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Re: CHAT: Citrons (was: Danny Wier's PIE (was: Vocab #5))

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2002, 6:26
 Roger Mills writes:

>something called the calamondin (decorative in Florida, considered >inedible-- very sour-- but that mightn't stop some people). >
In the Philippines this is known as "Kalamansi" and is used primarily for juicing like lemons. The juice is often made into a drink like lemonade. If you go to any decent Asian Market you may find the juice already made into the drink. Interestingly, the local Longs (They sell different types of merchandise including foods), has both Kalamansi (made by different companies) and Guyabano drinks (Guyabano is the Soursop). Kalamansi is also used like lemons, being squeezed over pancit (here in the US lemons are used), or mixed in with patis (fish sauce) or toyo (soy sauce). It's a versatile little fruit really, one restaurant has even made a tart with it. I in fact plan on growing a Kalamansi here if we ever get our backyard in shape. Our Filipino neighbors who are caterers might like some :)) (and i'm sure they think you cant grow them here. I cant wait to see if they say anything about the gabi (taro) i'm growing :)). By the way, the citrus fruits are primarily tropical or subtropical trees and shrubs. Most do well in subtropical or warm temperate climates. Citrus that need heat to turn sweet do poor in cooler areas, but sour fruits will do fine just about anywhere they dont regularly freeze to death (lemons are so ubiquitous here, i've seen them growing near parkinglots). The name for orange in the Philippines is dalandan. There is also the dayap which looks like a lime but has the flesh of a lemon. It's probably intermediary between the too. Lemons not being native are called by their Spanish name: limón. __________________________ Well you'd like to think that you were invincible. Yeah, well weren't we all once before we felt loss for the first time?

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