Kumquats

Subject: Kumquats Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:05 am

Not really a recipe, but wow! These things rock! I'd never heard of them until today when I saw some at the store and bought some.

Recipe:

Buy kumquats
Eat them, peel and everything.

They're the size of large grapes and citrus fruits. They look like orange lemons. You eat the peel though which you wouldn't do on a lemon - you could but really shouldn't as lemon peels taste bad.
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:22 pm

I dunno...kumquat just doesn't sound like something you would eat....it sound more like something out of the Kama Sutra! LMAO

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Subject: Re: Kumquats Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:54 pm

Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:06 am

Good picture. Remember though - they're only about an inch long.
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:10 pm

Just to put this sort of on topic for the recipe forum:

http://www.kumquatgrowers.com/recipes.html

Kumquat recipes galore!
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:24 pm

Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:43 pm

You eat the peel? That looks like it'd taste yucky Neutral

Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:45 pm

Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:46 pm

So kinda like a grape or a nectorine?

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Subject: Re: Kumquats Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:37 pm

Weird.

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Subject: Re: Kumquats Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:54 pm

They're cheap, too. I forget what they cost but it comes out to like one-third of what limes cost...at least in CA.
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:15 am

For all you chefs out there.

I got bored last time I was home so I made a lemon meringue pie from scratch (crust and all) and got to thinking - while lemons are great kumquats are better. Would a kumquat meringue pie be good?

Also, if you don't like people eating your pies, make the filling a weird color. I made the lemon meringue pie filling purple (red + blue food coloring) and the idiots at my house thought it was a plum pie and wouldn't eat it HAHA

That wasn't my intention but I thought it was funny.

EDIT: I'm not crazy. A quick yahoo! search of "kumquat meringue pie" and there's recipes galore! I don't need a recipe as I'll just substitute lemon juice for kumquat juice, but that's great news.
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:26 am

Wow, that really sounds sort of good!

You should definitely try that out.
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Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:28 am

Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:30 am

Oh well; you'll just have to wait. Smile

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Charlie Manuel on Durbin's pitching performance on July 4th:
"Durbin was fantastic," Manuel said. "The role he plays in our bullpen is a big one."

Durbin said he learned a valuable lesson from veteran teammate Tom Gordon:

"Whenever you come in, consider it a 2-0 count," Durbin said. "Like you need a strike."

Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:32 am

I kept forgetting to go and find them when I got back home.

Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:36 am

Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:38 am

So what, in November I will set a reminder to go to the store and buy some.

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Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:41 am

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Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:43 am

only one seed compared to hundreds.

Subject: Re: Kumquats Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:46 am

You eat the seeds on kumquats because you're supposed to eat them whole. Just pick off the stem (if it's there) and pop the whole thing in your mouth. Pucker up as they're sour as Censored

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