How to Pick Out a Kiwi

Video Transcript

"Today we're going to talk about how to pick out a fresh kiwi. When looking for a fresh kiwi it kind of depends on whether you like them a little bit softer or whether you like them a little bit more firm. If you like them more firm you're going to look for the goldest ones you can find. A little bit like that as compared to this darker brown. The darker brown ones are going to be a lot softer and they're going to be squishier when you bite into them whereas these ones that are a little bit more golden, not quite as brown like that, they have that golden fuzz on them, that's going to be a little bit more firm. It is ripe; you just don't want it to be rock solid. It still has a little bit of give to it, but it's not going to be really squishy when you bite into it. It's still going to have a little bit of crispness to it, and you do want to stay away from anything that's really soft like that spot right there or any kind of bruising or really hard spots as well. Sometimes they'll have really like hard spots on the ends and you want to stay away from that as well. So you're looking for the golden if you're looking for a nice firm one, and you're looking for the darker ones if you like them nice and soft. If you're really not sure about which kind of kiwi you're going to enjoy, like I said the ones that are a little more golden like that are going to be a little bit more tender, or a little bit more solid, sorry, a little bit more firm, and the darker ones are going to be a little bit more squishy. If you're really not sure which one you like you can ask the produce manager at the farm market to take them to the back and cut one open for you or cut them both open for you and he'll give you a taste test and you can go off of that judgment as to which ones you're going to come out here and pick for yourself to take home."