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Lychees

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  • littleredhen
    littleredhen Posts: 3,311 Forumite
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    its just lychees on their own then;)
    The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o

    A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk:)
  • kafkathecat
    kafkathecat Posts: 515 Forumite
    I like them in a lemon jelly, if you have one. K.
  • juliapenguin
    juliapenguin Posts: 763 Forumite
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    In a corned beef hash? :p
  • tessie_bear
    tessie_bear Posts: 4,898 Forumite
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    i like them with icecream...but remove big stone as they can be a bit crunchy
    onwards and upwards
  • littleredhen
    littleredhen Posts: 3,311 Forumite
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    have you not eaten them yet mrbadexample;)
    The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o

    A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk:)
  • mrbadexample
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    kafkathecat wrote: »
    I like them in a lemon jelly, if you have one. K.

    Lemon jelly? :think: That counts as fruit in my house, so no. :p

    :idea: I might go and buy one though. Would one be enough for a 200g tin? :)
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • mrbadexample
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    juliapenguin wrote: »
    In a corned beef hash? :p

    Please furnish me with your recipe. :D
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • littleredhen
    littleredhen Posts: 3,311 Forumite
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Lemon jelly? :think: That counts as fruit in my house, so no. :p

    :idea: I might go and buy one though. Would one be enough for a 200g tin? :)


    if you are going to get jelly get some fruit to go in the fruit salad:rotfl:
    The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o

    A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk:)
  • mrbadexample
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    littleredhen wrote: »
    if you are going to get jelly get some fruit to go in the fruit salad:rotfl:

    What do you recommend? :)
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    edited 18 April 2010 at 1:42PM
    I did a romantic combination St. Valentines Day/Chinese New Year meal this year, for a certain lady of my aquaintance, with these in the dessert.

    The tin of lychees (which symbolise love, as they are heart-shaped), a tin of peaches (symbolising long life, as peach trees live for a long time) and a tin of Mandarin oranges (which symbolise wealth, as they're gold coloured).

    Put the fruit into a bowl, with the juice of a lime to stop them oxidising, whilst you reduce down the syrup from the tins with the zest from the lime. The syrup was brilliant - sweet, of course, but also sharp from the lime zest.

    I can't see any reason why this shouldn't work with just the lychees.
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
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