While looking for why mangosteens are verboten,

[lsanderson]

I googled this site, http://www.davestravelcorner.com/links/exoticfruit.htm, which seems like a nice jumping off place for exotic fruits.

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[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is a good site! I'm particularly impressed with the listing of 183 restaurants serving lychees in food or drinks, including several in Boston.

Lychees, yum!

Thanks!

Inquiring minds and all that...

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Don't leave me hanging. Why are mangosteens verboten? Why can you only get them frozen in this horribly uptight country?

Re: Inquiring minds and all that...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

This article goes into it: http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_26/findingaforbidden.html

I suspect they really don't have an accurate risk assesment for them. We do, however, have tropical & semi-tropical fruit in the southern states. They tend to worry a bit about importing some new blight.