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ROMANCE PLANT

If you’ve ever been to a Chinese restaurant and had space for dessert, you’ve probably eaten lychees with ice-cream. Those lychees are peeled and canned and, while they are sweet and tasty, they have nothing on fresh lychees, which come in knobbly, pink-red skins.

Look out for these odd-looking fruits, which are becoming more available in greengrocers and even in your local supermarket as more growers get established in the market.

The fresh fruit is fragrant and cool and refreshing to

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