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Description, flavor, uses, where to buy, and how to store. Chayotes (pronounced chahy-oh-tee) are a light green, pear-shaped fruit with a single, large pit and edible flesh and skin. The flesh of the chayote is mild in flavor and has a texture somewhere between a potato and cucumber. Chayotes are native to Mexico but are now cultivated in warm climates world wide. Chayotes are a popular ingredient in Central American cuisine, as well as in the Southern United States.
One plant can produce 60 to 80 palm-sized fruit; covered in plastic and refrigerated, they can keep for a month or more. Chayote is the Zelig of edibles. Its subtle -- almost indiscernible -- taste and crisp, firm flesh (like a water chestnut) making it an ideal filler food, adaptable to the flavor of other ingredients.