broken apart and converted into anthocyanin
pigments (p. 281). They’re eaten fresh, canned
in syrup, made into drinks, sauces, and
preserves, cooked briefly and served with
meats and seafood, and frozen into sorbets
and ice creams. “Lychee nuts” are the dried
fruits, not the seeds.
Rambutans, longans, and pulasans are all
arils of Asian fruits in the same family as the
lychee (the Sapindaceae), and have similar
qualities.
Mango Mangoes are the succulent, aromatic
fruits of an Asian tree, Mangifera indica, a
distant relative of the pistachio and cashew
trees, that has been cultivated for many
thousands of years. There are hundreds of
varieties with very different qualities,
including flavor and degrees of fibrousness
and astringency. The mango skin contains an
irritant and allergenic phenolic compound
similar to that in the cashew. Their deep