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Speaker 1: Hell though, And welcome to Savorit production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: I'm Annie Reese and I'm more in Vogelbaum. And today

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Speaker 1: we have an episode for you about kumquats, which is

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Speaker 1: another topic that I knew, I think literally nothing about.

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Speaker 1: I had no idea what it was. Oh really, Oh gosh,

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Speaker 1: they're a favorite of mine. I love a kumquat. Uh well,

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Speaker 1: I love I love a citrus or a citrusy thing.

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Speaker 1: I suppose more on that later in general. Um, but no,

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Speaker 1: kumquats are oh gosh, every every winter I get really

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Speaker 1: excited about all of the weird citrus that you can find. Um,

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Speaker 1: all of the blood oranges and like carra cars and

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Speaker 1: and yeah, and kumquats and they're just I love the

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Speaker 1: I love the kind of sour sweet and sour bite um.

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Speaker 1: And I love I love a citr zest Um. These

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Speaker 1: are one of my very favorite things to dress up

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Speaker 1: a very mediocre model of sparkling wine. You just like

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Speaker 1: have them and it's like instant sangaria. Yeah. I've never

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Speaker 1: cooked with them because I always every time I get

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Speaker 1: a package, I just eat them all whole or or

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Speaker 1: right or just like put them in sparkling water or

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Speaker 1: or wine or something so uh so, yeah, I've never

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Speaker 1: cooked with them, but doing all of this reading made

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Speaker 1: me really want to do that. Yeah, and you and

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Speaker 1: I were talking about this off, Mike, but I was

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Speaker 1: really intrigued by this idea that you could just eat

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Speaker 1: the skin like you can, oh yeah, eat it as is,

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Speaker 1: which I can often be quite lazy and if there's

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Speaker 1: peeling involved, and I'm out. Yeah, I'm not proud, Lauren,

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Speaker 1: but I am. I'm aware. I'm self aware. Now. I

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Speaker 1: went through I went through an anti peeling phase. I

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Speaker 1: feel you, I feel you. Yeah, I'm just that good

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Speaker 1: at it. I struggle with it for some reason. Um,

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Speaker 1: and then I get annoyed and I'm like, is this

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Speaker 1: even worth this? Uh So I think I'd really like

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Speaker 1: this that I can just eat as is? Yeah? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh I I love I love a citrus peel so

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Speaker 1: much that. Um, I mean like I'm not going around

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Speaker 1: like like taking like bites out of oranges as though

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Speaker 1: they're apples or something like that. Um. Actually don't eat

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Speaker 1: apples like that either. Anyway. I really dislike taking a

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Speaker 1: taking a bite out of a whole fruit. For some reason,

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Speaker 1: it really bothers me. But uh, like, if I have

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Speaker 1: something especially like a lemon peel or something nice like

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Speaker 1: that that maybe like doesn't have all the pith on it,

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Speaker 1: I'll definitely eat that. I will definitely eat a piece

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Speaker 1: of peel really like citrus. I don't know what it's better.

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Speaker 1: It's better, That's that's what it is. Yes, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if you've ever seen it. I know I've told

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Speaker 1: you about it, but I have this post it no

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Speaker 1: on my phone where I just can't like every time

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Speaker 1: someone says this is a favorite of mine, I just

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Speaker 1: make a list and I have profiles of everybody food

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Speaker 1: profiles and there's a lot of citrus stuff wacky. I

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Speaker 1: mean it makes sense that is probably a thing that

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Speaker 1: I was also spoiled from growing up in South Florida.

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Speaker 1: So m hmm, yeah, yeah, where there are some common

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Speaker 1: quats to be had from what I understand, there are, indeed, yes,

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Speaker 1: and we will talk about that. But there was a

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Speaker 1: particular reason you wanted to discuss this topic now, right,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, because the lunar New Year is approaching.

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Speaker 1: UM Tuesday, February one is the first day of that celebration,

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Speaker 1: and um, yeah, it's uh. We we have talked briefly

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Speaker 1: Year foods and traditions and uh yeah. So I was like,

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Speaker 1: Are you going to do anything for Lunar New Year?

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna get some kum quotes? Oh goodness, I'm

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Speaker 1: certainly going to look for him. Um. I don't have

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Speaker 1: any specific plans, although I know a number of restaurants

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Speaker 1: I'm like a weighing my field of options. Um. We're

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Speaker 1: be likem and you're gonna get a text like come

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Speaker 1: outside and get these kumquats right now, and I will

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Speaker 1: know questions asked. So that's why I'm the person in

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Speaker 1: a horror movie that probably wouldn't take it dark Alley. Sure, well,

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Speaker 1: I I look forward to kumquats whatever way they come

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Speaker 1: to me. But I also have something for you, so

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Speaker 1: we could do an exchange. Okay, alright, alright, alright, we

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Speaker 1: and our Lunar New Year the episode as stated, But okay,

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Speaker 1: I guess this brings us to question kumquats. What are they? Well,

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Speaker 1: the kumquat is a small citrus I'm gonna say, citrus

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Speaker 1: fruit um that you can eat whole uh, like a

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Speaker 1: like a table grape in a single bite. Um. They're

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Speaker 1: little bitterness from the skin to um. And yeah, you

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Speaker 1: like someone made a tangerine into a tiny snack. Mm hmmm, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I gotta try this, yes, yeah. Um. Frequently the varieties

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Speaker 1: several varieties um of small fruits that are called kumquats

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Speaker 1: at some points classified into their own genus or genus.

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Speaker 1: Is Citrus is a genus unto itself? Um. The most

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Speaker 1: In parts of East and Southeast Asia, the trees are

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Speaker 1: grown um partially as ornamentals, planted near doorways or indoors

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Speaker 1: pretty direct transliteration of one of the Cantonese names, which

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Speaker 1: like other citrus, they tend to be winter fruiting, which

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Speaker 1: of Europe, they're apparently a popular Christmas fruit question mark,

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Speaker 1: like potatoes and carrots and whatever you have some kumquats.

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Speaker 1: what about the nutrition? Kumquats are pretty good for you.

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Speaker 1: Lots of fiber, great spread of micronutrients, your vitamins and minerals,

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Speaker 1: so kumquats are grown in places that have hot summers.

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Speaker 1: And cool winters. UM. In addition to parts of East

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