On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:26:20 GMT, Rusty_Hinge
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Tom Withycombe wrote:

As a relative newcomer to this group please enlighten me. What is a
hunza ... some kind of fruit? Or have I asked the "stupid boy" question
:-))

A kind of apricot, originating in the Hunza area of Afghanistan.

Which you can buy in health food and 'nuts-and-raisin' outlets. They dry
on the bushes and are picked and sold dessicated. They're a lot smaller
than cultivated apricots, and you can either eat them dry, or rehydrate
them.

I don't know how you can enjoy eating them dry. Like old boots or
worse and not good for the teeth. They are just delicious once
soaked.
I made a batch of jam from them once - split them and peeled the flesh
off the stones (recommended, as the fruit sometimes has evidence of
having had 'visitors' while on the bush), then cracked the stones and
bunged the kernels in.
No, it wasn't delicious, but it was bearable.

I have also noticed that sometimes they show evidence of "visitors"!
What the heck; I ate them!


Pam in Bristol