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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> George Shirley wrote:
>> Jennyanniedots wrote:
>> > I bought a little bag of what I believe are kumquats (little
>> > olive-shaped orange citrus fruits) at the Asian market. I have no idea
>> > how to eat them. Suggestions?

>>
>> Oblong jobs? Probably the tart kumquat. I have both the round and the
>> oblong, the round ones are sweet and have 4 seeds each, the oblong are
>> generally seedless. Wash and dry then just eat, you eat peel and all, do
>> it outside and you can just spit the seeds in the air. My youngest
>> grandkids (7 & 5) and both my greatgrands (5 & 2), love to eat the
>> things. My Dad taught me how to stand around a bush of them and eat and
>> spit, I taught both my kids, and they taught theirs, etc.

>
> What do you mean teach how to eat from a bush and spit... are you
> talking chimpanzees?
>


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