I love them, but I’m afraid they’ll disappear completely if they don’t change their name.
I have to admit…the first time I ever had one, I was squeamish. Squeamish! Because of the name combined with their looks! And I know this is a total testament to the power of the human mind, because if they had been called pomegranate oranges or scarlet oranges or fire oranges or red paint oranges…I would not have thought twice. But that name.
I’ve certainly grown past it. I really love their combination of sweetness and tartness. I love their color.
I peeled and separated a few in the lunch room the other day and offered them. Everyone went “Ewww…” and wouldn’t touch 'em. More for me, but, as I said, I’d rather they not die out.
Really?
I like blood oranges BECAUSE of the name.
It’s childish and silly, but its a totally badass name, and one that’s enough of a reason for my male brain to go “AWESOME!”
Anytime I can feast on the blood of oranges is a good day indeed for myself.
I agree. And isn’t that a blood orange in the opening credits of Dexter, the TV series about a serial killer who kills serial killers? Link to the video – it’s at about 1:12 in. (Safe for work, except for the sound.)
I always thought their name was kinda cool-slash-fantasyish-slash-exotic. Sure at first you do kind of cringe, but then you can’t help but think they’re pretty after a while.
I admit I haven’t tried them yet. I don’t even think many places here on Maui carry them. Maybe I should drive to the store and really look, because I know I haven’t really actively looked for them yet.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and gotta buy some plastic vampire teeth if I find them.
I have to admit, I’d never even seen a blood orange until last week. I grabbed a bag of oranges from the shelf at Trader Joe’s and brought them home, thinking they were just oranges. I took a couple to work one day and sliced one open to have for breakfast and was completely shocked. Ok, this wasn’t what I expected, I guess this is what’s called a ‘blood orange’. Thomas said he loved them, so they must be good. . .
I simply could not bring myself to try them. Eventually I did take a bite, and I can’t say it was bad, but I just couldn’t reconcile it in my mind, so in the trash it went.
I’ve never actually tried one (I’m not a fan of tart), but add me to the list of people who would do so *because *of the name. There’s just something really comical in combining fruit with vampires. I might actually have to find one to try now. So, given that your aim is to aid blood orange PR, you have succeeded completely.
Fruitbats! Or bat-fruit. Nah, the OP’s idea of “fire oranges” was pretty good, but I suppose the marketing people would be afraid of being accused of inciting the kiddies to eat fire.
OK, here are some photos:
A couple of oranges, before cutting:
Same oranges, after being cut by a ceramic knife:
“Orange” juice obtained by hand-squeezing:
Juice is not sour, but also not very sweet. Has a distinctive raspberry taste. Also tastes a little like red wine. I like squeezing the juice into regular orange juice, to give it a nice deep color.
Oh, my goodness! That makes my supermarket blood oranges look like wimpy little shits! Mine have always been more tequila-sunrisey - dark on the edges of each segment, shading to regular orange color in the center.
The Kroger near me sells them as “oranges”- the first time I bought one and opened it I thought it was a rotten orange, but then figured it out- pleasantly surprised at the taste.
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