A few years ago, I attended a talk at Stone Barns on forest gardening by Dave Jacke. He mentioned growing a native plant called pawpaw which produces fruit that tastes like custard. I've always wanted to try it and saw some at Union Square Greenmarket a few weeks after that talk. It was so good I wanted to get more but sadly have not seen it sold anywhere since.

This year, i saw the tree at a local nursery but don't have the space to grow it in the city. A native plant to the Southeast and Midwest, it is rare and endangered in NY state. So we found someone that knew a guy who has cultivated a few trees in PA and bought a few from him. I ate one and it was very good. So I ate a few more. Then I threw up. I should mention that the seeds are poisonous. But I didn't eat any seeds. I looked it up on Steve Brill's app and he also said he ate one and was fine, but vomited after making a smoothie. So if you're lucky enough to find some, proceed with caution! It's probably one of the best tasting fruits that's native to this country, but eat too much and it will be an emetic!