Entries from January 31st, 2010

Bartlett Pear

January 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Pear

If there are at least three different bottles of hand sanitizer within 20 feet of you at all times, then this Bartlett Pear is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Nice yellow and red skin, gets lots of bruises though so be gentle.

AROMA
Full and fragrant, sultry pear.

TEXTURE
Perfectly firm but giving; slightly grainy, [...]

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Page Tangerine (Mandarin)

January 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Citrus, Tangerine, mandarin

If you pile on the ridiculous, over-the-top, excessive, extraneous, magniloquent use of adjectives when you are excited about something, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Standard tangerine looks – orange skin, orange flesh, no seeds.

AROMA
Strong, lovely and sweet tangerine.

TEXTURE
Amazingly soft, running all over my shirt dripping with juice.

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Manzano Banana

January 25th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Banana

If your new year’s resolution was to increase your ability to wait and wait and wait and wait and… wait, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Totally cute, small, yellow banana with pale, off-white flesh.

AROMA
Strong, flowery, banana fragrance with a little bit of something bright, maybe pineapple.

TEXTURE
Soft with a [...]

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Satsuma

January 22nd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Citrus, mandarin, orange

If you are the kind of person always trying to get your latte foam to look like a heart or a monkey or whatever, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Squatty orange fruit with loose, slightly bumpy skin, bright orange flesh and no seeds.

AROMA
Sweet and fresh tangerine scent with the slightest [...]

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Limequat

January 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Citrus, Kumquat, Lime

If you like to leap before you look, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Petite (diameter of a quarter); pale yellow skin and flesh with the slightest green tint; lots of seeds.

AROMA
Bright, fresh, lime. Nice and not overwhelming.

TEXTURE
Thin, giving but firm skin (edible), with soft, juicy flesh.

TASTE
Crazy [...]

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Mandarinquat

January 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Citrus, Kumquat, mandarin

If you avoid citrus because you hate peeling them and getting that yellow stain under your fingernails that makes you look like you have a fungus, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Lovely, oval shaped fruit with a nobby, tipped end. Bright, juicy, orange flesh with lots and lots of seeds.

AROMA
The [...]

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Cara Cara Navel Orange

January 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Citrus, orange

If you like to use catchy catch phrases like “Fruit Maven is the new black“, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Regular looking orange skin, regular orange size, pinkish salmon colored flesh (not quite as pink as a ruby red grapefruit, but close) with very few little tiny seeds.

AROMA
Clean, pure orange.

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Frederick Passion Fruit

January 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Passion Fruit

If you always wanted to pick your nose and eat the boogers (we will just pretend you don’t do this every day in private), then this Frederick Passion Fruit is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Extremely wrinkled, purplish, greenish, reddish oval fruit about the size of the palm of my hand (I know you don’t [...]

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Rangpur Lime

January 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Citrus, Lemon, Lime, mandarin

If your favorite part of Scooby Doo was when the villain would be unmasked to be the kooky neighbor lady, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Looks identical to a tangerine – inside and out.

AROMA
Strong, floral and perfumy lime fragrance. Almost as complicated as the Kaffir lime.

TEXTURE
Juicy and luscious [...]

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Kishu Mandarin

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Citrus, Tangerine, mandarin, orange

If you are interested in the latest toe nibbling pedicure treatment and wanted to try it yourself, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE
Extremely small, squatty, orange tangerine; a little bigger than a walnut; orange. mostly seedless flesh (I have found a single seed here and there).

AROMA
Strong, citrusy and acidic.

TEXTURE
It [...]

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