Found a nice dessert i want to try and make but it says to use a kumquat and i've never had one so what do they taste like? Its got to be cooked in fruit juce and water untill soft..
2007-01-19 07:49:38 · 17 answers · asked by MARIA 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
very much like orange but you eat the skin aswell , make sure you buy them ready to eat now not rippen at home coz they can be very tart
2007-01-19 07:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by nendlin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A kumquat tastes slightly more sour and bitter than an orange or tangerine. You eat the whole thing, skin and all. They're nice when cooked in fruit juice like you mentioned, but when they're fresh they're fun to eat right out of hand.
2007-01-19 07:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by JUDI O 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me it's like a backwards orange. You eat the skin and the fruit but I always find the skin is sweeter and the inside is sour/bitter whereas a normal orange is the other way arround. Kumquats are yummy! xXx
2007-01-19 07:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by Rainbow-Taster 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kumquats have a citrus flavor- but like one of your other answerers said, make sure they are ripe and ready to eat because they are really sour when not ripe. For ripeness, ask your grocer- I wouldn't want to steer you wrong.
2007-01-19 07:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by michrfoster 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A cross between a tangerine and a lime. People in South Texas grow them. I suppose you could buy them online if you don't have a Fiesta grocery store near you or live in far South Texas.
2016-05-23 22:17:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slightly bitter orange
2007-01-19 07:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by sa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Question was told by a BBC gardener that the fruit tree in my garden is a Lumquat but cannot find the name anywhere,was I misinformed?
It is very sweet with two stones in each fruit.
2015-07-21 23:25:00 · answer #7 · answered by shinalite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like the child of a sour orange and a peach if you see what I mean.
2007-01-19 07:58:45 · answer #8 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantastic taste in liqueur you buy it at Corfu(Greece).
Very nice on ice cream, pancakes or just straight or with ice or in orange juice.
2007-01-19 07:58:11 · answer #9 · answered by Chantal D. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unless you eat them ripe they taste like a bitter orange.
2007-01-19 08:03:30 · answer #10 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋