[Sca-cooks] Blood oranges, etc.

[Elaine Koogler]

ranvaig at columbus.rr.com wrote:

>> Do we have any evidence that blood oranges are period, and if so that 
>> they are period in Europe? Sweet oranges only reach Europe near the 
>> end of our period? A quick web search finds the claim that they are 
>> "most likely the result of a mutation that occurred in 17th century 
>> Sicily."
>>
> Good point, I had seen them discussed here and took it for granted 
> that they were period, but it doesn't seem to be so.  Thank you.
>
> Ranvaig
>
That being said, I do have a recipe using them that I kind of developed 
myself, if you're interested.  It involves salmon, blood oranges and 
pecans.....

Kiri