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... When my mother was just a little girl they had what where known as blood oranges... Her brothers would cut one and tell her they had blood in them and then try to get her to eat one too...
So that's what they are, I've been hearing about them... Ewwww ...
So that's what they are, I've been hearing about them... Ewwww ...
I have to admit I'm partial to a good off the tree normal orange...I had a red orange tree but didn't like them...Gave the tree away...while it was small enough to move....The standard valencia orange is seedless to almost seedless and is very heavy in fruit solids....great fresh eating and for making concentrate....they ripen in May....
Could have been...More and more citrus is being developed with pink and red coloring...They are higher in Vit. A.... When my mother was just a little girl they had what where known as blood oranges... Her brothers would cut one and tell her they had blood in them and then try to get her to eat one too...
I can still buy blood oranges here. The kids love them!
I can still buy blood oranges here. The kids love them!
I know they are marketed as blood oranges...I just wonder what they really are...From grove to market several oranges change names for marketing purposes...
Mineola Tangelos become Honey Bells...
Murcots become Honey Oranges....
I know they are marketed as blood oranges...I just wonder what they really are...From grove to market several oranges change names for marketing purposes...
The ones I get turn almost beet colored on the inside (some shows through to the outside), and they get more tart as they ripen.
I am thinking I have welcomed you twice to this thread---oh well--just means you are really welcomed! Ha!
Funny...I thought you did already too! Two welcomes are fine with me! Thanx! I will be back with a great recipe for Italian Nachos! Great to make on a Sunday afternoon if friends are over to watch some sports.
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