Growing up in Hong Kong, the pomelo (
Citrus maxima), sometimes spelled "pummelo," was my absolute favorite fruit among the tons of tropical fruits I could choose from. The book "Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants" says it's greenish yellow in color, but I rarely see them in that color. Their specific (i.e. species) name is not
maxima for nothing though. See how huge it is next to a grapefruit, which usually looks large.
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| Pomelo (left) and its puny grapefruit friend |
The skin is seriously thick:
Mom used to cook the skin in a pork dish. It was always kind of bitter, but I liked it.
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| A wedge of pomelo in Son1's large hands |
Our health food co-op recently started carrying pomelos so we had to buy some. They are every bit as tasty as I remembered them. If you get a chance to buy one, I recommend you try one! (And, no, I didn't write that line because it's National Poetry Month.)
What's your favorite fruit?
Next weekend, I'm going to the
Wild, Wild Mid-West SCBWI Conference and meeting up with old and new friends! I think I may be posting my usual Monday post on Tuesday instead as I don't get home until late Sunday.
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
