by Fruit Maven | Feb 2, 2010 | Citrus, cocktail, Lime, mandarin, recipe, Tangerine
If you tend to use phrases like “liquid lunch” or “sandwich in a glass” to justify your binge drinking, then this is the post for you! You might think that here at Chez Fruit Maven (oh yes – I will lamely use the word “chez”...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 28, 2010 | Citrus, mandarin, Tangerine
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 Rating: Standard tangerine looks – orange skin, orange flesh, no seeds. AROMA...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 22, 2010 | 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 Rating: Squatty orange fruit with loose, slightly bumpy skin, bright orange flesh and no seeds. AROMA Rating:...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 19, 2010 | Citrus, Kumquat, Lime
If you like to leap before you look, then this is the fruit for you! APPEARANCE Rating: Petite (diameter of a quarter); pale yellow skin and flesh with the slightest green tint; lots of seeds. AROMA Rating: Bright, fresh, lime. Nice and not overwhelming. TEXTURE...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 17, 2010 | 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 Rating: Lovely, oval shaped fruit with a nobby, tipped end. Bright, juicy,...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 14, 2010 | 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 Rating: Regular looking orange skin, regular orange size, pinkish salmon colored flesh (not quite as pink as a ruby red grapefruit, but...