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Title: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: AnnonaMangoLord45 on June 23, 2016, 04:36:17 PM
Hello

I was wondering if anyone has the taiwan citrus called lieu ding? It tastes delicious, but no matter how much research i put in, I still cannot find the variety anywhere.

Cheers,
Matt
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: fyliu on June 23, 2016, 04:59:37 PM
Liu ding is just the local name for orange. You need to ask what variety of orange it is.
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: AnnonaMangoLord45 on June 23, 2016, 05:06:32 PM
ok thx
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: Millet on June 23, 2016, 06:20:46 PM
There is a citrus fruit spelled liu ding which is a variety very similar to Valencia. - Millet
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: AnnonaMangoLord45 on June 23, 2016, 08:57:05 PM
I believe the liu ding was very pale in comparison to a regular orange, was much smaller, and had these thick separators not unlike a pomelo. It also tastes somewhat like a valencia orange but better!
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: fyliu on June 24, 2016, 12:49:08 AM
This page has liu ding both as a generic name for orange (page title) as well as a variety of sweet orange.
http://www.365fruit.com/fruits_03.html (http://www.365fruit.com/fruits_03.html)

Look under this heading: 柳丁(柳橙), above the Valencia orange section. Does that look right?

I still don't know where to find it though. The variety that's imported here could be the variety or it could be a random orange since they use the term for both things in Taiwan.
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: AnnonaMangoLord45 on June 24, 2016, 10:47:59 AM
Nope, think of a cross between a mandarin and a pomelo, the size and sweetness of a mandarin, but the shape, color Inside of a pomelo.
Title: Re: Anyone ever seen a lieu ding?
Post by: fchiou on July 08, 2016, 09:25:54 PM
Lieu ding  in Taiwanese   same as  Valencia.