the most are Feijoas, I’ve never ever seen one in the UK, but maybe they are known by a different name??



If you ever see one snap them up - they are absolutely delish!

[Tibbycloud]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acca_sellowiana

[vvviola]

Unfortunately I have never heard of them over this side of the world. I swear I'd fly over from Dublin if I thought I could get them in the UK.

Feijoa and Apple crumble. Yum.

I miss our Auckland feigoa bush/tree...

[Furx]

You can grow them here, but only down south...

[AsAProfessionalFekko]

Are they called something else? They look vaguely familiar but the name isn't.

[Tibbycloud]

Stop! My mouth is watering

I mentioned it to a greengrocer a few months ago and he seemed certain you could get them, I may have been slightly tipsy and have his number saved as ‘feijoa guy’. Not sure I’m ready for that level of commitment yet!

[AdaColeman]

Looks like you can get a bush on Amazon.

[PlatypusPie]

Feijoa juice - yum !

[BrennieGirl]

This is going back a few years but I was at the farmers market in Temple Bar in Dublin with a kiwi friend and the veggie stall had them. My friend almost fell over herself buying them!

They're really smelly.

[AdaColeman]

Do they taste like guava?

[pingoose]

You can buy them in the Selfridges food hall at certain times of the year, for a ridiculous price (it's painful when you know people give bags away for free back in NZ!)

[LockedOutOfMN]

We get them in Spain, in the autumn. They come from Georgia.

[LockedOutOfMN]

Sometimes heard of them being called guavasteen (NOT guava).

AdaColeman To me they taste a bit like minty apples.

[AdaColeman]

Nothing like guava then, which I think has a very mild strawberry/watermelon flavour but a gritty texture.