Revising
Well, it is that time again. Time to eat whole packets of biscuits without realising, time to drink copious amounts of tea and time to see doing the housework as a task that must be done without delay. Yes, exams are approaching. My case of revision trauma isn't that bad at the moment - I haven't gone down the housework route yet, although the tea and biscuits are being consumed with a scary velocity, or even ferocity. Current topic of revision: EU Economics. Yes, well, you can see why I am using consumption as an avoidance strategy.
Onto another unrelated matter. Has anyone ever seen, heard of, or eaten this fruit? I am just wondering if it has an English name. It is from Indonesia and can be literally translated as 'the hairy one'. It is basically a hairy lychee with a slightly rougher stone. I was quite disturbed by the hairiness but there is little doubt that I will be scoffing them down once in the tropical climes. Mmm, hairy lychees
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Hmmm. Very strange fruit. They may be tasty but I don't know if you would get me to try it. Just not adventurous enough to try hairy fruit!!!! Will keep an eye out for them in Asda though!!!!!!Good luck with the exams and see you soon xxx
Only eat the hairy fruit if it isn't moving........
Good luck with the revision and exams.
Never mind, not long until your holliers now........
Hope that you have a wonderful time!
Love Auntie Fred xxxx
They look like Lychees.
My ex roomie was obsessed by them. They are slimy and have a rather plant like taste. Well I am assuming they are a related version of them.
If you are freaked out by the skin, try lychees in a can from your local supermarket. They have a metallic skin and you need a can opener to eat them.
Yes, but if you were wanting to be 'green', as Our Beloved Leader St. Tony of Blairwitch keeps exhorting us to be - you'd very duty bound to find a use for he hairy-scary skins. Maybe they could be house-trained to do useful little chores, such as scour out the inside of the oven, or buff up the lobby floor. What do you mean - not everyone has a lobby floor? Absolute stuff and nonsence....
Just for further clarification though --- don't eat them if they are still moving...
Bye for now.
Hairy lychee update:
After some indepth research I can now confirm that officially this fruit goes by its Indonesian name of RAMBUTAN, unless you are in Costa Rica or Nicaragua - they like to call it mamon chino. Translation anyone?
Eating lychees from a tin would get around the hairy problem but, lychees are not rambutan so the problem of eating non-hairy rambutan would remain, and I would feel as perplexed as ever.
I do very much like the idea of putting their hairy nature to good use and the oven scourer idea is class. They would be sure to secrete their fruity juices whilst they were using their hairs to scour, thus leaving a tropical scent in their wake. The oven would be scoured and scented in one foul swoop. I reckon this fruit could be marketable :D
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