When I announced the Lychee theme for A Fruit A Month event, not everyone was happy! Some of you actually hate these fruits (SHOCK!!!) and some of you (spoiled lot ) only like the fresh Lychees! I had a choice – pick a more popular fruit and make it easy for everyone. But what’s the [...]
Making up a cocktail recipe is easy; coming up with a name for it – not so! After a couple of these drinks, the best I could come up with was LycheeTangita, if you can think of a better name, let me know. Ingredients (Makes about 4 drinks) Canned Lychee drink – 1.5 cups Tangerine juice [...]
I’ve always wondered what two of my favorite fruits -Lychee and Mango- combined will taste like. I could just imagine the two flavors together, but never really got around to trying it. I finally got the perfect opportunity this month, when I picked Lychee as the Fruit of the Month, and to my utter shock [...]
Thanks to all those who participated in the AFAM poll. Sorry dear Lychee haters, but the clear winner is this tropical beauty also known as Litchi. Well, the season is almost over; but sure you can find some canned ones or some Lychee Puree or some Lychee Drink. A variety of Lychee products are available [...]
The weekend is almost gone, time to share another cocktail recipe. Siv is the de facto bartender in our house, he just throws in some mixes and drinks here and there and it turns out into a pretty good drink at the end. He is a scotch and beer guy himself, but loves to mix [...]
Lychee is one of my favorite fruits; I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like lychee. I love the sweetness and the texture and it brings back a lot of childhood memories of palm fruits and young coconuts. Harvested during early summer, fresh lychees are available in Asian stores in spring and summer, and in canned form throughout the [...]
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