Citrus Poll

4 from Japan that I always try to get my hands on this time of year:

yuzu
sudachi
mikan
squash ("shiikuwasaa")

ok fancypants

& I thought I was all cool, having just discovered the Ugli fruit (which I have fallen head over heels in love with btw)

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voted pink/red grapefruit but kinda regret it and wish I had voted lemon

Blood orange is my favourite to eat as it is, and my favourite cordial, but lemon is the one I cook with most. Like, an awful lot.

pomeloooooooo

according to wikipedia, the us is the world's largest producer of pomelos, but I've never seen them in a supermarket, ever. :?

as a key element in a good hot'n'sour soup, lime is king here.

tough choice between lime and grapefruit

I bought some honeybells (grapefruit/tangerine cross) this year for the first time and was a little underwhelmed.

Satsuma FTW

love a lot of these but the humble orange at its best is unfuckwithable imo

The little mist of oils emanating from a freshly ripped peel is a tiny bit of magic.

Eating: Satsuma
Cooking: Lime
Perfumery: Bergamot

I'm voting Lime

Kumquats can also be delicious and have a high novelty factor, however.

lol yeah, I remember being a kid @ having my first experience with kumquats. A friend's parents had some & my friend was daring me to try one. I half thought he was setting me up for a practical joke by telling me to eat the whole thing, peel & all, & so I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually really liked them.

Lime is going to take this in a walk if we're talking about cooking. The depth of flavour a small lime adds to a chilli is amazing.

clementine

btw my fruit basket right now:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8793/img0040kz.jpg

of the ones on this list, I want to try the blood orange the most.

is your fruit basket nailed to the wall?

not nailed, it is attached by the power of CITRUS

these are all great but in terms of what will i never turn down, yellow/white grapefruit is it. perfect balance of tart and sweet.

http://www.hyattfruitco.com/images/grapefruit_white.jpg

thought this was CURT1S poll for a minute

like how a tart citrus will make your head break out in a sweat

I have a love/hate relationship with citrus you eat out of hand--a delicious specimin is otherworldly, but it is pretty much impossible to tell a priori if it is going to be a good one or not. With melon, pineapple, etc you can pretty much tell, but with citrus it is always a roll of the dice.

Most reliably good iirc are grapefruits and minneolas (sp? I think this may be the honeybell cited above?). I have been burned by MULTIPLE crates of clemintines recently.

specimen, even

yes minneolas are the best even if sometimes hard to find, that's why i vote tangelo. i like pink grapefruit a lot though.

yeah that's pretty otm. the little 'uns in my fruit basket are actually pretty tart. I like pomelos because you can usually tell - if the skin is loose, it means it's usually pretty sweet. xp

last winter I was in china for about two weeks on a teaching trip, right when citrus season was peaking - omg, ate so many pounds of clementines or whatever, all of them absolutely sweet with no tartness.

I'm a big tartness fan, so I'm OK if something is sourish, but I hate the dry/stringy/bitter/DRY disappointment that citrus threatens.

Yeah, the occasional dry citrus - how can that be?

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I guess I'd better vote in this thing before time runs out.. As I mentioned upthread, the UGLI is my new love (its like a tart tangerine, but w/ the bitter aftertaste of a grapefruit NOM), but this has not stood the test of time & could be a passing fancy. Lemons for drinking & limes for cooking. When it is in its prime & super-fresh, the ruby red grapefruit would be my absolute all-time favorite, but I think I'm going to have to go with the plain old orange for its overall versatility & reliability. Seriously, I've been eating about four of the things daily of late.

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thought this was CURT1S poll for a minute

― bee hand luke (latebloomer), Saturday, February 6, 2010 10:02 PM

just had this happen.

citrus is just curtis with the letters mixed up.

happened to me too

they like me! they really like---oh nevermind :(

man blood oranges are kinda disappointing

Sicilian lemons are amazing, not at all tart - great for making lemon meringue pie with.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/28/images/SourOrange-570.jpg

HULK WANT GRAPEFRUIT NOW

What's the consensus on Meyer lemons? Hear great things but have never had. Are they sweet enough to eat alone?

Meyer lemons have a higher yield of juice than regular lemons which make them great for cooking.

Slightly more bitter/complex tasting as well.

seriously blood oranges are the most overrated citrus imo

they look cool for garnishes and are nice in desserts (sorbet, creme brulee) imo.

yeah and they make for a pretty cocktail, but I've never had a good one eaten out of hand.

been digging Cara Cara oranges this year

tho soon my parents will be heading back north from FLA & will bring me my yearly box of these ruby reds they buy from a local orchard (for pennies!) - just the goddam most delicious things ever

Meyer lemons are part orange and part lemon. They have the tartness of lemons but they're sweeter. The idiosyncratic nature of my predilections has led me on more than one occasion to eat a Meyer's lemon on its own.

I routinely tell people that the lime is more or less the "lemon 2.0"--most anything you make with lemons can be improved by substituting lime. We need Meyer limes.

cara cara oranges

clementine

― iatee, Saturday, February 6, 2010 1:14 PM

otm

LIME OTM

I don't think I've ever seen a lime with citrus mold...why are they less prone to it than lemons and oranges?

they are protected by the love shield constantly being held up by the love of worldwide lime supporters

I knew I could count on you for the straight dope, Smithy.

pixie tangerines

everyone who said cara cara oranges otm about cara cara oranges

http://i.imgur.com/xNHox.jpg

Had my first pomelo yesterday. The rind was a bit of a pain, but I'm going back to the store tonight to scoop up a bunch of these. Like a grapefruit without tasting like crap. No idea why they aren't more popular.

love a pomelo. the crunchy citrus fruit!