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The Wonderful Fruits of Thailand
Thailand is a land of strange things. Some of the strangest are its fruits. Some
of the fruits are so fragrant that they are set out to keep the whole house
smelling wonderful. Some smell so terrible that, by law in some countries,
people are not allowed to take them on buses, planes or any other type of
enclosed place. But the one thing all Thai fruits have in common is that they
are DELICIOUS!
Here are some of my favorite
Here we have rambutan(the red, hairy one), Durian (prickly skin, "smells
like hell, tastes like heaven" and is smelling-up my house as I write this,
and farang, which is sorta like a big sour apple. The Thais eat it with a
sugar-pepper mixture.
Ah, mangosteen...The first time I saw it I thought it was way too ugly to eat.
Now, I can't get enough of it. It has a delicious taste, a little like sweet
custard. A Must Try if you ever get to Thailand.
Here is star fruit, young coconut, longan and nai na' (the knobby ones).the ones
with the branches attached are lynchees. The best ones are from Lampang, in the
north. I haven't tried nai na' yet because I don't have enough strength to open
it. The Thais put them under the wheels of buses to get them open...:) If you've
never had the juice of a young, green coconut, you haven't lived. I have spent
many a lazy day on the beach at Koh Samui drinking the juice and then spooning
out the soft coconut meat. The best way is either fresh and cold or slightly
roasted over a fire. YUM!
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