Posted in Food, tagged brooklyn, citrus maximus, florida citrus, grapefruit, greengrocer, photography, pommelo, pummelo on February 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
is this fruit week on brooklynpix?
This is your yearly reminder about the mysterious citrus called the pummelo. Buy soon, or you may have to wait until next year. I’d go for a big green one, because the yellow pummelos say oversized grapefruit. The price on pummelos is down this year by about 50 cents.
Posted in Food, tagged brooklyn, citrus, february, grapefruit, photography, pommelo, pummelo, strange fruit on February 27, 2009| 4 Comments »
No, I tell you, it’s not just an overpriced grapefruit! And you had better enjoy them now because the citrus season ain’t hanging around 4ever and two months from now you don’t want to be thinkin about that pommelo you forgot to eat back in February.
Posted in Food, Misc, tagged brooklyn, fruit, grapefruit, green, pamplemousse, photography, soviet missiles, strange fruit on December 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
the green ones on the right
The pommelo, a fruit native to Southeast Asia, is disappointment wrapped in an pretty package. While the fruit is quite tasty, like a sweeter, less acid grapefruit, to get to it you have to remove a spongy rind as thick as your finger. (more…)
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