LYCHEES - This juicy fruit is seasonal and the taste varies according to the price. Lychee is a small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin.If you pay a few dollars extra to get the better variety, you will be able to enjoy the great taste of this fruit. Lychees make excellent cordials, juice.jelly,ice-cream, and can be eaten by itself. Canned lychees to make perfect deserts. http://fruitjuicemagic.blogspot.com/ .When you buy a bunch of lychees, peel the skin, put the fruits in a bowl and leave it to chill in the refrigerator. Remove and eat when chilled. YUMMY!HEALTH BENEFITS OF LYCHEES -This fruit is a rich source of vitamin C, Calcium and potassium. Lychees are proven to improve cough, digestion and ulcers.
LONGAN- After few research on this fruit I finally found out the meaning of the word longan. Logan means "Dragon's eye". This fruit has a thin yellowish brown rough skin. The fruit inside is a translucent ,round surrounding a single black seed. This fruit is one of my favorite fruit. It is best eaten chilled. Longans are sold in cans but the fresh longans are great. Dried longan makes excellent snacks. HEALTH BENEFITS OF LONGANS - Longans are rich in Vitamin A and C. Dried longan are also believed to be loaded with medicnal values. You can make various types od health srinks using the longan and dried red dates. Visit http://fruitjuicemagic.blogspot.com./ is proven that dried longans helps improve stomach ache, insomnia and as an antidote for poison.
MANGOSTEEN- This fruit is widely available in this beautiful country that I live in -MALAYSIA. The fruits are delicious and sold fresh . The price of this fruit is also very reasonable. Mangosteen juice is also sold widely in supermarkets. This fruit has deep purple skin and white flesh that are in segments. If you count the flower like petals under the fruit you will be able to determine the number of flesh segments in the fruit.HEALTH BENEFITS OF MANGOSTEEN- Reaserch shows that mangosteen has tons of health benefits. I will only name a few here. It helps to prevent aging, cancer , hypertension, glaucoma,obesity,arthritis and cataracts.
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Oh how I love eating fresh longons. Brings back memory as a child sitting on a stool with bushels of fresh longons from my uncle's orchard, my sleeves rolled up, countless hours of peeling and eating over a bucket...so delicious.
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