Lychees........

Do you love em or hate em?

First time i had one was in a curry and i almost vomited.  the consistency was SO NASTY and i had no idea what it was.  DHs friends laughed at my reaction

Last night at dinner with friends we had Lychees and vanilla ice cream....and that was quite nice, but i can't get over the way they look like mini bollocks and the consistency!!!!!

I LOVE them!  I eat them plain though and I love the gummy lychees I used to get in China town, yummy!!!

I've never had them in a curry....

We got some canned ones one year at Halloween and stuck blueberries in the middle of them, then floated them in red punch for a creepy Halloween drink.....eyeballs in blood.....

Love 'em! I can eat them by the bushel, seriously. My dad's family is Mauritian, so whenever I'm there I always get served all I can eat ... and that's a lot! I've learned to eat them the Mauritian way -- you pop one in your mouth, bite down and spit out the shell. No hands! 

The ones I've found here at Tesco actually aren't too bad, though nothing beats fresh ones bought by the side of the road.

Ok, for those of us who are not there yet . . . what in the world is a lychee?   

It's similar to a rambutan  No it's a little white fruit that is encased inside a pink bobbly skin. It's got quite a strong scent and tastes like .... mmm hard to describe but it tates kind of exotic fruity in a peachy kind of way.  Texture is slippery.  A lot of Chinese restaurants have them on the menu if you want to try or you can get a can from most supermarkets.

I've never had one in a curry!!! what kind of a curry Aimiloo?

The thought of a lychee in a curry gives me the boak. 

The thought of a lychee in a curry gives me the boak. 

I imagine it would put me off both lychees AND curries! 

The thought of a lychee in a curry gives me the boak. 

I don't know what the boak is, but I can imagine I would get it too.  Lychees and curry, not so much

I'm half-Indian, and I've never heard of putting lychees in a curry. May be a regional thing, though. My family generally has them for dessert just as is.

I'm wondering if curry with lychee might be Thai instead? 

Lychees...slightly frozen...dipped in chocolate (or honey).  Yummy.....

I'm wondering if curry with lychee might be Thai instead? 

It just sounds like a MISTAKE to me, in any cuisine!

it was an indian curry, a sweet one.....not korma but started with a k.  kashmiri?

i almost puked it grossed me out so much.

but on the ice cream, it was quite nice!

I always thought lychees had a floral scent and taste. Like a peachy rose, with the consistency of a muscadine.