# I Tried My First Kumquat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365 "2019-03-19T14:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/1 "2019-03-19T14:01:26Z")
I try to sample a new fruit or vegetable every month or two. This is the Month of the Kumquat. Yesterday I was at a friend’s house that had some kumquats and got to try one. It was weird eating an “orange” rind and all. Of course, they aren’t an orange, they’re kumquats. And tasty. Due to my known problems with oranges (mostly hives) I only sampled one in case there was an adverse reaction but I am delighted that, like with most citrus, there were no problems. Kumquats are now officially white-listed! Please spread your kumquat love here! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/2 "2019-03-19T14:15:23Z")
I’ve never tasted one! Can you describe what they taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/3 "2019-03-19T14:21:52Z")
I love kumquats. They are a citrus and will remind you of oranges. You eat the whole thing at once and will get both sweet and sour. I think most of the sweetness comes from the skin, and the sour from the pulp. Refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/4 "2019-03-19T14:46:35Z")
I grow Limequats. Bet you didn’t know there were Limequats… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/5 "2019-03-19T14:56:30Z")
Kumquats are a [classic fruit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5AjSGrZbxw&ytbChannel=null). ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/6 "2019-03-19T15:21:44Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I’ve never tasted one! Can you describe what they taste like? Orange, with a sort of lemon-like tartness/sour note. If you mixed orange and lemon juice you’d get something close. The drink Orangina is pretty close, but of course a kumquat is not carbonated. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-my-first-kumquat/831365/7 "2019-03-20T05:14:22Z")
> [@George Carlin](#): > > Then there are some things that sound too funny to eat. Some things are too humorous to swallow. Guacamole. That sounds like something you yell when you’re on fire. GUACAMOLE! Or sounds like something you can’t remember the name of. “Where’s that little…guacamole I had here?” Something else sounds too funny to eat: garbanzo beans. I mean, that’s the first four letters of the word ‘garbage’ in there. “Hey, did you take out the garb…anzo beans?” **And, of course, the funniest food: kumquats. I don’t ever bring 'em home anymore. I sit there laughing and they go to waste.** ``` ..... ```