You can eat cherimoya raw.
Cherimoya is best eaten and enjoyed raw using a spoon after you remove the non edible skin and the toxic dark brown seeds.
The skin of cherimoya is not edible and the dark brown seeds of the cherimoya are toxic and should not be eaten.
When cherimoya fruit are ripe and ready to eat the ripe cherimoya will be soft and will give slightly when you apply some gentle pressure.
Cherimoya fruits have a creamy flesh that is sweet and has a flavor of a blend of pineapple, strawberry and banana.
Cherimoya is healthy although they do have a lot of sugar but the nutrients and vitamins and minerals make them more nutritious even with the high sugar content.
One average size cherimoya fruit has around 30 grams of sugar, that makes up a large portion of the carbohydrate content of the cherimoya fruit.
Although cherimoya also contains fiber and other beneficial vitamins and minerals including vitamin C and vitamin B6 as well as magnesium and potassium, which contributes to their overall nutritional value and the cherimoya can also slow absorption of glucose.
Cherimoya can also help prevent constipation and help you poop although cherimoya is not really a laxative but eating enough of the cherimoya could result in a laxative effect and help you poop and promote healthy bowel movements and prevent constipation due to the high fiber content contained in cherimoya.
The fiber in cherimoya can also support beneficial gut bacteria add bulk to your stool and aid digestion and keep your bowel function regular.
Cherimoya is a heart shaped fruit with scales and has a sweet and creamy flavor like banana and pineapple and is also known as a custard apple.
Cherimoya is a subtropical fruit that has a sweet, creamy custardy flesh and also an artichoke like bumpy green skin.
Cherimoya is native to the high elevation Andean valleys of Ecuador, Colombia and also Peru in South America.
Cherimoya fruits have also spread to many other subtropical and tropical regions globally, which includes Southern California, the Mediterranean region, Australia, South Asia and even Central America.
The cherimoya tree is also indigenous to the mountainous regions of the Andes, most specifically the inter-Andean valleys of Ecuador, Colombia and also Peru.
The cherimoya fruit was also introduced to Spain in the year of 1757 and then it was subsequently cultivated in other Mediterranean countries such as Italy.
And cherimoya fruit also is naturalized in parts of the United States such as Hawaii, California and even the Mediterranean.
And today though cherimoya fruit is also grown commercially in places like Israel, Spain, Chile and even Australia.
The name cherimoya is also derived from the Quechua word "chirimuya," which means "cold seeds," which refers to the high altitudes where the cherimoya tree lives and thrives.
Cherimoya fruit are heart shaped tropical fruits which are also known for their sweet, custard like flavor and are often described as a blend of pineapple, banana and even vanilla, along with hints of strawberry and papaya.
The scaly green skin of the cherimoya fruit also conceals the creamy white flesh, but the large, black inedible seeds have to be removed before eating.
The cherimoya fruits are best eaten fresh by scooping it using a spoon and the cherimoya fruits also make delicious additions to desserts and smoothies.