Very yummy. The lychees look a lot like very pale penis tips, so I
felt a little weird stuffing ginger inside of them, but it was all
worth it. This is a great dessert.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Chocolate Ginger Lychees

Recipe By :Carol Peterson (Damsel)
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 15 ounce cans lychees
2 ounces crystallized ginger -- or candied cherries
8 ounces semisweet chocolate
1/3 bar paraffin wax

Drain lychees. Place round side up on several layers of paper towels.
Let stand until dry, about one hour.

Cut ginger into slivers or tiny pieces. Carefully stuff the ginger
inside the cavities of the lychees.

Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
boiler over boiling water. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly.
When chocolate is completely melted, remove from heat and cool
slightly.

Dip each stuffed lychee in the melted chocolate, being sure to coat
completely. Carefully lift the lychees out of the chocolate and
place, round side up, on waxed paper.

Refrigerate until cold. Transfer into bonbon cups for serving.
Cuisine:
"Chinese"
Source:
"Adapted from the Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook"
Yield:
"3 dozen"
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NOTES : 2nd Annual Twin Cities RFC Picnic

Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 30 Jul 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> Very yummy. The lychees look a lot like very pale penis tips, so I
> felt a little weird stuffing ginger inside of them, but it was all
> worth it. This is a great dessert.
>
>

Now I'll never be able to eat lychees....Us homophobes have rules ya
know...

--


Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect

-Alan

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> 1/3 bar paraffin wax

> Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
> boiler over boiling water.

ummm... is it just me or is there something really really wrong with
this?

wax+chocolate.
bleeeaaahhh

Sorry Carol this sounds totally unappealing.
Why the wax? what possible purpose could it serve?

LadyJane
--
"Never trust a skinny cook!"
(or was it a test to see who actually read ingredients/methods?)

On 30 Jul 2006 22:04:13 -0700, "LadyJane"
> wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
>> 1/3 bar paraffin wax
>
>> Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
>> boiler over boiling water.
>
>ummm... is it just me or is there something really really wrong with
>this?
>
>wax+chocolate.
>bleeeaaahhh
>
>Sorry Carol this sounds totally unappealing.
>Why the wax? what possible purpose could it serve?

Its entire purpose is to **** you off.

Carol

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> On 30 Jul 2006 22:04:13 -0700, "LadyJane"
> > wrote:
>
> >Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> >
> >> 1/3 bar paraffin wax
> >
> >> Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
> >> boiler over boiling water.
> >
> >ummm... is it just me or is there something really really wrong with
> >this?
> >
> >wax+chocolate.
> >bleeeaaahhh
> >
> >Sorry Carol this sounds totally unappealing.
> >Why the wax? what possible purpose could it serve?
>
> Its entire purpose is to **** you off.
>
> Carol

Hah! :~)

kili

"kilikini" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 30 Jul 2006 22:04:13 -0700, "LadyJane"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> >
>> >> 1/3 bar paraffin wax
>> >
>> >> Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
>> >> boiler over boiling water.
>> >
>> >ummm... is it just me or is there something really really wrong with
>> >this?
>> >
>> >wax+chocolate.
>> >bleeeaaahhh
>> >
>> >Sorry Carol this sounds totally unappealing.
>> >Why the wax? what possible purpose could it serve?
>>
>> Its entire purpose is to **** you off.
>>
>> Carol
>
> Hah! :~)
>
> kili
>=======

I have no idea what the OP was... as I just saw the word "Lychees"... OH MY
STARS do I love those pink encased little morsels of heaven! A fellow from
work brought some in, last year, and I thought I had died and went to
heaven. I have had them from cans before and they were good.. but fresh...?
total YUMM!
--
Cyndi (again) Ok... I'm really going to go to bed... maybe...

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> Very yummy. The lychees look a lot like very pale penis tips, so I
> felt a little weird stuffing ginger inside of them, but it was all
> worth it. This is a great dessert.
>
>
> * Exported from MasterCook *
>
> Chocolate Ginger Lychees
>
> Recipe By :Carol Peterson (Damsel)
> Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
> Categories :
>
> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> 2 15 ounce cans lychees
> 2 ounces crystallized ginger -- or candied cherries
> 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
> 1/3 bar paraffin wax
>
> Drain lychees. Place round side up on several layers of paper towels.
> Let stand until dry, about one hour.
>
> Cut ginger into slivers or tiny pieces. Carefully stuff the ginger
> inside the cavities of the lychees.
>
> Combine chocolate and wax in a small saucepan or in top of a double
> boiler over boiling water. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly.
> When chocolate is completely melted, remove from heat and cool
> slightly.
>
> Dip each stuffed lychee in the melted chocolate, being sure to coat
> completely. Carefully lift the lychees out of the chocolate and
> place, round side up, on waxed paper.
>
> Refrigerate until cold. Transfer into bonbon cups for serving.
> Cuisine:
> "Chinese"
> Source:
> "Adapted from the Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook"
> Yield:
> "3 dozen"
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> NOTES : 2nd Annual Twin Cities RFC Picnic

Dang, I have canned lychees, but I would prefer them without chocolate! I'm
trying to find a lychee bread recipe or something like that, but I've done a
google and there isn't much other than really sweet desserts. Can anyone he
lp me make a lychee bread?

kili

Kili wrote:

> Dang, I have canned lychees, but I would prefer them without chocolate!
> I'm trying to find a lychee bread recipe or something like that, but I've
> done a google and there isn't much other than really sweet desserts. Can
> anyone help me make a lychee bread?

I don't think canned lychees lend themselves well to breads. (Nor do fresh
lychees, for that matter.) In terms of juiciness and sweetness, they can be
compared to canned mandarin oranges, though the taste isn't similar at all.
What would you do with canned mandarin oranges? Whatever your answer is, you
can probably do something similar with lychees.

Lychees go well with peaches, cherries, apricots, plums, and pears (or
loquats or passionfruit, moving in more exotic directions). If there's some
recipe you like which contains those fruits, you can augment the fruit with
lychees. You can also make a very good drink out of canned lychees simply by
whirling them (syrup and all) in a blender and adding vodka (or kirsch, or
peach schnapps, or pear brandy, etc.)

Bob

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Kili wrote:
>
> > Dang, I have canned lychees, but I would prefer them without chocolate!
> > I'm trying to find a lychee bread recipe or something like that, but
I've
> > done a google and there isn't much other than really sweet desserts.
Can
> > anyone help me make a lychee bread?
>
> I don't think canned lychees lend themselves well to breads. (Nor do fresh
> lychees, for that matter.) In terms of juiciness and sweetness, they can
be
> compared to canned mandarin oranges, though the taste isn't similar at
all.
> What would you do with canned mandarin oranges? Whatever your answer is,
you
> can probably do something similar with lychees.
>
> Lychees go well with peaches, cherries, apricots, plums, and pears (or
> loquats or passionfruit, moving in more exotic directions). If there's
some
> recipe you like which contains those fruits, you can augment the fruit
with
> lychees. You can also make a very good drink out of canned lychees simply
by
> whirling them (syrup and all) in a blender and adding vodka (or kirsch, or
> peach schnapps, or pear brandy, etc.)
>
> Bob
>
>

Well, the drink thing is an idea. I'm thinking rum and lychee on ice or
blended. That never occured to me before! Thanks, Bob.

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Kili wrote:
.... You can also make a very good drink out of canned lychees simply
by whirling them (syrup and all) in a blender and adding vodka (or
kirsch, or
peach schnapps, or pear brandy, etc.)
>>
Bob

> Well, the drink thing is an idea. I'm thinking rum and lychee on ice or
> blended. That never occured to me before! Thanks, Bob.
>
> kili
>
I've made lychee sorbet. Very easy.
3 cans of lychees and 1/2 cans of the syrup well blended until
everything is smooth. Chill mixture very well. Use your ice cream
maker (I have a Krups brand one where you freeze the bowl). Couldn't be
simpler.
Mickey