[Sca-cooks] Question about Citron Leaves

[Susan Fox]

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please?




Elaine Koogler wrote:
> 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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