Wide leather citrus
English translation: thick skinned citrus
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|  Selected response from: Stephanie Ezrol United States Local time: 00:59 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | thick skinned citrus |
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| 3 | loose-skin citrus |
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| 1 | pomelo |
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| wide leather citrus pomelo Explanation: The thick skinned citrus that comes to mind is called a pomelo. I suppose your text should read: lemons, oranges, pomelos, grapefruit - all these being citrus fruit. A stab in the dark, of course. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2010-11-14 11:28:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thick skin is not a desirable feature - pomelos are delicious and in demand despite (and not because) their very thick skin. Grapefruit can be both thin-skinned and thick-skinned - like oranges. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-14 12:09:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I don't think you can dry citrus fruit into "leather". Never heard of it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-14 12:15:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Please note that you have a list of different types of citrus fruit (orange, grapefruit) and not types of processing (such as: fresh, canned, pureed, leather, etc.). |
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peer agreement (net): +1| wide leather citrus thick skinned citrus Explanation: I think you are right. There are many thick skinned citrus, like naval oranges which are easier to eat and peel because of the thick skin, meyer lemons and others. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES: http://www.heirloomgardenexperts.com/articles/citrus_tree_ca... Meyer Lemon •Thick-skinned citrus fruit •Very juicy and less acidic than standard lemons Naval Orange •Sweet, seedless fruit •Best eating orange Thick-skinned but easy to peel -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-14 13:40:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A BIT OF HISTORY, and another thick skinned citrus. citron. Native to the hills of northeastern India, the lemon originated as a natural hybrid of citron (a primitive thick-skinned citrus) and sour orange. Cultivation spread to the Mediterranean in Roman times and to California with the Franciscan friars, though a real industry didn't emerge there until the 1890's. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E4D8123BF... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-14 13:43:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thick skin is also needed for cooking when you want to use citrus peel, or citrus rind. HERE IS ONE COOKING REFERENCE: This recipe is a wonderful way to use citrus peel.Any thick skinned citrus peel can be used,such as orange,grapefruit,lemon and lime. 1kg/2lb citrus peel cut into 5cm/2in strips 1kg /2lb preserving or granulated sugar 350ml/12fl oz water http://tastesoflife.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/spain-for-a-lon... |
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| wide leather citrus loose-skin citrus Explanation: Not certain, but here is my reasoning: I find that "loose skin" is a normal differentiator for classes of fruit with the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), and the visual nature of Chinese characters (they started out as drawings of the item named) makes me think it might be hard to differentiate between wide and loose. Below is a list of fruits China does happen to export, and that may allow you to use the process of elimination. "In 1999 China exported 176 thousand MT of citrus fruit valued at US$41.637 million. Among them, loose skin citrus (mandarin and tangerine) accounted for 91.70%, sweet orange 2.71%, pomelo 2.4%, lemon less than 0.1% and the others 3.16% (Fig 1). " -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2010-11-14 15:57:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- P.S. I know in daily speech we don't speak of the "skin" of a fruit, but it is used in the trade. Reference: http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6732e/x6732e04.htm |
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