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butterflydreaming) wrote2004-12-14 11:35 am
butterflydreaming) wrote2004-12-14 11:35 am
About the fruit, I ask you...
The Seattle group has had some recent introductions to a bunch of odd fruits, and it occurred to me that a lot of you (who aren't in N. America) probably know about a lot of fruit we'd call Odd...
The dagwey jam that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shellyinseattle just mentioned is what made me think of it. I work with a gal from Hawaii, and we've talked about breadfruit. My parents mention things from El Salvador, like maranoñes, and platanos (plantains), of course. And growing up in a warmer region, we had some different fruit in our garden, like pomegranites, kumquats, figs, and persimmons.
I've had pomelos, tangelos, minneolas, satsuma mandarins... papaya, starfruit, kiwi, tamarind... medjool dates... pears, plums, apricots, apples, oranges, blood oranges (okay, I've only heard of them), lemons, Meyer lemons, limes... fresh currants... blackberries, strawberries, wild strawberries, raspberries, black caps, thimbleberries, salmonberries... prickly pear fruit... kalamata olives... an assortment of melons... .
So, tell me about some other ones. What do they look like, taste like? How are they usually eaten? (In Central America, oranges are eaten with salt. Do that in front of most Americans, and they'll think you're a nutcase.) I see durian in a lot of supermarkets, but I've heard that it smells/tastes like rotting garbage. (?!)
And if you don't know any odd fruits, how about an odd vegetable or dessert dish?
I really have to remember to eat breakfast *before* turning on the computer! But I had cup of coffee and a chocolate coconut scone (from Coffee to a Tea with Sugar -- yeah, that's their name) out, this morning, and while I was eating got a writing urge. Alas, I had foolishly left all writing materials at home! (That'll teach me. Notebook, in car.) Drafted out a creepy little story, and when I came to a pause, I heard the siren call of LJ. {looks at icon} I could totally go for an onigiri right now. Or just a bowl of plain sticky rice.
The dagwey jam that
shellyinseattle just mentioned is what made me think of it. I work with a gal from Hawaii, and we've talked about breadfruit. My parents mention things from El Salvador, like maranoñes, and platanos (plantains), of course. And growing up in a warmer region, we had some different fruit in our garden, like pomegranites, kumquats, figs, and persimmons.I've had pomelos, tangelos, minneolas, satsuma mandarins... papaya, starfruit, kiwi, tamarind... medjool dates... pears, plums, apricots, apples, oranges, blood oranges (okay, I've only heard of them), lemons, Meyer lemons, limes... fresh currants... blackberries, strawberries, wild strawberries, raspberries, black caps, thimbleberries, salmonberries... prickly pear fruit... kalamata olives... an assortment of melons... .
So, tell me about some other ones. What do they look like, taste like? How are they usually eaten? (In Central America, oranges are eaten with salt. Do that in front of most Americans, and they'll think you're a nutcase.) I see durian in a lot of supermarkets, but I've heard that it smells/tastes like rotting garbage. (?!)
And if you don't know any odd fruits, how about an odd vegetable or dessert dish?
I really have to remember to eat breakfast *before* turning on the computer! But I had cup of coffee and a chocolate coconut scone (from Coffee to a Tea with Sugar -- yeah, that's their name) out, this morning, and while I was eating got a writing urge. Alas, I had foolishly left all writing materials at home! (That'll teach me. Notebook, in car.) Drafted out a creepy little story, and when I came to a pause, I heard the siren call of LJ. {looks at icon} I could totally go for an onigiri right now. Or just a bowl of plain sticky rice.
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