I tried a new fruit today...the RAMBUTAN!

[kaleidoscopeeyes]

It was delicious! I spotted a strange, spiky-looking fruit in the produce aisle and one of the workers let me sample it. It looks a bit like a hard-boiled egg, is very sweet and squishy. I highly recommend trying one!

http://www.rambutan.com/

[StarFire]

Yes, quite lovely aren't they? Crazy lookin too! They grow wild on trees out here! I believe they are a relative of Lychee.... yummmm!!! :D

[tinystrawberry]

i luvvvvvv lychee's. soo good. never had a rambutan tho...

[aililiu]

EWWWWW now all i can picture are eggs!
wrong way to convince a vegan!
LOL!

:rolleyes:

[tinystrawberry]

ew, eggs does make it look worse. i like to think they're like grapes!

[kaleidoscopeeyes]

SORRY! Im a vegan too, it was just the only way I could think of.

[aililiu]

LOL.
its okay. ill go with the grape image, though.

:D

[blaqberry]

They remind me of Lychees too...

Funny, one time when I was rummaging through a pile at a store...several people came up to me asking all kinds of questions about them, others passing by with looks of "what is that??" haha

[ron4540]

They appeared at my local Trader Joe's health food store a few days ago.

It's so funny that you just posted, because I was thinking about them. Now I'll need to pick up a package.

[JennaBoBenna]

Whoa! I think there's a tree of those at my school! I was wondering what that fruit was...I thought it looked like a lychee but not quite :)

[kaleidoscopeeyes]

If you haven't tried them yet you DEFINITELY should as soon as possible!

[kyrie]

Hi guys,

If you want a real treat, try making rambutan and ginger icecream. Use a cashew base, experiment with the amount of ginger until you get the taste you want.

If you live near to a Hispanic or Asian market also try soursop and ginger icecream with a cashew base (in South American countries it's known as guanabana).

They are basic cashew icecream recipes on here, so just modify.

I don't have a specific recipe, do it to suit your taste buds, taste as you go.

Carla.

[Raene]

Bumping this up b/c I recently saw these in the store and my DD begged for one. WOW was it fun fruit or what! It looks like a soft porcupine and it's melon-like inside. Yum!

[Moretta]

It looks like lychee.

Are they sweet or do they have a bland taste?

[ViolinCyndee]

They are beautiful! I hope it's really sweet...