SC - Help for Novices

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Karen O wrote:
> 
>     Now I  *have* a question:  whats a "clementine? "  I am guessing it is a
> citrus fruit  -- but where is it from?  and what is the taste?  and why just
> the zest for the cranberry sauce?

A celementine is a small, sweet orange-y fruit, probably a hybrid of
tangerines and another orange-relative, along similar lines, but not
identical, to a mandarin orange. They peel easily, having what marketers
call a "zipper skin", and have a few pits, but not many. I believe they
are Mediterranean in origin, but I could be wrong about that, and we've
begun packing the books in boxes for the move, so it won't be easy for
me to check on just now. I used the zest only because I wanted the
orange-oil flavor and aroma without the juice adding to the sweetness
and the balance of liquid-to-acid-to-sugar-to-pectin that makes a good
jellied sauce without hours of cooking, which tends to spoil volatile
aromatics anyway.   
 
>     I haven't the foggiest what a FAQ is either,  so I don't know how much
> of a help/welcome mat it would be.  Besides, Stefan's Flori-thingy is a
> wonderful place to start  -- whatever your search.

A FAQ, technically _an_ Ef Ay Kew, is a file of _F_requently _A_sked
_Q_uestions (and their answers).

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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