Kinkan. Just eat the peel.

Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 @ 10:23 pm by in Humor Views: 893

At the same sushi shop where I acquired the famed wasabi plant, the sushi master also pulled out this interesting fruit known as “kinkan” (金柑). My dictionary says that’s a kumquat.

He told us to eat the peel.

My wife’s mom told me to place them by a box of tabacco that “dad” was smoking for “scale”. Funny how a box of tobacco becomes an item to show scale in Japan. Smoking is everywhere. Maybe that would happen in the States as well…

They’re too sour, almost like a lemon, which is why the sushi master told us to just eat the peel. It tastes nice, is healthy, and is a great way to clean your palate after eating tons of raw fish.

Is this how kumquats are usually eaten? Maybe everyone knows this stuff already except me…

Eat those peels.

- Harvey

  • http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

    We have tons of kumquat trees in San Diego, and they aren’t sour. The ones you ate must not have been ripe, or the Japanese version is different.

  • kronski

    Yeah, dude. You gotta stick the whole darn kumquat thing in your mouth. Peel and all.

    I was surprised too.

  • Joe

    When did Harvey start smoking?

  • http://www.japannewbie.com harvey

    I don’t smoke, they’re not mine!

  • Joe

    WILL YOU GET ON WITH IT AND SHOW US THE BLOATED CORPSE OF THE G0DD@MNED WASABI PLANT ALREADY!?!?

  • http://www.japannewbie.com harvey

    Ok ok! Hold your Japanese horseradish already!

    Your eutrema wasabi!

    Your wasabia japonica!

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