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

Barry Garcia wrote:


> 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.
I questioned that at first, as I think the related word may mean a different
fruit in Indonesia.....but my Pilipino dict. gives "kalamunding" as a syn.,
obviously the source of "calamondin".  Next time I'm in Fla. I'll have to
try some; they're all over the place, and most people (Anglos at any rate)
just rake them up and throw away.
>
>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 think I've even seen them growing in large pots on patios.
>
>The name for orange in the Philippines is dalandan.
The dict. gives this, also "dalanghita" the tangerine or mandarin orange.
Supposedly reflecting Span. naranjal and naranjita resp.

There is also the
>dayap which looks like a lime but has the flesh of a lemon. It's probably
>intermediary between the too.
Interesting-- sounds a bit like the Florida Key Lime-- yellow skin, flesh
and juice, tangier than the common green (Persian) lime. Difficult to grow,
however.

I really need to dig out my copy of Heyne, Nuttige Planten van Indonesië--
contains a wealth of information. Even some amusing anecdotes, like the
Javanese farmer who asked his boss where he could buy "sla" seeds-- he'd
noticed that "sla-olie" was very expensive in the market and thought it
would be a lucrative crop.  ("sla-olie" is just "salad oil")