What the hell is this thing?

[Pesty]

I call on the power of PH once more

My parents have just come back from a holiday on a small island In the Adriatic sea and gave us all one of these.

No its not human waste and no its not a dried bananna

It smells like feet infected with trench foot but tatses very sweet (yes she insisted we try it) Apparently all the locals scoff them streight off the trees (oh yeah they grow on trees) And the island sells them in huge quantities to european food manufatcurers to use as flavouring in chocolate spreads.

My best guess is some sort of mutant giant vanilla pod

Edited by Pesty on Friday 15th October 19:06

[007 VXR]

book marked

[dmitsi]

Looks like a pacay pod, you can dry them out and they make a good percussion instrument. Large white edible pods. usually from Peru.

[dmitsi]

Though looking at an undried pacay pod, they're not too similar. That looks like a pacay when it's almost dried out totally.

[BruceV8]

They have them in Cyprus, but the name escapes me. Begins with a C - something like cariba. Tastes slightly chocolatey.

[lazy_b]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean

[minitici]

Locust bean AKA Carob.

Doh!... too late

Edited by minitici on Friday 15th October 19:14

[BruceV8]

Carob. Thats the badger.

[Pesty]

Yeah thats the fella PH wins again.

My mother is full of st. She said she picked it off a tree and it looked like that. On the pics they are green while on the trees

[blod]

Pesty said:

Yeah thats the fella PH wins again.

My mother is full of st. She said she picked it off a tree and it looked like that. On the pics they are green while on the trees

Wash your mouth out young man.

[Shaw Tarse]

Carob! Thank you!

[Pesty]

Sorry mother I take it all back


In my defence she is quite famous for stretching the trooth

[soad]

Didn't have a clue what it was either - you always learn something new it seems

[cottonfoo]

Pesty said:

In my defence she is quite famous for stretching the trooth

It was briefly interesting wondering how that sentence would end

[jains15]

As a side note, have anyone ever had the chocolate substitute made of this stuff?

[zollburgers]

Is not a dried banana? Or human waste? Or it could be a foot infected with trenchfoot, try smelling it to confirm.

[BlackVanGirl]

From the wiki page:
Male flowers produce a characteristic odour, resembling semen.

[dudleybloke]

jains15 said:

As a side note, have anyone ever had the chocolate substitute made of this stuff?

its foul.

[Shamu]

Had loads of this in Turkey, have to chew it but remember to spit out the seeds!

bit of an accquired taste though..

[andy400]

What was the name of the island? Surely your mum didn't say "we've been on holiday to a small island in the Adriatic"?