Friday, October 7, 2011

FRUTAS CITRICAS

On the left is the naranjo/orange.  Sometimes it is really orange in color, but this time of year it's greenish.

In the middle is the mandarina, which, unlike the mandarin or clementine we're used to in the States, cannot be easily peeled or segmented.  And it's very juicy.

On the right is what the woman in the frutería called a lima real, which I thought was going to be like a lemon, but it's not.  It's sweet.  It may actually be, appropriately enough, a lima dulce.


One of each for the morning citrus drink:


Lemons, those yellow, sour things that make such good salad dressing and sauces, are generally not available here.  Limes, large and small, are commonplace.

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