[Sca-cooks] Question about Citron Leaves

[Elaine Koogler]

I know what you're saying.  The references in Wikipedia seem to indicate it
is a fruit that existed quite early, especially in the Middle
East...references are made to uses in Biblical times...and yes, I know that
Wikipedia isn't always the most reliable source of information.

My address is:
  Elaine Koogler
  1600 Clay Hammond Rd.
  Prince Frederick, MD  20678

Just how big is that tree?  And once I figure out how many I'll need, do you
think you could get enough off of the tree?  I will need to build 20 plates,
but they will be smaller plates as folks here frequently don't like a lot of
veggies, especially eggplant.  I haven't decided that I'm going to do the
dish for sure...I still want to try it out, but it sounds good.

Thanks again...

Kiri

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I think I need your mailing address again.  I have it somewhere but it
> would be faster this way.
>
> There are many different kinds of citron, which is what threw us all these
> years.  Compare ordinary citron to etrog to Buddha's Fingers, for example.
>  [I just wish we had an etrog tree - we could make a killing during the
> Jewish Holiday season.]  ;-)
>
> Selene
>
>
>
>
> Elaine Koogler wrote:
>
>> Wow!  Thanks for the prompt response, folks!  Selene, if you check the
>> Wikipedia entry, there is a picture of a citron, including the leaves.
>>  The
>> appearance is a little different from the lime leaves, but they are still
>> pretty much the same shiny green.  So yes, if you don't mind, that would
>> be
>> great.  Do you have my address?  By seeing them and smelling them, I can
>> perchance figure out how close the lime leaves would be.  It appears to me
>> that, as the warm eggplant and sauce mixture are put on top of the leaves,
>> the leaves would lend a kind of fragrant taste to the whole.  I doubt that
>> they would be eaten, but would still provide some taste to the dish.
>>
>> Thanks again for all of your help!
>>
>> Kiri
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> A tree at my parents' house has been tenatively identified as some kind
>>> of
>>> citron.  Otherwise, the lemons are mind-bogglingly ugly.  Want me to mail
>>> you some?
>>>
>>> All citrus leaves are pleasantly scented and non-poisonous, to the best
>>> of
>>> my knowledge, and would make a suitable kind of leaf to spread over a
>>> food-bearing surface.  Precursor to foil, smells better and
>>> bio-degradable!
>>>
>>> Selene
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Elaine Koogler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> I'm working on figuring out dishes for my Middle Eastern feast at the
>>>> end
>>>> of
>>>> February.  I'm looking at an Andalusian recipe, "A Dish of Eggplants
>>>> with
>>>> Saffron" that calls for, among other things, citron leaves.  I have
>>>> googled
>>>> them and can only find a description of them, but no one seems to carry
>>>> them!  So...I was wondering.  I can get hold of kaffir lime
>>>> leaves...would
>>>> these be a reasonable substitute for the citron leaves?  They are both
>>>> citrus fruits, and the Wikipedia article indicates that citron, pomelo
>>>> and
>>>> mandarin orange were the original citrus fruits...and that citron is the
>>>> name used in several countries for lemon.  So they appear to be closely
>>>> related.
>>>>
>>>> Any opinions??
>>>>
>>>> Kiri
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