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Re: Mystery Fruit: Can you tell me what this is?
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bruce bowser
Aug 14, 2022, 12:38:17 PM8/14/22
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On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 8:24:31 AM UTC-5, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> In article <c15632fe.03021...@posting.google.com>,
> andrew_...@hotmail.com (ac) writes:
> >
> >This summer, I bought a strange fruit from a local Bangladeshi fruit
> >vendor. I asked him what it was, and he only said "Kanapa."
> >
> >The fruit was kind of grape-like in the way it came in a bunch and was
> >green. But each one of the orbs was little bigger than a grape, and
> >smaller than a lime, and had a firm rind-like around it, and a huge
> >pit -- so there was only a little flesh in the middle.
'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
-- https://www.google.com/search?q=Limoncillo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjisbzv3sb5AhWOrnIEHTQICkEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limoncillo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABFCgB1igB2D-CmgAcAB4AIABJ4gBTZIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=ZyH5YqLiBI7dytMPtJCoiAQ&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
Different from 'Limincello', not Lemoncello, but 'Limincello' an Italian liqeuer.
-- https://www.google.com/search?q=Limincello&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCrKXP4cb5AhVornIEHaLZDWUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limincello&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BAgjECdQ9glYnA1gtxFoAHAAeACAASeIAW-SAQEzmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=SCT5YoLoNujcytMPorO3qAY&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
> In article <c15632fe.03021...@posting.google.com>,
> andrew_...@hotmail.com (ac) writes:
> >
> >This summer, I bought a strange fruit from a local Bangladeshi fruit
> >vendor. I asked him what it was, and he only said "Kanapa."
> >
> >The fruit was kind of grape-like in the way it came in a bunch and was
> >green. But each one of the orbs was little bigger than a grape, and
> >smaller than a lime, and had a firm rind-like around it, and a huge
> >pit -- so there was only a little flesh in the middle.
'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
-- https://www.google.com/search?q=Limoncillo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjisbzv3sb5AhWOrnIEHTQICkEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limoncillo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABFCgB1igB2D-CmgAcAB4AIABJ4gBTZIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=ZyH5YqLiBI7dytMPtJCoiAQ&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
Different from 'Limincello', not Lemoncello, but 'Limincello' an Italian liqeuer.
-- https://www.google.com/search?q=Limincello&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCrKXP4cb5AhVornIEHaLZDWUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limincello&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BAgjECdQ9glYnA1gtxFoAHAAeACAASeIAW-SAQEzmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=SCT5YoLoNujcytMPorO3qAY&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
CDB
Aug 15, 2022, 7:55:24 AM8/15/22
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"guenèpe" [gEnEp]. I suppose they are related to litchee fruit.
Quinn C
Aug 15, 2022, 1:15:33 PM8/15/22
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* CDB:
If I try searching for that, it wants to give me results for Genève or
Guinée.
The description reminded me of longan ("dragon eye fruit"), except that
they're not green, but yellow to brown outside. Both are indeed related
to lychee, and rambutan is another family member.
"Litchee" looks like a bastardized spelling to me; I'm used to "Lychee"
or "Litchi" (the scientific name of the genus, and used in French as
is).
--
Kira: Any luck?
Garak: Plenty, major. Unfortunately, all of it bad.
Guinée.
The description reminded me of longan ("dragon eye fruit"), except that
they're not green, but yellow to brown outside. Both are indeed related
to lychee, and rambutan is another family member.
"Litchee" looks like a bastardized spelling to me; I'm used to "Lychee"
or "Litchi" (the scientific name of the genus, and used in French as
is).
--
Kira: Any luck?
Garak: Plenty, major. Unfortunately, all of it bad.
Silvano
Aug 15, 2022, 2:50:59 PM8/15/22
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bruce bowser hat am 14.08.2022 um 18:38 geschrieben:
If you're talking about an Italian lemon liqueur, the correct spelling
is Limoncello.
Are you talking about something else? I'll shut up, if it's nothing
typically Italian.
If it is, please tell me what you're talking about and I'll be glad to
use my native speaker skills.
> 'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
Kanapa? What's that?
If you're talking about an Italian lemon liqueur, the correct spelling
is Limoncello.
Are you talking about something else? I'll shut up, if it's nothing
typically Italian.
If it is, please tell me what you're talking about and I'll be glad to
use my native speaker skills.
bruce bowser
Aug 15, 2022, 3:26:57 PM8/15/22
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On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 2:50:59 PM UTC-4, Silvano wrote:
> bruce bowser hat am 14.08.2022 um 18:38 geschrieben:
> > 'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
>
> Kanapa? What's that?
Offenbar eine Mini-Limette, glaube ich?
> bruce bowser hat am 14.08.2022 um 18:38 geschrieben:
> > 'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
>
> Kanapa? What's that?
> If you're talking about an Italian lemon liqueur, the correct spelling
> is Limoncello.
> Are you talking about something else?
> I'll shut up
Im oder auf englischen ist 'shut-up' mehr ein klangorientiertes wort und keine schriftliche Anfrage wie vielleicht 'leave the thread'.
> if its nothing.
Fast nur. Suchergebnisse geben auch alternative Schreibweisen an. Dabei, vielleicht ist die Rechtschreibung nicht mehr wichtig.
Jerry Friedman
Aug 15, 2022, 3:30:13 PM8/15/22
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World tropics. There's no article about it in the Italian Wikipedia,
which says something about how well known it is Italy. There is one
on the German Wikipedia, though.
--
Jerry Friedman
lar3ryca
Aug 15, 2022, 3:47:09 PM8/15/22
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There are other names for it, including quenepa, canepa, Spanish lime,
and more.
> The description reminded me of longan ("dragon eye fruit"), except that
> they're not green, but yellow to brown outside. Both are indeed related
> to lychee, and rambutan is another family member.
>
> "Litchee" looks like a bastardized spelling to me; I'm used to "Lychee"
> or "Litchi" (the scientific name of the genus, and used in French as
> is).
--
I before E... except when you run a feisty heist on a weird foreign
neighbour.
Quinn C
Aug 15, 2022, 5:41:23 PM8/15/22
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* lar3ryca:
> On 2022-08-15 11:15, Quinn C wrote:
>> * CDB:
>>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melicoccus_bijugatus>
> There are other names for it, including quenepa, canepa, Spanish lime,
> and more.
| Bajan ackee, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenèp, quenepa, quenepe,
| quenette, chenet, skinup, talpa jocote, mamón, limoncillo, canepa,
| skinip, kenepa, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo
(in the article above)
--
Quinn C
My pronouns are they/them
(or other gender-neutral ones)
> On 2022-08-15 11:15, Quinn C wrote:
>> * CDB:
>>
>>> "Kanapa" sounds a bit like what I remember they were called in Haiti:
>>> "guenèpe" [gEnEp]. I suppose they are related to litchee fruit.
>>
>> If I try searching for that, it wants to give me results for Genève or
>> Guinée.
>
> Search for "kanapa fruit" (with quotes).
That wasn't the problem - "limoncillo" redirects to
>>> "guenèpe" [gEnEp]. I suppose they are related to litchee fruit.
>>
>> If I try searching for that, it wants to give me results for Genève or
>> Guinée.
>
> Search for "kanapa fruit" (with quotes).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melicoccus_bijugatus>
> There are other names for it, including quenepa, canepa, Spanish lime,
> and more.
| quenette, chenet, skinup, talpa jocote, mamón, limoncillo, canepa,
| skinip, kenepa, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo
(in the article above)
--
Quinn C
My pronouns are they/them
(or other gender-neutral ones)
CDB
Aug 15, 2022, 6:05:02 PM8/15/22
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On 8/15/2022 1:15 PM, Quinn C wrote:
> * CDB:
>> bruce bowser wrote:
> * CDB:
>>> rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>> andrew_...@hotmail.com (ac) writes:
>>>>> This summer, I bought a strange fruit from a local
>>>>> Bangladeshi fruit vendor. I asked him what it was, and he
>>>>> only said "Kanapa."
>>>>> The fruit was kind of grape-like in the way it came in a
>>>>> bunch and was green. But each one of the orbs was little
>>>>> bigger than a grape, and smaller than a lime, and had a firm
>>>>> rind-like around it, and a huge pit -- so there was only a
>>>>> little flesh in the middle.
>>> 'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
>>> -
>>>>> This summer, I bought a strange fruit from a local
>>>>> Bangladeshi fruit vendor. I asked him what it was, and he
>>>>> only said "Kanapa."
>>>>> The fruit was kind of grape-like in the way it came in a
>>>>> bunch and was green. But each one of the orbs was little
>>>>> bigger than a grape, and smaller than a lime, and had a firm
>>>>> rind-like around it, and a huge pit -- so there was only a
>>>>> little flesh in the middle.
>>> 'Kanapa' or 'Limincillo', like a mini-lime in every way.
>>> -
>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=Limoncillo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjisbzv3sb5AhWOrnIEHTQICkEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limoncillo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABFCgB1igB2D-CmgAcAB4AIABJ4gBTZIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=ZyH5YqLiBI7dytMPtJCoiAQ&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
>>
>>>
Different from 'Limincello', not Lemoncello, but 'Limincello' an
>>> Italian liqeuer.
>>> --
>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=Limincello&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCrKXP4cb5AhVornIEHaLZDWUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limincello&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BAgjECdQ9glYnA1gtxFoAHAAeACAASeIAW-SAQEzmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=SCT5YoLoNujcytMPorO3qAY&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
>>
>>>
"Kanapa" sounds a bit like what I remember they were called in Haiti:
>> "guenèpe" [gEnEp]. I suppose they are related to litchee fruit.
> If I try searching for that, it wants to give me results for Genève
> or Guinée.
It's probably a local name. Nobody pays much attention to Haiti.
>>
>>>
Different from 'Limincello', not Lemoncello, but 'Limincello' an
>>> Italian liqeuer.
>>> --
>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=Limincello&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCrKXP4cb5AhVornIEHaLZDWUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Limincello&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BAgjECdQ9glYnA1gtxFoAHAAeACAASeIAW-SAQEzmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=SCT5YoLoNujcytMPorO3qAY&bih=928&biw=929&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1018US1018
>>
>>>
"Kanapa" sounds a bit like what I remember they were called in Haiti:
>> "guenèpe" [gEnEp]. I suppose they are related to litchee fruit.
> If I try searching for that, it wants to give me results for Genève
> or Guinée.
> The description reminded me of longan ("dragon eye fruit"), except
> that they're not green, but yellow to brown outside. Both are indeed
> related to lychee, and rambutan is another family member.
> "Litchee" looks like a bastardized spelling to me; I'm used to
> "Lychee" or "Litchi" (the scientific name of the genus, and used in
> French as is).
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