Can you identify this fruit?!
I was having dinner with the family of a close friend of mine!. They are Vietnamese-American immigrants!. Her mother offered me this fruit, which really looked like a sea urchin more than anything else!. It was a dark purplish color and covered in slightly curling spines!. I politely declined, but she insisted and cut one open for me!. She made a shallow incision all the way around and removed the shell/skin to reveal a whole globe of this white gel-like substance!. It had a pit in the middle!. The flesh sort of tasted like a plum!. It was delicious!. My friend doesn't know what they're called in English, and I didn't catch what her family called them!. What in the world did I eat, and where can I find another!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
It's sounds like a RAMBUTAN: they are sweet juicy & delicious, you should have tried it!
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Lychees do not have "hairy curling spines", they have "goosebumps":
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Lychees do not have "hairy curling spines", they have "goosebumps":
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i'm not sure if this could be right, but this fruit sounds the closest to your explanation!. they're called -- mangosteens!. they also belong to the vietnamese culture!. here, check this photo if im right or not!. http://whyaretheresomanylongs!.com/wp-con!.!.!.
hope i've helped ! and yes, if you're talking about these, THEY ARE CERTAINLY DELICIOUS !Www@FoodAQ@Com
hope i've helped ! and yes, if you're talking about these, THEY ARE CERTAINLY DELICIOUS !Www@FoodAQ@Com
it sounds like lychee!.!.!.!.!.but lychee from my understanding doesnt have curling spines!.!.!.!.so it leads me to believe that its passion fruit!.!.!.!.!.good luck! oh yeah if it is lychee the only place i ever found them fresh were at an asian market!.!.!.!.and you can also buy them cannedWww@FoodAQ@Com
Sounds like Mangosteens, these are delicious, also if you can you should try Longans, Dragonfruit, Rambuttan, Durian, Sweet Pineapple, plus many other tropical Asian fruit!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
lychee ,in the uk you can buy them in oriental marketsWww@FoodAQ@Com
RambutanWww@FoodAQ@Com
Rambutan!.!.!. was it juicy!? purplish but sort of reddish!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Lychee!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
possibly dragon fruit Www@FoodAQ@Com
It sounds like a dragon fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
lychee!?
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