Fresh Lychees / Lichi Fruits
Until I was in India, I used to call this fruit Lichi, as in lee-chee. Looks like the rest of the world calls them Lychee, as in lie-chee. Have to say the latter sounds better to me. Lichi sounds like, I don't know, leeches?
Anyway, there's no point to this post except that I wanted to share that we are getting super fresh lychees from China these days and they don't cost an arm and a less. The fruits are very refreshing and a welcome change from the super sweetened canned versions we see more often. Its a pain getting the seed in your mouth while eating but hey, small price for the fresh deliciousness.
So, how do you call this fruit? Lichi or Lychee?
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u can call it any name u want ,as long as u can send me a batch !we used to have a tree in mauritius ....very tasty ,,,drool worthy
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Awesome !! Love the clicks, get a lot here too, refreshing in this hot weather !!
ReplyDeleteI'm still calling it lee-chee thanks to childhood! I loooove them. Chilled, eaten alone. Oh, have you tried steeping them in some vodka and eating them with vanilla ice-cream? Slurp...hic!
ReplyDeleteLie-chee I think... we LOVE them in our house. I don't know where ours come from, but when I lived in India, my aunt used to send them from Assam.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried lychee sorbet? Its divine!!!
Lee chee and love them... enjoy while they last!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard it pronounced any way other than "lee-chee"...and have usually seen it spelled "litchi"!
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Whatever the spelling or pronunciation, I love them!
Hi Naga, we got to buy them here from Hypercity, R loves the, but they are very expensive! Fresh yummy juicy ones:D Found them for about 2-3 weeks and now not in sight:-( ~Shreya
ReplyDeletei love them... they are sooo good and right now they're in season here in FL
ReplyDeleteBeing in India, I never knew they are called lie-chee in the rest of the world... we also have their close cousin "rambutan" and lots of them :)
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I was in Noveimbre in Vietnam and there were many Vietnamese Lychees but not consumed, we gave them away from the tree.
They are a fruit and very fine indeed refreshing to the palate.
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