Chinese Moon Pear

[sherrardk]

Himself brought home four fruits that were advertised as 'Chinese moon pears' but I've googled it and can't find anything - anyone got any ideas (they look like really fat, pale pears). Thank you.

[ummmm]

These?

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[ummmm]

OMG...I don't know what happened there!

[237SJ]

Yesterday I was in a supermarket in Singapore. I was in the fruit department and I saw moon pears. I have never tried them and I couldn`t have bought one to bring back to the UK because Customs wouldn`t have liked it. Chinese moon pears are quite big, are orange coloured and look like a fat doughnut.

[bookbinder]

Thanks for the - er - link, ummmm. That clears everything up nicely.

[sherrardk]

Maybe these are something else then, they're not orange or doughnut shaped.

[ummmm]

The link actually works if you copy it :-)

Sher...google Chinese pears.

[237SJ]

Well they did feel like pears because I squeezed one of them. They were the size of a large apple but slightly flattened rather than round.

[sherrardk]

That looks like them ummmm - even came in the same white packaging.

[ummmm]

They're nice. Have you tried one yet?

[seekeerz]

They are called nashi pears down this way, sherr ....very tricky telling if they are ripe/ready to eat, but when they are they're heaven on a stick !

[sherrardk]

I don't do fruit (unless cider and fruit pastilles count?) - the four youngest will eat them. He also got two ginormous pomegranates and the most shiney reddest/greenest apples I have ever seen. Got so much fruit that I have had to use my big baking bowl (like grans have) to put it all into.

[ummmm]

No fruit at all, ever?

I bought some gorgeous strawberries from Tesco recently. The first time in years I've had strawberries that didn't need a sprinkle of sugar.

[sherrardk]

I eat really badly, do eat some veg and salad stuff - can't remember the last time I ate any fruit (I do eat cooking apples with bacon and melted cheese though)

[ummmm]

I'm don't eat a massive amount of fruit. I eat salad and veg most days.

[Haguely]

A late answer: in China, one way to serve this fruit is to slice it lengthways (like a Terry's Choc orange!) then to drizzle runny honey over it. The best flavour honey for this comes from the flowers of the Osmanthus bush, but I have never seen that in Europe, even at our Chinese supermarket. It is a simple but delicious dessert.

[janbee]

I've never heard of these before. I'll have to find out more and have a look next time I'm out shopping.