Untitled. Unfinished. UNRELEASED. ([info]pekingspring) wrote,
2005-03-16 15:30:00

Pummelo.

White pummelo = not as good as regular green/yellow ordinary pummelo. (Thicker rind therefore smaller inside, inside skin thinner and actually harder to eat, squishyer, flavor not as deep, tastes kind of like an unsweet orange.) Whole Foods is peddling these things I think--though I may have gotten this one at an Asian market--and while they're better than no pummelo, they're unsatisfying. Oh well. C-

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[info]trixie_bee

March 16 2005, 20:42:26 UTC 7 years ago

Hmmm...should I ask what a pummelo is, or just look it up myself?

[info]pekingspring

March 16 2005, 20:51:06 UTC 7 years ago

Here's a pic of me holding one: http://flickr.com/photos/l-dogg/1450733/

They're a giant citrus fruit, one of my favorites.
More info: http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/Pummelo.htm

[info]trixie_bee

March 16 2005, 21:59:22 UTC 7 years ago

At one point, looking at your reply, I thought you had written "If you're into giant citrus fruit..." to which my immediate reply was "Hell, yeah! You mean there are people who *aren't* into giant citrus fruit?"

My favorite new fruit is the Korean pear, which I imagine has another name that's not location based, but I don't know it. It's yummy.

[info]elakazal

March 19 2005, 14:19:10 UTC 7 years ago

Korean pear

Is a Korean pear distinct from Asian pears? Or is that what you're thinking of?

Might I recommend this article on citrus which I, um, had nothing at all to do with.

[info]swilkesse

March 17 2005, 02:51:51 UTC 7 years ago

Sorry to hear that the citrus family has let you down. Maybe it's time to try a ponderosa lemon? Giant lemons! More info here, as well as some links to other interesting citri.

[info]pekingspring

March 17 2005, 03:10:43 UTC 7 years ago

That is a cool website! You guys didn't get to see it, but we have a Meyer Lemon tree upstairs in our TV room (it's the sunniest room in the house). It's got baby lemons on it, and with luck they'll actually mature. I'd love to grow those exotic citrus fruits but we have neither the sun nor the warmth. Maybe when I'm old and retired in Florida. ;)

[info]swilkesse

March 17 2005, 03:19:55 UTC 7 years ago

My favorite site for ingredients (no links to buy seeds, but I don't have a garden, I just cook) is the Cook's Thesaurus, which has a nice citrus page under Fruit. I can browse that thing for hours.

I take it you went for the exotic fruit spread for JD? Tell him happy birfday for me! May life give you both lemons! (and I mean that literally! :) )

[info]pekingspring

March 17 2005, 03:52:26 UTC 7 years ago

Dude we just totally ordered three packs of seeds from that site! Few of their offerings are hardy for our area, but we found some.

Yes I did get him the tropical fruit, and put it all in a lovely aqua-colored enamel colander they were selling at Whole Foods. He loved it!

[info]lizandcarlos

March 19 2005, 17:25:03 UTC 7 years ago

My favorite way to eat pummelo is with salt, after peeling all the pith and stuff, just leaving the fruit segments (i.e., supremes in culinary speak). Have to agree with you about the white pummelo!

Another favorite (and easy to grow!) tropical fruit is cherimoya, which is green on the outside, with white citrusy-custardy flesh surrounding many seeds on the inside. Like a spike-less guayabano. See http://www.thefruitcompany.com/cherimoya.htm for more.




[info]pekingspring

March 19 2005, 17:47:14 UTC 7 years ago

I ate one of those just the other day! It was part of John's birthday fruit basket, and we sampled some of it straight and then blended the rest into a smoothie. It was really good. :)
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