I have what is getting to be a large Barbados cherry. I sometimes pick the reddest of the ripe fruit and suck on them while driving to work. Last night I picked over a quart and soaked them in water. Today I tried something different with them. I blended them with an equal part of water, added sugar, strained the juice and boiled it a bit to melt the sugar I added... WOW!

What a treat! The flavor has hints of guava, strawberries, and lemon. So many of the fruit were falling to the ground rotting I had considered cutting it down, well... no more!!!

I read the U of Florida pdf on it and it is often used to make natural vitamin C, juice, wine and jam / jellies!!! Oh, on the very slight down side, the juice smells a bit like freshly cut grass no problem for me :-)

If you have one and "discovered" this delicious fruit and its potential, let me hear your uses for it.