[Sca-cooks] Citrus Question [was Funges Follies]

[Susan Fox-Davis]

> Olga is quoted:
> I remember a bit of information about blood oranges from my teaching days,
> unfortunately I do not have the sources from whence I picked this up,
> Blood oranges were found by the crusaders on the island of Malta.  Hence the
> name of the Hollandaise variante that uses their juice " Sauce Maltaise"
> They have a dark red interior when they are ripe. if they are harvested too
> imature, the juice is bitter. When allowed to ripen on the tree their juice
> is sweeter than your average navel orange.
>
> hope this helps,
> Olga

Orange verjus, so to speak? This concurs with my experience of most oranges, red
or golden.  The ones on my parents' trees never does seem to become sweet, no
matter how long we leave them on the tree.  Hmm, maybe I should bottle the stuff?

Selene, Caid