[Sca-cooks] Questions about de Nola

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

I can tell you from personal experience with actual Seville orange 
juice, that it tastes like a mix of orange, lemon, AND grapefruit. It 
is bitter - which the grapefruit adds, as well as sour - which the 
lemon adds - and orangey.

I was making that famous de Nola salmon recipe and I happened to have 
fresh orange, fresh lemon, and fresh grapefruit handy, in case there 
wasn't enough Seville orange juice, so i did the experiment of 
tasting the Seville orange juice and then blending the other juices 
to approximate the flavor.

In fact, lemon juice did not add enough sour - the Seville orange 
juice was pretty harsh - so lemon and orange alone do not replicate 
the flavor. The blend needs grapefruit for that necessary touch of 
bitter. What proportions? Well, i don't remember - it was more than a 
year ago - but i'd say start with equal quantities of each of the 
three.

Anahita

>Maire asks:
>  >> 3.  Does anyone have an online or mail-order source for sour orange
>  >> juice? It's just *not* available up here....
>
>Brighid responds:
>  > I tend to follow Barbara Santich's suggestion, and mix regular orange juice
>  > with lemon juice.
>
>The Seville Orange and the Grapefruit have been linked in the news lately.
>The Grapefruit is a modern orange/pomelo crossbreed after all;  apparently
>the Seville orange is part of its pedigree. I find the recent reports adding
>Seville or bitter oranges to the health warnings about bad interactions
>between grapefruit and certain blood pressure medications quite interesting.
>I might suggest trying a dash of grapefruit  in the regular orange juice.
>And warn people before they eat it.
>
>Abstract is here:  http://www.jclinpharm.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/10/1165
>
>Selene Colfox