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Old 19-04-2019, 07:02 PM
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What are these

Saw these among a fruit display in a shop in China. Anyone know what they are?
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Old 19-04-2019, 08:59 PM
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What you can't see clearly is whether the stalks are really growing out of the green thing or are just shoved in. The glad wrap on them seems to either cover/hide the point of connection or holds the stem in place to add some sort of verisimilitude to things.

If the stems are genuine, I'd suggest these are tomatoes grown in some sort of mold.

A second thought - if you look at the green things, you'll see they are in two halves with a line clearly showing the point of connection/joining. If the stems are genuine, then I'd suggest there are real tomatoes or something similar inside the 2 halves of the Buddha which is then glued together and wrapped in glad wrap so it doesn't fall apart.

Just my cynical thoughts.


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Old 19-04-2019, 09:18 PM
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Old 19-04-2019, 09:35 PM
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Your second thought could very well be right Peter.
No, I don't suppose it does Ryan.
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Old 19-04-2019, 09:47 PM
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You know that moment when you say OH MY GOD it's a real thing ?

http://www.fruitnet.com/fpj/article/...ump-shaped-veg

Took a while to find because as it turns out there's a fruit called Buddahs hand and Custard Apples are nicknamed Budddahs head.
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Old 19-04-2019, 10:04 PM
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First prize to that man! Well done Ryan, great surfing.
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Decided to see if I could find any info on Bing about these.
Hit paydirt.
UK newsrag, Daily Mail - Would YOU eat a Buddha-shaped pear? Lucky fruit grown to look like the god of fortune becomes hot sale in Asia

Does the first photo look familiar?
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Old 20-04-2019, 10:49 PM
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Old 20-04-2019, 11:02 PM
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Jenifur, As I already posted, Ryan had found the answer, but thank you for
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Sorry, not soap Jeremy.
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Old 20-04-2019, 11:21 PM
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Jenifur, As I already posted, Ryan had found the answer, but thank you for
the extra info and photos.

Sorry, not soap Jeremy.
The reason I thought soap and not veg is that these have a distinct "seam" down the actual side in the same place every time,
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Old 20-04-2019, 11:23 PM
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Jenifur, As I already posted, Ryan had found the answer, but thank you for
the extra info and photos.

Sorry, not soap Jeremy.
The reason I thought soap and not veg is that these have a distinct "seam" down the actual side in the same place every time

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Old 20-04-2019, 11:30 PM
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Good logical thinking Jeremy, but the seam is where the two halves of the mould meet.
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Old 20-04-2019, 11:31 PM
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Good logical thinking Jeremy, but the seam is where the two halves of the mould meet.
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They really are clever these chinese

Anyone tried that with a mould of a scope and a cucumber ?
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Old 20-04-2019, 11:39 PM
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What a good idea, you should try that.
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