What is your favorite or the strangest combination fruit or vegetable you know of?

For that matter, what is the name of a strange fruit that a lot of people probably don’t know about? This morning, my barista asked me if I knew what a mangosteen was. We both thought it was related to the mango, but it turns out that it isn’t. It’s its own fruit.

However, I started thinking about plumcots, and an article I read about a farmer in California who makes all kinds of combinations of plums and apricots, some 75% one and 25% the other, and in other ratios, as well. Pluot. Apriplum. I don’t know. Tangelos. Then there’s that combination, supposedly of asparagus and broccoli, but actually of a Chinese broccoli and the broccoli we’re used to – I think they call it broccolini.

At my farmer’s market, there’s an apple breeder. He is constantly experimenting with new combinations, and then, when he gets one he likes, he give it a provisional name. If it gets approval from the official apple organization, the name sticks, otherwise it’s just a number to them. Still, he can grow what he likes, even if it doesn’t get official approval, and he has some pretty nice fruit.

Would you combine an apple and an asian pear? A lemon and a grapefruit? An avocado and an artichoke? What would you name it?