Tuesday, June 30, 2009

If I Can Peel It, I Can Eat It...

...even if I have absolutely no idea what it is. That's what I told myself at breakfast this morning. We got to breakfast a bit early and were sitting at the table waiting for everything to be ready. The table with a bunch of fruit was right there. It all looked delicious - watermelon, pineapple, mango and...um...I'm not really sure what that last thing was. We sat pondering what the mystery fruit was for quite a while. Then we decided to get a closer look. Anyone know what this is?




No one? If you think this is the point where I tell you what the mystery fruit is, you're out of luck. I have absolutely no idea. It was a fruit unlike anything I had ever seen. The strange, red peel popped off to reveal what looked like a large, skinless grape. I tried to cut into it because I wasn't going to pop that thing in my mouth without knowing what the center looked like. It was pretty tough to get through with the butter knife. Once I got through, I saw that there was a nut of some sort in the middle. But I tried it anyway. It had a very interesting flavor. I can't even begin to describe it. I don't know if I'll eat it again or not. But it was an adventure.

1 comment:

  1. I asked one of the graduate students who is from India about the fruit. She said:

    That fruit is not native to India, although is it related to the common Indian fruit Lychee...
    here is some more info...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

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