In article >,
lid says...
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:51:43 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Bruce" wrote in message ...
> >
> >On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:48:18 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>"Bruce" wrote in message
> . ..
> >>
> >>Here's an unusual item usually found in Australian supermarkets:
> >>
> >><https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/ProductDetails/132067/apple-toffee>
> >>
> >>It's so unusual , I had to Google to find out what it's called.
> >>
> >>==
> >>
> >>We call them toffee apples. We had them a lot when we were children)
> >
> >I knew it. Every time something's traditionally Australian, it's
> >originally English.
> >
> >But are you also familiar with custard apples?
> >
> ><http://www.custardapple.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Bunch-of-African-Pride-slider.jpg>
> >
> >==
> >
> >No, I've never seen those I am not saying we don't get them but not that
> >I have seen ... or if I have, I didn't know what they were)
> >
> >What are they like inside?
>
> A bit like vanilla custard, with big seeds through it. Big enough to
> work around fairly easily.
>
> I think you (and I in NL) don't know them is that they can't handle
> frost.

Plenty of exotic fruit and veg that "can't handle frost" are sold in
UK supermarkets. Including custard apples.

https://www.farmerschoice.co.uk/gree...le#sthash.xkV7
f2YT.dpbs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-...fruit-and-veg-
coming-to-a-supermarket-near-you/

Janet UK