About the salads.
Cherimoya
I'm trying to have as much variety as possible in my salads. So far I've managed asparagus, banana, beetroot, blueberry, broad
beans, carrot, cherimoya, cornichons, cucumber, , kiwi, lemon, lettuce, mangosteen,
olives, peas, peppers, pineapple, potatoes, raspberries, red cabbage, red
onions, rice, spring onion , star fruit, strawberry, sultanas, sweetcorn, tomatoes,
watercress, white cabbage
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| Mangosteen |
I've been lucky enough to find a new greengrocery stall at our local garden centre. It's rather expensive so the lettuces, carrots, etc will be bought elsewhere but they have a few things I'd never tried before. This week I had a cherimoya, or custard apple. Can't say I was very impressed. It tasted OK but there are large seeds to be spat out and the flavour wasn't good enough to compensate for that.
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| Star fruit |
Last weeks I tried a mangosteen. That was really nice but at £1.50 for a scant dessertspoon of fruit it won't be happening again any time soon.
I also had a star fruit. I've had then before but not often bought them. I thought they would look pretty on the plate. They did.
That's all very adventurous! I had mangosteen in Singapore and Indonesia, also fresh lychees and rambutan (which might be the same as mangosteen) we were lucky, our cook prepared them for us!
ReplyDeleteI had to prepare them with the help of Mr Google.
DeleteWow-what a wonderful variety of fruits. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying them.
DeleteWhat a wonderful collection of fruit and salad you've tried. I've never seen those unusual fruits you mention . Think I'll stick to summer strawberries and nectarines!
ReplyDeleteI haven't had a nectarine yet this summer.
DeleteOoh, I love mangosteen, cherimoya, and starfruit!. Cherimoya is available here, but, very expensive. Mangosteen is almost never available fresh, but, I've bought a few frozen ones from ethnic stores, every now and then.
ReplyDeletethey are all "exotic" here and so expensive. I'd never seen mangosteen in any form before.
DeleteSo many different fruits. I haven't had a star fruit in absolute ages.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
"Salad Days" is prompting me to look for different things
DeleteI have not tried mangosteen or cherimoya, think I will skip it. I like raspberries in salads. Recently I've been adding dates to a salad, delicious. Your list inspires me.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering if you are OK ?
ReplyDeleteAll is well with me but a friend is ill and I am helping out. Thank you
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