Here's the crazy yank again, with a question about fruits!!!! GUANDONGS!!

[renomarvinm]

There's a neat article in the national geographic about cassowarys!  Strange birds, those.  Live in the northern part of Australia and parts of New Guinea.  There's a picture in there of them eating  a weird blue fruit called a Guandong.

Please, what is it?  What does it taste like?  Do you folks eat them?  I really need something different - sick and tired of pinapples.  Kiwi fruit are ok.  Coming up next - barbecued cassuary....  (just kidding!)

[lloydslights]

Now, they would leave a lovely imprint.  

We've gone a bit off topic.  But what the heck.  Nobody's pulled us up yet

Or we could say that there was guandong jam on the jaffles. 

DEB 

[imastawka]

pssst deb,  pretty sure sineater is a girl

As a collection, they would be pretty good

Never knew they had so many designs though.

Mum had a round one and then I bought a square one

[serendipityricho]

Stawka--foundries in different states and areas made different designs.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

I've got one we brought with us when we moved to the States some 50-odd years ago..........solid cast iron.........none of these wussy aluminum ones....

[lloydslights]

Oops.  Apologies Sineater.  I'll picture some lace and crystals adorning the armoury.

DEB

[serendipityricho]

Back on topic------think its Quandong tree not Guandong.

Have a listen to a song  Mallee Boy--by John Williamson.................Richo.

[imastawka]

Yep,  Quandong.  Good old Aussie bush tucker

                   

But now I've got a hankerin' for a banana jaffle

[amber-eyed-girl]

Sin, with the bleeping, they even bleep **bleep**nic

a r s e n i c 

[durruticolumna]

I've got a jar of homemade Gidneywallum (Illawarra Plum) jam in my fridge 🙂

[sineaterdoodah]

lol,yes, i AM a girl,no apologies necessary. with a name like barri,i'm used to it.  skip the lace,though,i'm not girly very often,and not a lace person,except for the kind you cook.9you can just call me barri,or sin,no need to type the whole id,it  IS kind of long!:) )

thank you all for letting me know that THAT word/combo of letters isn't allowed,lol! i forget that you all cuss differently. 😄

yes, my jaffle would leave an imprint,but it would be a kangaroo,kind of like the one in the picture,or the word diablo,which is either the brand or the model name,not sure. it's quite deep,makes lovely square stuffed sandwiches,pies and calzones.

serendipity, i have an old pizza peel that i use as a griddle,i think that's what you're calling a hot plate,something like that? i make a sandwich like you describe with that,and eggbread,which is basically savoury french toast.  hubby loves eggbread,he puts fried sausage between 2 pieces and is a happy man!