[Sca-cooks] Question about Citron Leaves

Elaine Koogler kiridono at gmail.com
Sun Jan 4 18:46:29 PST 2009


Yeah, stupid me...should have sent it directly to you, but it occurred to me
only after I'd already hit the send button!

Kiri (feeling really dumb!!)

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Moderator, please delete this post with her personal info asap please
> please?
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> Elaine Koogler wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
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>>> Elaine Koogler wrote:
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>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
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>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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