Somewhere in NJ: 18

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Gack!! Kumquats... I won't soon be adding these to a list of favorites, but the trying was fun.

#18 in my 38 by 39.

Ruth said...: I have never had one and won't be running out to get them. Does this mean you have completed # 1-17? Or are you working at the list backwards?; 07 April, 2009
Dr. Know said...: Ya know, you didn't have to buy so many... But they are a pretty color.; 08 April, 2009
dguzman said...: Eeek -- sour!; 08 April, 2009
Patrick B. said...: I'd say more bitter from the pith than sour. A family member coated them in crystallized sugar so they looked like they were coated in ice. It was neat. They were crazy good like that.; 08 April, 2009
Dave Dorsey said...: I'd have to bury them in sugar too!; 08 April, 2009
KGMom said...: They are beautiful fruit--but I confess to never having tried them. Thanks for the warning.; 08 April, 2009
NCmountainwoman said...: Don't give up just yet. You can find some really good recipes using kumquats from the Kumquat Growers Association.

http://www.kumquatgrowers.com/recipes.html; 08 April, 2009
MevetS said...: Never had them. Had my first papaya last week. I liked it.

Nice color though.; 08 April, 2009
RG said...: There are good kumquat jellies .... my sister makes some, I could try to get you the recipe ... ouch .. quit throwing those things ...; 08 April, 2009
silverlight said...: yeah, bitter. bite 'em raw and they bite back. Like cranky people, you have to sugar them up, to make them tolarable.; 11 April, 2009