10 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:
liuzhou,
Your dinner looks delicious!
How does one eat a fresh lychee? There were some on offer at the Indian grocer the other day, but they were not as fresh-looking as yours are. Their skins were mostly brown. You do skin them, don't you?
Actually, mine were less fresh than I would have preferred, but they were OK.
Yes, you need to peel them - an easy job. Stick a thumbnail in where the stem was and peel away. The papery / leathery skin will tear off Then suck the white pulp away from the hard inedible seed.
The skins range in colour from red to dark brown. I think the red ones are fresher, but I've never tested the theory. Here is one fully peeled and another partly peeled.When partly peeled like this, it is easy to pop the whole fruit out.
Close up.
Seed.. Inedible.
