What's this?

[medtran49]

Preserved lemon?

 

[Morning Glory]

Preserved lemon?

Yes - pickled lemon:

 

[Yorky]

Try this very unusual food. It's probably difficult - I find it difficult and I know what it is!

 

[Morning Glory]

Looks like some type of fruit.

 

[Yorky]

Looks like some type of fruit.

I believe that it's classified as a fruit.

 

[Yorky]

Looks like some type of fruit.

It initially looked like a mole to me!

 

[rascal]

Yes - pickled lemon:

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I should have got that, I preserved some about 6 months ago, I'll put a pic up later, they are in the garage ATM.

Russ

 

[rascal]

Yorky, I ain't ever going to get that one.!!

Russ

 

[Yorky]

I understand that it's native to India and South East Asia.

 

[Morning Glory]

Mangosteen? I don't really think so though.

 

[Yorky]

Mangosteen? I don't really think so though.

No, nothing remotely similar. The Thais painstakingly make them into khnom (sweet snacks).

Closer to a coconut.

 

[Yorky]

A wider view.........

 

[Morning Glory]

I really don't know - I've searched photos of Thai fruits and can find nothing except mangosteens that have that dark colour.

 

[ElizabethB]

@CraigC
I did not read through every post. Did anyone get the "round to it". As in I will do it when I get a round toit. I need one of those. G's famous last words. Actually I can make one.

 

[Yorky]

It's the fruit of the palmyra palm tree.