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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Of Hairy Fruits and Stinky Beans...

Rambutan



The literal translation of rambutan from Malay is “hairy,” and as you can see, the fruit is covered in “hair.”

Langsat and rambutan


Langsat and stinky beans

A video about stink beans aka petai by Mark Wiens


Langsat and longan
It is easy to confuse longan with langsat.

Longan

Longan literally translates as "dragon's eye" in Cantonese. Also known as 'mata kucing' which means "cat's eye" in Malay, the fruit is native to South East Asia. The longan is so named because the fruit, when shelled, resembles an eyeball (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris). The seed is small, round and hard, and of an enamel-like, lacquered black. The fruit is edible, extremely sweet, juicy and succulent. It is also considered the poorer cousin of the lychee.

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68 comments:

  1. Boa tarde, Veronica
    Interessante a postagem, não conhecia essa fruta longan. Bjs querida.

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  2. That first hairy fruit looks good on the inside. Those are some amazing beans!

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  3. I'm seeing all this for the first time in my life:)

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  4. Hi Veronica! Lovel to see all of these strange and exotic fruits, pity it's not possible to try them through the computer screen! Stink beans sound funny, too. Have a great week, hugs, Valerie

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  5. What a ınteresting fruits :) thanks for your sharing....

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  6. Amazing indeed and new to me.
    Have a nice time, Veronica! 😉

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  7. This is the first time that I see such fruits and I'd like to taste all of them.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  8. This brings back happy memories of my travels in various parts of southeast Asia, where one of the great delights was to enjoy these fruits. I am not sure whether I had stink beans, but they may have been part of a dish without me knowing. The food I had was universally terrific and my plate was always clean!

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  9. The fruits looks great, Veronica. I have seen rambutan in grocery stores here too :)
    Happy Tuesday!

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  10. Hello, Veronica
    What a wonderful post. The hairy fruits and stinky beans are new to me. They look so colorful, wonderful photos and post. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a great day and a happy week ahead. I also appreciate your comment.

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  11. wow that is some interesting fruit. Don't think I've ever seen fruit like that.! nice photos.

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  12. ...stinky beans, can't they think up a better name?

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  13. Yummy looking. Nothing like fresh veggies and fruit.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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  14. Such exotic and beautiful fruits you have in Malaysia!!

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  15. I love learning about "new to me" fruit and vegetables.

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  16. Spicy fruit, perfect, I love my appetite, absolutely beautiful.

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  17. How does the hairy fruit taste like, oh, it´s really beautiful!

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  18. I have only tried the first of these fruits. It was a bit strange. Perhaps not my favourite. The others look interesting though.

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  19. So many exotic fruits! I wish I could get some fresh rambutan over here. Back home we ate lots of lychee, longan and rambutan during summer season. I miss them.

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  20. I learn so much about other cultures by visiting here! The only thing I recognize is the watermelon! TFS!

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  21. I've never heard of any of these. Very interesting.

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  22. Dearest Veronica Lee,
    Oh, how I do miss eating the Longan and the Rambutan fresh. We know them from working and living in Indonesia and LOVE them, also the Jackfruit. We ate the Petai but never saw how they grow from a tree.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  23. I only know the watermelons and the beans (without stinky)
    Very interesting! Thank you very much!
    Hugs, Nicole

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  24. Fascinating to see all this wonderful produce, some that are unfamiliar to me and enjoyed learning about. Thanks you, your photos are great!

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  25. Y q delicia de frutas sacas ❤️❤️

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  26. So many interesting and unique fruits!

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  27. Trip down memory lane! We would shop at open markets and buy all kinds of fruits when living overseas.

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  28. i LOVE going to markets!! all of these are such interesting and unique fruits...fruits i do not see here!! i would like longan, i like sweet fruits. have a wonderful day!!

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  30. What an interesting post, Veronica! My mother has mentioned more than once the stinky fruit Dorian - is that how you call these red hairballs? The video was revealing - I have eaten pad thai several times, but did not notice any beans - next time I'll have to ask if these stinky beans are in that dish:):)

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  31. What a delicious post!
    I have seen rambutans, but never tasted. The others are unfamiliar to me. :)
    Very interesting!

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  32. A great report, the photos are magnificent as well as the information.
    I love the variety of fruits and their colors and shapes.
    Greetings

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  33. I've tried rambutan once and really liked it.

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  34. we bought rambutan in Asian shops in the US sometimes, but never seen langsat... love it.

    Have a great day

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  35. Wow, I have never seen this hairy fruit before!! So strange looking. We do have Jackfruit here sometimes though.

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  36. Love your post, never had rambutan..xx

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  37. Kalimera from Greece. We are enjoying our Greek fruit but especially the Greek honey and thick yoghurt.

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  38. I never heard before from Rambutan or hairy fruits or stinky beans. But Jackfruit I know, but it is not so often to buy in Germany,
    greetings
    Kirsi

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  39. Hola Verónica, muy interesante el reportaje.
    Mucha fruta que no conocía.
    Saludos

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  40. The rambutan is so interesting looking. The jackfruit kind of looks like the
    pomegranate here. You have many different fruits and vegetables, and it was
    delightful to see some of them at the market. We have watermelons here also.

    Have a good September week.

    ~Sheri

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  41. Very interesting seeing how many different fruits and veg grow in different parts of the world. I enjoyed your random thoughts and photos post too.

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  42. A post full of lovely photographs, thank you.

    All the best Jan

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  43. Is ehe firt time that I see this fruit xD

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  44. Thanks, Veronica Lee, for again sharing these random photos of fruits and vegetables from your part of the world and especially for the explanations about each.

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  45. Nice video about those clusters of stink beans ready to eat in South Thailand. That mam was so happy to harvest stink beans at the right time ... he said it's his favourite food in the world.
    I can see there are still watermelons in late September in your country 🍉 ... here on the 42nd parallel we had that fruits until late August ☀️
    I've never heard of hairy fruits. Nice images of the local market, Veronica!
    That's a great post with exhaustive pictures and information.

    Have a nice weekend 😎


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  46. Quanta dolcezza ci regala la natura.
    Buon fine settimana.

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  47. Veronica - fascinating fruit! The poor cousin of the lychee looks like a buckeye/chestnut, but neither one of those is sweet! Thanks for visiting my blog this week!

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  48. In Turkey we don't have those fruits. Are they delicious? :)

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  49. I've never tried any of these before, I haven't seen them here in Australia! They look so interesting, thank you for sharing!

    Hope you are having a lovely weekend :) We had a fun day at the playground yesterday.

    Away From The Blue

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  50. Interesting post and great shots of all those exotic fruits and veggies. Most of them I've never seen before.
    Enjoyed the stinky beans video clip. The young man seemed so excited about them.
    What do the hairy fruits taste like?

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  51. don´t think I have ever tasted those hairy ones :)

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  52. The most intriguing blog title of the week goes to you.
    Amalia
    xo

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  53. I'd have trouble eating the hairy fruit just because of the way it looks

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  54. I have had rombutans. But I had never heard of stinky beans. Such a unique variety of fruits and vegetable.

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  55. I have never seen anything like it stinky beans made me laugh heheh!

    Have a scentedtastic fruity week 👍

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  56. This is absolutely fascinating! I wish I could try these - they're not available here, but are so intriguing!
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-prickly-situation-from-archives.html

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  57. Dear Veronica, I was able to taste some of these fruits during our travels. They hardly exist in Europe, and I wouldn't buy them here either, because I don't want to support the long food transports, but I'm happy that there is such a large, delicious variety of fruit in the world. And your photos look so good!
    All the best from Austria,
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2021/09/rostrosige-september-tage.html

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  58. I love those stinky beans, cooked with prawns. Can go for a second helping of rice!

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  59. The hairy fruit look pretty. I am not so sure about stinky beans though!

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  60. That is some really funky stuff. It all looks pretty, but we are not sure about actually eating it.

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  61. I love visiting food markets in different countries as there is such a variety of fruits and vegetables I do not know. These are some very interesting ones. I would be up to tasting anything at least once!
    www.chezmireillefashiontravelmom.com

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  62. Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  63. Love those fruits, especially the hairy one!!!!!!!!!!!

    😊 🍁 😊 🎃

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  64. The photos are gorgeous but I'm not sure I am adventurous enough to try them without some encouragement :)

    Thanks for sharing your link at My Corner of the World this week!

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  65. They aren't super mainstream in the US. I did get a dragon fruit to try. It was different. Kind of expensive here though.

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