Lichi

I know this isn't a recent food, but I feel I have to share it with the world.  I was in Oxford last summer, taking a summer course at St. Hugh's college when i discovered the unusual fruit called lichi.  We had a catering staff and the food was very good, and we had the option of picking fruit at the end of every meal.  I noticed that some people would take these little white grape-like things (they were already peeled, apparently, they come with a shell and a seed), and since everyone who didn't know what they were seemed afraid of them, I decided to try them.  I don't really know how to describe the flavor of lichi, and it has been awhile since I have had them, but I do remember them being very good. I haven't had any since last summer and I sort of miss them for their weirdness.  So, that was my exciting food discovery.  I know it probably doesn't sound that exciting, but let my end by saying that anyone who has never tried lichi definitely should.