Aha ... have just previewed and seen your posting - it just struck me - a combination of lateral thinking [replacing emotion with motion] and your environment clue. I WAS going to ask if the 'condition' was temporary, but then thought b*ll*cks to all that namby-pambying around so just went for it ...
It isn't a fruit - hang on, yes it is
It isn't ball-shaped
it grows above ground (hesitatingly
you would want to eat it while it is green
it isn't eaten with the skin on (but it could be)
the part you eat is below ground while it's growing (but it could be above ground)
It's not necessarily eaten cooked
... and it's not a pomegranate, pepper or pineapple.