I believe that is what is known as a "soursop" in English. It has a
combination of flavors that makes it seem less sweet than it actually
is.  When I lived on Guam, they sold soursop-flavored ice cream there.
Yummy.  Tropical fruits often have many names, depending on where you
encounter them -- southeast Asia, Pacific islands, Carribbean, Africa
...

Patty
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On Friday, February 13, 2004, at 10:23  PM, Lurisia Dale wrote:

> One sapote fruit has (according to the USDA at
> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl -- type in
> "sapote"):
>
> A whopping 300 calories
> and 75g of carbohydrate
>
> Is this correct???
>
> I ate my first one today, a baseball-sized, sweet but mild tasting
> fruit whose
> flesh houses numerous large seeds.
>
> I found the nutrition info shocking.  It is, for example, not nearly
> as sweet as
> a date, and I'd guess I only ate about 3 stawberries-worth of edible
> flesh by
> the time I'd finished it.  The fruit had a sticker which said "White
> Sapote."
> Is the one listed by the USDA something different?  Has anyone else
> heard about
> this fruit?
>
> L
>
>