Every wednesday, a new box of fruits and vegetables appears on our doorstep, part of our household goal of trying new foods, increasing our fruit and veggie intake and expanding our culinary horizons. Overall, this has been a success, as I've discovered that brussels sprouts don't really taste like dirt (I still wonder just *what* my mom did to them, scarred me for life), that most root vegetables are quite tasty when roasted, and there is most certainly life beyond the basic spud.
At the bottom of last week's delivery was a small bag of....kumquts. Nobody here was quite sure what to do with them, so they languished until this evening, when they made a surprise appearance as dessert. The big question....how to eat them? Too small to peel, for sure. So, in the world of always connected, a quick "how to eat" search turned me to...Wikipedia. Which said eat whole, like a grape. Of our family, I was completely convinced of the authority of wikipedia when it said:
Kumquats are frequently eaten raw. As the rind is sweet and the juicy center is sour, the raw fruit is usually consumed either whole, to savour the contrast, or only the rind is eaten. The fruit is considered ripe when it reaches a yellowish-orange stage, and has just shed the last tint of green. The Hong Kong Kumquat has a rather sweet rind compared to the rinds of other citrus fruits.
Down the hatch it went.
The five year old, not so sure. Small bite.
Oh, to be five and wise again. That's all I have to say. ;)
If only I had trusted the authority of the gray lady, with its emphasis on using the fruit as a tool for cooking.
NYT: 1
Wikipedia: small pieces of spit out seed and skin.