Re: Spring, first of two, pomelo

There seems to be two or three ways to spell it.

I've seen some very large ones at the farmers' market fetch up to $3.50 each. Some believe that the pomelo is one of the parents of the grapefruit. Judy's right. The best way to eat them is to peel and remove the membranes that encase the segments. They are quite good, but a bit seedy.

I have heard that they have become an important part of Thai wedding banquets. Don't know if that's true or not. I've also heard that the rind is used as a condiment--chopped and marinated in soy sauce.

Melody, for some reason my star fruit has quit producing. I'm going to give it a jolt of fertilizer and minors [especially] this weekend and see if I can jump-start it.


On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 01:39 AM, Judy L Browning wrote:

Pomelo (sp?) is an interesting fruit, kind of grapefruit but less bitter?
My daughter & I peel all citrus like oranges to eat, have found the mebranes
of grapefruit & pomelos are too bitter to eat, but the pulp is so segmented
it's worth it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Spring, first of two


Jim: My kids were talking about you today at the grocery store when we
were looking at two of the sorriest looking pieces of star fruit you'd
ever want to see..ugh! They all started saying..."Remember when that
friend of yours Jim sent us that fruit..." Nice memory for them...thanks
so much! Say, ever hear of something called a pummelo? Picked one up at
the store..some kind of citrus fruit, I guess...we're looking forward to
sampling it! Kind of pricey at $1.60 each but they are huge! and any
small kind of money is okay if it gets my kids excited about fruits and
veggies!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Tue 03/02, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:55:03 -0500
Subject: [CHAT] Spring, first of two

Spring is definitely here. The orange jasmine [so called because it
<br>smell somewhat like orange blossoms] is blooming. All the citrus
trees <br>are blooming. The Surinam cherries are blooming. The Hong Kong
orchid <br>tree is blooming. The lychees and mangos and avocados are
blooming. <br>And, best of all, the fruit of the loquat [aka Japanese
apricot] is <br>ripening. I just picked a couple of dozen loquats to
munch on through <br>the evening. Life in Southwest Florida is
good.<br><br>Island Jim<br>Southwest Florida<br>Zone

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