Foraging spot

Kumquat tree

Eat whole, skin and all — sweet rind, tart flesh.

Coordinates: 37.863064, -122.254829

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Ripe: January–DecemberPeak: January, FebruaryEat the: Whole fruit

What to do with it

Eat whole, skin and all
Slice into salads
Simmer into marmalade

Ways to keep it

Whole-fruit marmalade
Candy them
Salt-cure (ferment)

About Kumquat

Citrus japonica, the round kumquat, Marumi kumquat, or Morgani kumquat, is a species of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus. It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1780 as Fortunella japonica. C. japonica is a native species in southern China.

From Wikipedia.

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