Fruits, glorious fruits

I woke up this morning and found these lovely fruits my hubby bought from the market. These seasonal fruits are at their peak now. Prices are cheap too.

durian

This is the 3rd or 4th time I put up photos of durian. (Just click on the category at the side panel and choose ‘fruits’ for other blogs about fruits.) Can’t help it. They looks so yummy and taste heavenly. Some people can get sick after eating durian but not me. I would alternate eating durians with rambutans.

rambutan

These rambutans are so fresh. The flesh is crunchy and it does not stick to the seed. I am not sure what it is call but in Hokkien we refer to it as lekang.

manggis

It is only recently I found out that in the USA, they make mangosteen juice. I have never heard of them. I wonder what mangosteen juice taste like? Apparently, the advertisments said mangosteen juice contain some special nutrients or something. Over here in Malaysia, the only way we eat mangosteen is fresh from the fruit.

Mangosteen taste nice but the skin leaves a sap. Be careful that the sap does not get your clothings or else it will leave a permanent brown stain.

Caution to all parents : Never let a small child eat rambutan or mangosteen. Both of these fruits are choking hazard. Many children had died as a result of choking on the seeds. I let my toddler tasted a sour rambutan and he dare not eat them for the time being. When children are older, allow them to eat but always remind them not to put the whole fruit into the mouth. Instead, hold them with the finger and nibble the fruit.

Posted by on June 12th, 2005 under Fruits

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  1. percolator Says:
    June 12th, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Wah, durian pods on a plate is so genteel. Most people I know just eat it off the shell.. we must be such uncouth gluttons, can’t wait to dig in. Like eating it at the stall by the roadside. Actually I’ve done the latter whenever I’ve made ‘pit stops’ driving outstation. Come to think of it, frens and I once went on a binge… stopping and eating one durian per stall, one after another… all the way to Singapura. Rather like the durian version of ‘pub-crawl’.. durian hut-crawl ..whatever.. hehe. It was fun, but we farted and stank lots later.

  2. rb Says:
    June 12th, 2005 at 3:36 pm

    eh ur ads showing mangosteen juice =p

    n i hate durians.i love rambutans and mangosteen though.woot.

  3. surfnux Says:
    June 12th, 2005 at 6:05 pm

    Liuuulieenn…. rambutaann, manggis…. wahhhh tropical fruits. I want I want I want, but why everytime when they are on the season, the weather is so hot? hehe

  4. S-Kay Says:
    June 12th, 2005 at 7:06 pm

    arrrrrrrrrr…….lilian…dahlah I mengidam makan durian now and you had to put durian pic up there =P I’m too fussy when it comes to durian, I don’t like the ones at the roadside in Subang and the ones they sell in Giant or anywhere else. I prefer those kampung kampung fresh from orchard punya…gosh..nowonder lah until now belum dapat makan one ulas also..sigh..I’m fussy

  5. romantic Says:
    June 13th, 2005 at 12:51 am

    Hubby came home with a bottle of mangosteen juice some colleague palm off him at cdn $50 ,. The list of food nutrients mostly at zero other than the sugar content. suppose to be a cure all for arthritis , high blood pressure, cholestrol . I think my blood pressure rose after finding out what he paid. http://www.xango.com

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