{"id":20239,"date":"2024-07-09T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20239"},"modified":"2024-07-09T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:47:19","slug":"loquat-%e2%89%a0-kumquat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20239","title":{"rendered":"Loquat \u2260 Kumquat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLet\u2019s clarify something at the outset: a kumquat is a citrus fruit that looks like a miniature oblate orange. These, however, are loquats. No relation.<\/p>\n

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\nApproximately two inches long and light orange inside and out, each sweet loquat contains about three seeds. Its flavor depends on the specific cultivar, but the ones we get around here are distinctive and fairly consistent.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can certainly consume the skin but it doesn\u2019t have much flavor and the texture is nothing special, so since it\u2019s easy to peel (no special equipment necessary) I tend to discard it.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s clarify something at the outset: a kumquat is a citrus fruit that looks like a miniature oblate orange. These, however, are loquats. No relation. Read on…. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[35,51],"class_list":["post-20239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snacks","tag-chinese","tag-southeast-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20239"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20243,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions\/20243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}