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Summer is near and I remember seeing a thread like this made a while ago. While some sliced mango or coconut is cool for the summer I feel that theirs alot more that people aren't up on that are region/ethnicity specific. Time to "diversify your bonds"
West-Indies people should recognize this one
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[h2]great summer snack, probably closely related to lychee, basically its a seed with a flesh like covering (the part you eat).[/h2][h2]
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find a good bunch of these and call it a day.
West-Indies people should recognize this one
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[/h3][h3]Local names[/h3]
It is known as mamoncillo, mamón, and ackee (in St. Lucia, Barbados). However, in the rest of the Caribbean, the latter name is used to refer to the related Blighia sapida), and the fruit is called chenette (in Trinidad and Tobago), guaya, gnep, guinep (in Jamaica), skinnip (in St. Kitts), genip, guinep, ginnip, kenèp (in Dominica,Guyana, Haiti, Belize, Bahamas) an in some parts of Central America, talpa jocote, canepa, quenepa (in Puerto Rico), genepa, xenepa, kenepa (in Curaçao), knippa (in Suriname) and Spanish lime and limoncillo(in the Dominican Republic).[sup][citation needed][/sup]
[h2]great summer snack, probably closely related to lychee, basically its a seed with a flesh like covering (the part you eat).[/h2][h2]
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find a good bunch of these and call it a day.