Found it!

[zophiel666]

Years ago, when I was in Australia, I ate a strange but tasty fruit that impressed me with its odd skin but perfectly normal taste. I never learned the name of the fruit, but always knew I'd know it when I saw it. Every so often, I'd remember the fruit, and wonder what it was.

Well, thanks to the wonders of the internets, google and wikipedia, I now

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[ladyphoenixfyre]

Oh yes, it's so good to eat! It's one of the fruits I've missed eating since I moved here (US) from Manila. I think if you go to an ethnic store or Asian food store, specifically, you may be able to find Rambutan frozen and still in its skin.

[zophiel666]

Ohhh, I'll have to look into that! We've got several asian food markets in the area, so maybe one of them will have these. . . although. . . I suppose maybe they would freeze well. Hn.

For a while, I couldn't find what they were, and I thought maybe I'd hallucinated the spikey, tasty fruit. They never have it on any of the Travel Channel or Food Channel shows, either. I'm so glad they're *real*, and apparently pretty popular in areas where they're grown. (I was in Northern Queensland--Cairns or Townsville-- when I tried it, so I'm sure they were relatively local.)

^_^

[ladyphoenixfyre]

Another fruit you might like is the Santol. I don't know if you're familiar with it. It's native to Thailand, th Philippines and other southeast Asian countries. The seed is inedible, or rather it sort of *is* but it's not advisable to eat since it can perforate the intestines, but the white "hairy"/fiberous/soft stuff AROUND the seed is really good.

If you google it and look at images you'll see what I mean. I've found santol frozen in its skin in the local Asian (though I guess it's technically a Philippine store since it's owned by Filipinos) store.

[madmaggie]

They kinda look like wet tribbles! Very cool, I love finding things that were once lost to me.