what do mangosteens taste like I want to know?

Let's hear it for lychees!!






I only recently tried them for the first time a few weeks ago. They are oh so yummy. And my new favorite bedtime snack.

What's your favorite exotic fruit?

CarrieMpls said:

god..you are in heaven right now..i love lychees..usually when i go the asian markets i get like a 1 or 2 pounds of lychee so yummy!..like a combination of hazelnut and grape..very tangy..i ate them for like week once and nothing more..

I have heard durians stink! badly!

but the dragon fruit looks tasty.

what do mangosteens taste like I want to know?

CarrieMpls said:

my husband brought a durian home and left in on the kitchen bench wrapped in several plastic bags, I came into the room and thought, god that rubbish is RIPE! and took it out to the wheelie bin he had to rescue it and when he tasted it said it was like a mango crossed with an onion!

ZombieKitten said:

apparently like this:

"It is juicy for sure, yet it holds together well. It has sections, like citrus, but without the section-skin... The fruit is opaque white and tastes like... intense citrus/vit. C sort of fruit thing with a tad of it's own taste. It is delicious and intensely full of flavor for sure."

ZombieKitten said:

apparently like this:

"It is juicy for sure, yet it holds together well. It has sections, like citrus, but without the section-skin... The fruit is opaque white and tastes like... intense citrus/vit. C sort of fruit thing with a tad of it's own taste. It is delicious and intensely full of flavor for sure."

JPW said:

sounds yummy!

Let's hear it for lychees!!






I only recently tried them for the first time a few weeks ago. They are oh so yummy. And my new favorite bedtime snack.

What's your favorite exotic fruit?

CarrieMpls said:

try a rambutan?

I've only had it like this: pieces in jelly, bite sized.



~Chilled. Eat the whole bag!

ZombieKitten said:

That's pretty!!

CarrieMpls said:

it's like a spiky lychee! I tried them in Malaysia

SHANNA said:

I have never seen those. I will look for them.

ZombieKitten said:

I think I will search out all the exotic fruit I can in the next few months. It will be my new hobby.

CarrieMpls said:

identify, taste and report!

OK, Carrie's new mission:


dragon fruit

I've only had it like this: pieces in jelly, bite sized.



~Chilled. Eat the whole bag!

SHANNA said:

Jelly, eh? Not really my thing. They have lychee flavoured hard candy over here though which is fantastic. And fresh lychee is one of my favourite fruits.

Another exotic fruit I picked up not long ago was the kiwano . It looks great, but then I googled it and found this: http://www.obsess.com/fruit/kiwano I did taste it anyway, but I must say that the reviewer had a point.
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retina said:

what a cool review and what a disappointment! they do look amazing though

you don't have to try this one Carrie, it sounds gross!

Physalis (also known as cape gooseberry(

this one sounds nice!