In the TV show, the fruit is depicted as fleshy and fresh ... "But, as per The White Lotus plot, it's all about the seeds." Hansen went on to say that the seeds in the 1800s were used commonly ...

From there, the leathery red skin is easily peeled away (or popped out by squeezing from the opposite end) to reveal the fleshy white, glossy fruit that feels sort of like a grape without the peel.