kiwi fruit

plural kiwi fruits

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of kiwifruit.

   LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Unusual! Exotic! KIWI FRUITS · PRICKLY PEARS · POMEGRANATES

   1968 October 2, “Kroger”, in The Salem News, volume 80, number 246, Salem, Oh., page 12, column 3

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   Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.

   1969, “Guide to Buying Fruit”, in “Buying, Storing, and Preparing”, in Better Homes and Gardens Salad Book, New York, N.Y.; Des Moines, Ia.: Better Homes and Gardens Books, published 1970 (2nd printing), page 146, column 1

   This particular program, he [Graham Kerr] told us, would be about the finest dish in the world—which turned out to be called Veal Cutlets Yerex. Natch. For this you apparently needed three kiwi fruits, but the idea infuriated him. “It’s not a kiwi fruit,” he told us. “That’s just the stupid, vulgar, idiotic, irresponsible name the New Zealand government has given it. It’s a Chinese gooseberry—obviously.”

   1969 May 10, Cleveland Amory, “Review: The Galloping Gourmet”, in Merrill Panitt, editor, TV Guide, volume 17, number 19 (841 overall), Radnor, Pa.: Triangle Publications, Inc., →ISSN, page 32, columns 1–2

   Like you? You want me to see the world as you do? Pricks as bananas, twats as tacos, and tits as mangoes, kiwi fruits, and ten different kinds of melon?! At the aquarium, do you see fish? At the funhouse, do you have fun? Making love?—fruit salad!

   1985, Samuel Shem [pseudonym; Stephen Joseph Bergman], chapter 8, in Fine: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s/Marek, →ISBN, page 76

   A small bottle of sparkling Rhineland wine was the centrepiece; beside it was a large marzipan pastry topped with strawberries. Kiwi fruits, grapes and pears were set around it.

   1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100

   This being New Zealand, menus tend to feature lamb. Don’t pass up the opportunity to try kumera, a kind of sweet potato, or pumpkin soup. Surprisingly, kiwi fruit is not everywhere, but full cream milk, with the cream floating on top, is.

   1991 October 27, Merrill Perlman, “Exploring a World of Glaciers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023

plural Kiwi fruits

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of kiwifruit.

   Princess Anne, the Mirror reported, likes "a very black banana and ripe Kiwi fruit".

   2003 November 20, Owen Bowcott, “Royal security? It's a dog's breakfast”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013, page 3, column 3

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   Though not for growing in the East, because it requires a long, hot summer, the new ornamental Chinese goose berry called Kiwi fruit, does appear in foot markets here.

   1970 June 7, “New Plants to Look For”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Pavlova, that well intentioned Australian dessert (named after a Russian ballerina), all set about with passion-fruit pips and Chinese gooseberries (oh, all right, Kiwi fruit), can be a sumptuous affair if it is made with care and consideration.

   1996 June 8, Simon Hopkinson, “Food: As light as a cloud”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2011

   Is New Zealand deliberately disorienting? I have just been to the new national museum known as Te Papa, in search of answers to the problem. Maori carvings, Kiwi fruit, The Rainbow Warrior, the All Blacks, earthquakes and the world's biggest insects all feature, as do simulated bungee jumps, in which the participant is held upside down in a cage by the ankles.

   1998 August 22, Jeremy Atiyah, “Confused? In New Zealand you will be”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022

   Place in the blender along with about 30 frozen raspberries, two Kiwi fruit peeled and sliced, and the juice of a lemon.

   2004 December 28, “Morning after pick me ups”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Cast an eye over the shelves at Tesco, and you'll find sugar snap peas from Guatemala (5,457 miles) and Kiwi fruit from Chile (7,247 miles).

   2005 July 11, Judith Woods, “'Food miles' that leave a bad taste”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2016