Sheldon wrote:
> Graeme...in London wrote:
>> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12 Dec 2006 14:36:06 -0800, Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>>>>> Asian orange peels used in cooking come from tangerine,
>>>>> clementines, or mandarin oranges - and sometimes kumquats. Not
>>>>> Seville.
>
>>>> All you're accomplished is to prove once again that you can't
>>>> comprehend what's written, you functionally illiterate WOP rectum.
>
>>> Oh, then by all means, please tell me which part of your post I
>>> misinterpreted. This oughta be good...
>>>
>>> Or you can just slink away like you usually do at this point.
>
>> Looks like you called it right, Steve.
>>
>> Seville oranges in Chinese cooking. That's a new one.
>
> Why is that a new one... well it would be for a uneducated prick like
> you. What makes folks think that seville oranges don't grow in asia...
> of course they do, I'm sure they just use an asian name...

Um... he's sure.

> citrus is
> very new to the western world, but is native to asia.

Er... "very new." Ancient Rome is "very new."

> The dried peel
> of what we in the west call seville orange is precisely what's used in
> many oriental dishes.

Uh... and he's sure "they just use an Asian name." In Asia,
they all speak Asian. Why it's so easy to get around Asia -
that one-language thing.

> In the west seville orange peel is not used
> dried, it's used fresh, mostly for jams

<LOL> Shecky steps on his peepee again. Shocking...

Citrus *is* native to Asia - about 4000BC. There were no
oranges back then. Only little, very tart things more like
stunted lemons. Gradually, with sports, hybridization and
deliberate cross-breeding other variations were produced.
Bitter oranges did exist in China, but they weren't a common
food item until recently. Before that, they were largely
used for perfumes, as bergamot is today, for example.

But he's "sure they just use an Asian name."

Bwah...

Pastorio