My calamondin tree arrived tonight!!! It's a lot bigger than I expected, and I need to buy a bigger pot. I opened the package and was overwhelmed with the most amazing smell, something like a mix of jasmine and oranges. As you can see there are already 5 or 6 fruit, not to mention a ton of buds.
What the heck is a calamondin? Most of you may know it as a lucky orange plant. The fruit resemble tiny oranges, and don't get much bigger than the ones you see in the photo. They're extremely sour but great for seasoning seafood, or anything you would use a lime for.
I highly recommend the online seller I bought it from. She contacted me immediately, shipped the item right away by Priority mail and gave me instructions on how to care for the plant:
http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/mgmg9495
Why couldn't Food Network have these events while I was unemployed?!
My calamondin tree arrived tonight!!! It's a lot bigger than I expected, and I need to buy a bigger pot. I opened the package and was overwhelmed with the most amazing smell, something like a mix of jasmine and oranges. As you can see there are already 5 or 6 fruit, not to mention a ton of buds.
Since the weather's finally getting warmer, I sort of skipped spring and went straight for a summer dessert. I was going to try making an orange cake, but never got around to it. I still had all this fruit lying around, so I scoured the internet for what looked like the best sorbet recipe and stumbled across this one, on allrecipes.com. I LOVE freshly squeezed orange juice, so it was really difficult not to drink the 2 cups worth the recipe asks for. The final product was a little bit sweeter than I'd like it, but since it's hard to judge the tartness of your fruit, I'd recommend sticking with the recipe. 
My husband had the awesome idea of picking up $50 worth of giant King Crab legs at Costco this weekend. We ate half with his family on Saturday and the last 3 legs tonight. I'd actually never had them before. All I did was break them into segments, and marinate them in olive oil, white wine, garlic and a few dashes of hot sauce. These were parboiled when we got them, so I poured the whole marinade with the legs into a pot and steamed it for 6 minutes. Add a loaf of sourdough to dip in the juices and you have a mini feast.
