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Ledidas
March 17th, 2011, 12:56 AM
Hello,
Is the following type of vegetable sold in your local supermarket too ?

I google and find it is called "ocimum basilicum" (I don't know how to pronounce it). Is "basil" alone its common name by the way ?

Thanks!
Skizmo
March 17th, 2011, 03:21 AM
Is "basil" alone its common name by the way ?
Yes, basil is its common name.
alanjhd08
March 17th, 2011, 04:04 AM
Hi,

Since you ask about pronounciation, in UK we pronounce it
"Bâsil" (i.e. with a flat 'a' as in battle, but I heard that in the US it is pronounced "Básil" (i.e. with the a as in hay

You can buy it dried or fresh in most UK supermarkets, and it goes very well with tomato.

Cheers,
Alan
Ledidas
March 18th, 2011, 05:57 AM
Thank you!
Ledidas
March 19th, 2011, 02:13 AM
Hi,
Today I come up with this fruit: Annona squamosa
Some people call it sugar apple, some call it custard apple, which one is more common in your area ?
alanjhd08
March 19th, 2011, 05:11 AM
Hey, I've never seen that kind of fruit before, it's definitely not widely available in the UK, so I don't think either name will be in common use here.
Eri523
March 19th, 2011, 09:58 PM
Today I come up with this fruit: Annona squamosa
Some people call it sugar apple, some call it custard apple, which one is more common in your area ?

As I understand Wiktionary, sugar apple and custard apple are distinct fruits (and the one shown on your JPEG looks more like a sugar apple). At least the sugar apple does not have the scientific name annona squamosa, it's annona reticulata. (See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sugar_apple and http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/custard_apple.)

At any rate, I haven't ever seen either of them. They don't seem to be commonly available here in Germany too.
Ledidas
March 20th, 2011, 05:23 AM
Okay, they are cousins living mostly in South East Asia and South America and are entered the US or Canada upon request.

Again, thanks a lot. :)
thomus07
March 22nd, 2011, 07:19 AM
It's called custard apple in India.
This plant is widely available and often considered as weed
Sharpie
March 22nd, 2011, 12:22 PM
Hey, i used to meet Ledias once in the street and he looked nice, clearly he acted unexpectedly sometimes, what a head!
Ledidas
March 22nd, 2011, 12:46 PM
To me, chit chat is like chicks' chats, so feel free to be off-topical.
It's nice to know you can scan my body's temperature too. :D