Your supermarket ? Pronunciation .

[Ledidas]

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]

Is "basil" alone its common name by the way ?

Yes, basil is its common name.

[alanjhd08]

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]

Thank you!

[Ledidas]

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]

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]

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]

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]

It's called custard apple in India.
This plant is widely available and often considered as weed

[Sharpie]

Hey, i used to meet Ledias once in the street and he looked nice, clearly he acted unexpectedly sometimes, what a head!

[Ledidas]

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.