[Sca-cooks] Seville orange substitutions

[ekoogler1 at comcast.net]

Well, you have to understand...I live in the "boonies"...not so far from Washington, D. C., and we do actually have a gourmet grocery store down the road a piece.  But the fanciest oranges they've carried are blood oranges, which we are now occasionally seeing in regular grocery stores (Safeway, Giant).  In fact, I've just now been able to find quinces...of course they want $1.99 per each, which is somewhat scarey.  Not sure what the problem is, but we just don't see them often, if at all.

Kiri


> A question:
> 
> Here in Ealdormere (Ottawa, Ontario), pop 1,000,000, we can usually find
> Seville Oranges at produce stores (especially those owned by middle
> eastern folk). It seems that Seville oranges either have an extremely
> long harvest season, or there are several geographical areas that are on
> slightly different harvest seasons. I'm sure I don't know. But it
> strikes me as odd to think that they aren't readily available in the
> States on a regular basis?
> 
> Maybe its just another one of those common-here, not-common-there, sort
> of things. I know I have to get my best friend Freya to pick me up
> G.O.P.'s when she's playing south of the border. They are truly a
> hard-to-find item here in Caldrithig, not to mention Ealdormere.
> 
> As well, we are lucky to have many middle eastern stores so that opens
> up a whole other market to tap into. Its amazing what you can get in
> these types of stores.
> 
> Micaylah
> 
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