I love ‘em! A citrus fruit about the size of an olive.
* Convenient – no need to peel, just pop one into your mouth.
* Nutritious – lots of vitamin C, fiber, and flavonoids, not much sugar.
* Tasty – oddly refreshing.

The peel is slightly bitter. I like that, but folks that don’t like cilantro probably won’t like kumquats.

I'm with ya! I love them too.

I love them as well. The varities I've tried the peel is sweet, but the inner sections are tart, so makes for an interesting sweet-sour experience eating them whole.

A few years back, I was in our local exotic food bazaar called "Jungle Jim's" and was selecting a few. An elderly gentleman from Louisana rolled up in his wheelchair and asked me about them, so I explained about them, some uses in cooking, how to select, etc. I then noticed he was holding a length of sugar cane, so I asked what he was going to do with that, and was told that these can be planted horizonally and new canes grown from them, and how his family loved to cut canes up and chew like candy. So, he got to try kumquats, and I was able to try sugar cane off the stalk.

Off track, but this thread makes me think of the old elephant joke about what an elephant can do that a man can't do.

Huge fan, too. I just wish I could find them more regularly.

Always reminds me of this:

Mr. Mucle

My co-worker gave me a jar recently. I'm supposed to let it sit for two years. I hope it's worth the wait.

We have a tree (bush, really) in a large planter that allows us to take it inside when freezing. Very good to cook pork chops and chicken. I've never tried eating one off the tree - will have to try it after reading this.

Great slingshot fodder as a kid.

A ripe, good tasting kumquat is a rarity, get'em while you can.

I’ve discovered that kumquats and blueberries have a wonderfully complementary flavor. I put a blueberry and kumquat slice of kumquat into my mouth and chew both together. The slight bitterness of kumquats pairs perfectly with the sweetness of blueberries.

I've never actually seen a Kumquat. I am fond of most citrus fruits so would be happy to try them.

flashguy

Grow like crazy around here. Prefer Satsumas for taste and ease of peeling.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Grow like crazy around here. Prefer Satsumas for taste and ease of peeling.

Kumquats are the easiest to peel because you don’t peel ‘em – you eat the whole fruit, except for the occasional seed. The peel is the tastiest part.

I prefer the sweet taste of Satsumas. Sweet and sour taste of kumquats are not appealing to me. The peel of the satsumas comes right off.

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Originally posted by GJG:
We have a tree (bush, really) in a large planter that allows us to take it inside when freezing. Very good to cook pork chops and chicken. I've never tried eating one off the tree - will have to try it after reading this.

I like the idea of that!

I'm going to be on the lookout now.

Now I'm going-to have-to plant some kumquat trees on the property. Haven't had them in years.