In fact, it’s like a little teeny-tiny orange. The skin is so thin that you just pop the whole thing in your mouth, and the taste is kind of like a cross between an orange and a grapefruit or lemon. They’re great!
15 January 2009
Fruit of the day: Kumquats
So growing up, I remember hearing about the mystical “kumquat,” and with a name like that you’ve just got to be intrigued, but I never had any idea of what it was. In fact, I had this notion that it was a horrible vegetable that your parents might threaten to make you eat if they wanted to punish you.
In fact, it’s like a little teeny-tiny orange. The skin is so thin that you just pop the whole thing in your mouth, and the taste is kind of like a cross between an orange and a grapefruit or lemon. They’re great!
In fact, it’s like a little teeny-tiny orange. The skin is so thin that you just pop the whole thing in your mouth, and the taste is kind of like a cross between an orange and a grapefruit or lemon. They’re great!
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I used to eat those in Paris all the time...yummy indeed!
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