Cumquat Harvest

A couple of years ago we bought a Cumquat tree. We kept it in a pot for a while then we planted it out near our gazebo.

It has struggled and finally it produced a crop. I went out today and hauled in our cumquat harvest.

Yep, that's it. Two whole cumquats. Aren't they pretty? I can't wait to enjoy my delicious citrus fruit.

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I don't know if you have ever eaten a cumquat. They work great on salads and in other combinations, but to eat them alone is an experience of a lifetime. You eat them whole. The peel tastes slightly sweet. To balance this the inner pulp is sour. When you eat them you get a mixture of both these tastes which is quite interesting.

Here's how you do it. You put the whole thing in your mouth and bite down.

Then you enjoy the splash of intense tastes.

Sometimes one taste overpowers the other. Can you guess which one dominates?

Maybe the next crop will taste better.

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