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echo: coffee_klatsch
to: Maurice Kinal
from: Carol Shenkenberger
date: 2006-04-29 09:00:08
subject: Re: right to question?

*** Quoting Maurice Kinal from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> There really is a green skinned 'orange'.

MK> The only one I heard about comes from Dominica (<- not Dominican Repub
MK> and supposedly was better tasting then Florida ones from what I was to
MK>  Beats me as I am sure I have never had a Dominca one but have had Flo
MK> ones, which were all orange coloured.

Could be a related species?  Not sure really.


 CS> The green orange of my youth in Miami, is not too far off the taste 
 CS> of the Calamansi of the Philippines (which come also in orange, 
 CS> yellow, and green with the green ripe type being the most popular).

MK> That sounds more like the ones from Dominica.  If I ever see that 'boa
MK> you promised me we'll have to check them out eh?

;-)  I'll have to look up the Dominica oranges to see if they seem the same
or ¨a close relative.

Right now, we are waiting for the early meekans (Mandarin oranges) to start
¨showing up.  Should be here in another month or so?  Then the regular crop
will ¨come in and glut the market so they drop to 20/100yen.
                                       xxcarol

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