Michael "Dog3" > wrote in message
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> "The Ranger" >
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>> While out-and-about dining in San Jose today, I
>> stumbled upon a fruit vendor selling these monsters!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JackfruitLift.JPG
>>
>> Unable to resist, I purchased one of the "smaller" sizes!
>> Sweetness'! Even the smaller one was 18 lbs! It's delicious,
>> though! The daughter-units (and three friends) are digging
>> in and going to town on the thing!
>>
>> Did I mention they're delicious?!
>>
> Good Gawd that thing is huge. Are you just splitting it
> and eating it? I've never seen one before. Thanks for
> sharing.

I only bought a <-than half "gourd" and it was still too large!
Think "watermelon" sized (a super-7-11-sized) lychee and you'll
still fall short of reality!

When this vendor-lady picked it up and "dropped" it down to cut
it up, I thought the sidewalk shook! I immediately knew it was
my over-active imagination. Then I picked it up. I knew then
what I'd felt was real.

My interpreter-friend warned, "Watch out for the sap. It's
super sticky." She wasn't lying! The damned stuff could be used
as a water-proof glue for wood! It looks just like Elmer's
All-Weather Wood Glue; it's not water-soluble! I have stripped
pulp and white sap across a 10' area in my kitchen from tearing
out the persimmon-shaped pulp! I'm hoping my Kenmore
dishwasher's tempered water will cleanse the knife and bowls
clean. If not, I see a lot of "hand washing" in my future...
<sigh>

The Ranger