Citrus, Citrus, and MORE Citrus!
With the market closed for the winter I was able to concentrate on turning a variety of citrus fruits into jam. Which was a good thing because winter is when all the citrus trees are bearing their fruit. I made all of the old favorites, orange, Valencia orange, tangelo, and kumquat. I also had some new fruit suppliers this year, so I was able to add two more flavors to the jam lineup: blood orange and tangerine. Altogether, I made over 200 jars of citrus jam this winter! Now I just hope I can sell it all. Tallahassee Downtown Market, here I come!
Samantha’s Blood Oranges
My friend Samantha provided me with some blood oranges from her tree. The dark color in the flesh of blood oranges is due to the presence of anthocyanins, a family of pigments common to many flowers and fruit, but uncommon in citrus fruits. The flavor is definitely that of an orange, but almost with a hint of raspberry mixed in.
There are several varieties of blood oranges. Some are dark red all the way through the entire flesh of the orange and some are more mottled, like Samantha’s. After doing a little online research we concluded that Samantha’s oranges must be the “Delfino” variety. The jam is sweet and a little tangy, and everyone who has tasted it absolutely loves it. It should do well at the market.
In Other News…
- Our website now has an additional shipping option: USPS Ground Advantage. Depending on where you live and the number of items ordered, it can be significantly less expensive than Priority Mail.
- The Tallahassee Downtown Market has reopened. The new hours are 9am to 1pm on Saturdays.
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