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Crispy Honey Kumquat - Lunar New Year
sc4001992:
Good feedback Brian, I will be waiting to try some soon. Sounds like a good one to have.
nofspeppers:
Out of all the fruit I had only 1 had 2 seeds, but both were non viable.
--- Quote from: Pau on February 01, 2025, 08:09:17 PM ---Skin can be scoured with knife and peeled back. Flesh without skin resembles white loquat texture, taste is similar also. Its like watery honey taste.
I tried look for segments/slices. The segments are covered by a layer of juicy sweet rind.
I will say the only downside to this fruit is the skin when compared to the nagami. It lacks the citrus oil taste and fragrance.
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Interesting all the ones up here had good sweet skin like nagami or meiwa
brian:
The skin on mine are sweet also, but there is so little of it compared to the flesh it isn't very noticeable
nofspeppers:
--- Quote from: Pau on February 02, 2025, 12:27:27 AM ---The pictures are from today. There is a private owned non-chain asian grocery store named MeiMei that has been open for 2 years near where i live. I notice they have fruits that most chain stores dont have, like the guavas i mentioned on other post. I have seen the honey crisp kumquat for few months now, but thought it was abiu. I asked cashier and they said it was kumquat, i saw the price and thought it is not worth because i did not know it was the honey crisp. I would say price is still high like all new fruits, but to try is ok.
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This is my little secret living up in the north away from the warmer zones. Many of the Asian/Caribbean/Indian/etc grocery stores import tropical fruit, you just have to catch them while its the right season. I've been able to get Jackfruit, Durian, star apple, sapodilla, canistel, sugar apple, cherimoya, soursop, pomelos, guavas, pitaya, mangosteen, and lots more. If you make it a frequent stop to check every month you'll almost always find a good haul.
**The catch is knowing what's going to ripen up or what's going to be bad/was picked too unripe.
Pau:
The skin is good, it is sweet. It just doesnt have oil and citrus fragrance like that of nagami.
I looked more into this, and found an article stating that the oil pores on honey crisp are smaller than other kumquats.
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