Do you have this citrus in your country? We call it as kinkan. I eat only its skin with paring off with my front teeth since the fruit has a lot of seeds and too sour to eat, but it has so nice flavor in its skin.
My mother loves it so much and she used to have many many while I was living with my parents. I didn’t care it so much at that time, but now, I’m addicted! I think my some gene suddenly woke up!
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Yes, we have these! We call them kumquats!
Its the same with me and shrimp and other basic seafood!
As a child, even the smell made me feel sick and have a headache! I hated all seafood as a kid, but my family likes it as a delicacy. After high school, suddenly that ‘seafood as a delicious delicacy’ gene switch on!! As you can see, I can eat all seafood and smell it cooking with no problem.
I thought kumquats sound similar pronunciation with Japanese kinkan, so I looked it up in wiki. Yes, it says kinkan and kumquat are come from the original Chinese sound!
The kumquat in your hand looks very round, the kumquats that grow in Arizona are oval in shape, and the skin isn’t as smooth. I’ve never tasted a kumquat, I guess the next time I see some growing I’ll give it a try.
They have kumquats in winter since it’s in season, and also it’s a good prevention from a cold. I guess these merchandised kumquats might be developed for much better taste. Also, you can have various kinds of candies or drinks with kumquats flavor in Japan.
Yeah, I had to look that one up on wikipedia, and it is kumquats. In Seattle, we don’t have them much, nor have I ever see one. :-p
They look great though! 🙂
I often get them in a supermarket. However, they didn’t use to be sold or merchandised things. People had them from wild trees. I guess these merchandised kumquats might be developed for much better taste.
I love kumquats. I eat the whole thing, skin, fruit, seeds, everything. I love the sour taste.
Even seeds?! You must have strong teeth!
I’m weak to the sour taste of citrus. Lemons make me shiver.
I do have super teeth!
Ive seen these but never tried them and now that you mentioned its sour oooooooh i want to try them.
Oh, do you like the sour taste?
I love the vinegar taste, but citrus..no!
Hello, great site. I look forward to your next post. Thanks, Julie
Hi naoko
I love kumkuats! I don’t know if you and your family ever eat Western style salads with lettuce and raw vegetables, with a vinegar-oil dressing?
But if you do like it sometimes, this is a very interesting idea from a Finnish woman who lives in Israel. She added sliced kumkuats to a salad. I tried it and it was very nice.
http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fappelsiinejahunajaa.blogspot.com%2F&langpair=fi|en
All of my grandparents came to the U.S. from Finland so I am interested in her blog. I don’t think any of my grandparents ever heard of a kumquat!
I think Yaelian is a very clever person to think of this way to serve kumkuats.
Best wishes,
Tess
Hi naoko,
Oh, I am sorry, the link I gave you is for Google translating her whole blog into English. Even though my grandparents all came from Finland I do not speak Finnish.
Here is the link to her post about kumkuats:
http://appelsiinejahunajaa.blogspot.com/2009/04/kumkvateista-ja-salaatista.html
Apologies for my mistake! Tess
Hi Tess,
Thank you so much for linking the nice blog! That’s wonderful. It’s an absolutely new idea for me to put kumquwats in salad! But i’m sure it will be yummy! Just imagining the dressing with fresh zesty flavor of kumquats makes me drool. I’ll try it next time!
Hi naoko
Yes, I think the idea is brilliant. I love it. Hope you enjoy it too!!
You can use kinkan or kamquats as we called it, to make jam.