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What are they?
bouicca21
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I was in the market when I saw some green fruit about the size of gooseberries. So I bought some. Cooked them with a little sugar.
Oh my, they are so sour! They have a single Central stone. I have no idea what they are - except that in their current state they are inedible.
Any suggestions?
Oh my, they are so sour! They have a single Central stone. I have no idea what they are - except that in their current state they are inedible.
Any suggestions?
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It's difficult to tell without a picture.
Are they greengages?0 -
Might they be raw olives?Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Olives? Now there's a thought. That would fit with the taste, but if they are olives they are the biggest I've ever seen - size of a large gooseberry or small plum.0
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I don't think you can sell raw olives legally, so I think greengages more likely.0
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If round rather than oval they could be green bullaces (wild plums) they are verysmall and sour.0
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Definitely not greengages and too big for Bullaces. I am seriously veering towards olives. Once I get the expectation of sweet fruit out of my head, the taste and texture do seem olive like. Presumably I should be putting them in brine?0
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:dance:Victory:dance:Definitely not greengages and too big for Bullaces. I am seriously veering towards olives. Once I get the expectation of sweet fruit out of my head, the taste and texture do seem olive like. Presumably I should be putting them in brine?
Do I get recogition? First refusal on your cured finished product, perhaps?Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Goodness, I am surprised, I was told as a child that they were poisonous - I spent some time in France, with a family who had a tree, under strict instruction never to eat them until they had been cured. Just Googled it, and found websites saying 'not toxic, just really horrible and indigestible'.
Let us know how they taste when you've cured them.
And well done V4!0 -
If they are olives, 40 days in brine for them
The stone is long and thin, the taste is yuk. There are queen olives that are quite a bit bigger than the usual sized ones. Green ones are unripe ones, they would usually turn black.Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi0 -
Another suggestion - might they be some kind of Japanese plum? The sort you'd use for making plum wine? I have an idea that they're usually green and quite hard, and not that edible until they've been soaked and/or preserved in some way. They aren't that easy to get hold of in this country but it's an idea …0
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