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Article: Meet some exotic tropicals ... canned or fresh. (recipes)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- March 1, 1989
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Recite them quickly and they sound like a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song: litchi, longan, mangosteen, rambutan. In reality, they are the names of four Asian and Southeast Asian fruits in or closely related to the family Sapindaceae; they have in common a distinctive texture, white color, and range of flavors best defined as exotic.
About June, litchis and longans occasionally appear fresh in a few markets. Both fruits are grown in Hawaii and Florida. Fresh rambutans and mangosteens from Asia are not allowed in this country; if grown in Mexico, they can be imported.
But all four of these tropical to subtropical fruits are available and quite ...