Comments on: I Love Lucuma

By: nicholas suntzeff

nicholas suntzeff — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:48:09 +0000

The commercial lucumo trees may be from Peru, but lucumos are certainly not native only to Peru. There were wild lucumos growing in the hills near Tortorollios south of La Serena. The fruit is black on the outside, and the meat dark, dark orange. The seed is huge, so there is very little meat. But it certainly tasted like lucuma. We would gather the fruit, along with other native fruits like copao, to share at home. I lived in Chile 25 years, and greatly loved the country, its people, and the unique outdoors.

By: Dulces Chilenos: Chilean Pastry Heritage « Eat Wine

Dulces Chilenos: Chilean Pastry Heritage « Eat Wine — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:25:31 +0000

[…] together by manjar, huevo mol, jam, pastry cream tinged with almond or orange zest, lucuma paste, or a combination of them. As Chile modernizes, these traditions are, unfortunately, […]

By: jorl

jorl — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:18:53 +0000

Myriam you’re right. Lucuma is actually from Peru (check wikipedia) so being Chile a neighbor country there is no surprise they have them. I believe it is unfair they claim Lucuma to be a a Chilean fruit. Anyways, Lucuma is delicious.

By: myriam

myriam — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:06:58 +0000

I love lucuma too! I like your post. Lucuma can grow in Chile but has its origins in the Peruvian Andes (way back from the Incas era). Now I’m craving for lucuma ice cream!! :))