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19 minutes ago, KennethT said:This fruit is new to me; it appeared in a hotel "welcome" basket.
We get those here too. They are known as 蛇皮果 shé pí guǒ; literally: snake skin fruit in Chinese. I have a series on unusual (to me) food finds on my blog and Snake Skin Fruit was the first entry back in November 2011.
10 minutes ago, KennethT said:This fruit is new to me; it appeared in a hotel "welcome" basket.
We get those here too. They are known as 蛇皮果 shé pí guǒ; literally: snake skin fruit in Chinese. I have a series on unusual (to me) food finds on my blog and Snake Skin Fruit was the first entry back in November 2011.
