Graham – I knew that I’d seen it somewhere before.
I’m a bit surprised that I hadn’t seen them around in Cambodia previously – does anywhere apart from Vietnam eat them?
This is in Vietnamese Guc or Gac fruit..It is a cucumber relative, I found it in Sapa in the market, iI was with a friend Trang and she said her granny made a beautiful sticky rice with it, Inside there are many large seeds surroundes by a brilliant orange/red pilp, which has a fatty consistency, no special flavor but vere fatty and nice, I soaked the seeds in rice vodka and it turned a hot orange color.. I cleaned and saved the seeds, they are a cool scarab like shape, Trang said her granny used to roast them and grind them into a medicine..
SO the story is the health industry got a hold of this and has made juice with it and other ingredients, they call it a super food, one comes from Uk or Holland it has a name like G formula or something like that..
Ciao from Italy, Foodhunter Mark
Our five-year-old says they’re “Puffer Fish Pears.” :-)
First time I have seen this. Looks like big lye-chee.
This is called Gac in Vietnamese, its inners are used as natural color for sticky rice, called Xoi Gac.
http://pwmf.blogspot.com/2006/05/xi-gc-coconut-sweet-rice-dyed-with.html
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/Gac
This brings back memories…
http://www.noodlepie.com/2006/12/its_orange_that.html
Graham – I knew that I’d seen it somewhere before.
I’m a bit surprised that I hadn’t seen them around in Cambodia previously – does anywhere apart from Vietnam eat them?
This is in Vietnamese Guc or Gac fruit..It is a cucumber relative, I found it in Sapa in the market, iI was with a friend Trang and she said her granny made a beautiful sticky rice with it, Inside there are many large seeds surroundes by a brilliant orange/red pilp, which has a fatty consistency, no special flavor but vere fatty and nice, I soaked the seeds in rice vodka and it turned a hot orange color.. I cleaned and saved the seeds, they are a cool scarab like shape, Trang said her granny used to roast them and grind them into a medicine..
SO the story is the health industry got a hold of this and has made juice with it and other ingredients, they call it a super food, one comes from Uk or Holland it has a name like G formula or something like that..
Ciao from Italy, Foodhunter Mark
Our five-year-old says they’re “Puffer Fish Pears.” :-)
First time I have seen this. Looks like big lye-chee.
This is called Gac in Vietnamese, its inners are used as natural color for sticky rice, called Xoi Gac.
Gac fruit