Free jigsaw puzzle of lychee fruits in a white bowl. The lychee fruit is native to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The white pulp is usually eaten fresh.
Hi all. These are called litchees (pronounced leechees). The skin "pops" off easily, the flesh is white/translucent and there is a big pip in the middle. They are sweet, juicy and most people (especially kids for some reason...) love them as they are a quick and simple addition to lunch boxes, very seldom go off and not neally as filling as an apple/pear, etc. The flesh looks almost like an oyster but tastes nothing like that :-). We usually buy them is boxes of 1, 2 or 5kg and I have personally been known to eat an entire box of 1kg whilst watching a good movie on the telly...delish!
They sound really good. I would like to try some. I have never seen them in the stores in the States. I guess I should try a specialty store. Enjoy them I envy you. I love almost all fruit.
Hi Leafpelt -- I copied what follows below from FlyiingRoo's response to toadalove. Hope it answers your question:
They now grow them here in California. Australia also has cultivars, as does Brazil, and other tropical/subtropical places.
The texture is similar to a grape, they are flavorful but unfortunately they lose their flavor when canned. The taste is somewhere in between a white grape and a ripe pear. They have a large seed in the middle which makes it look like a large eyeball - on Halloween they are used in cocktails as "floating eyes" :-)
They now grow them here in California. Australia also has cultivars, as does Brazil, and other tropical/subtropical places.
The texture is similar to a grape, they are flavorful but unfortunately they lose their flavor when canned. The taste is somewhere in between a white grape and a ripe pear. They have a large seed in the middle which makes it look like a large eyeball - on Halloween they are used in cocktails as "floating eyes" :-)
would like to taste one
They now grow them here in California. Australia also has cultivars, as does Brazil, and other tropical/subtropical places.
The texture is similar to a grape, they are flavorful but unfortunately they lose their flavor when canned. The taste is somewhere in between a white grape and a ripe pear. They have a large seed in the middle which makes it look like a large eyeball - on Halloween they are used in cocktails as "floating eyes" :-)
The texture is similar to a grape, they are flavorful but unfortunately they lose their flavor when canned. The taste is somewhere in between a white grape and a ripe pear. They have a large seed in the middle which makes it look like a large eyeball - on Halloween they are used in cocktails as "floating eyes" :-)