KUMQUATS - Comparing Limequats! Mandarinquats! Orangequats! And More!- Weird Fruit Explorer
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- Kumquats - Weird Fruit Explorer
Species: Citrus japonica, Citrus × floridana, C. unshiu x C. japonica
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Which kumquat would you like to try most?
Pomelquat - have they done that one yet?
The second one
fukushu
Mandarinquat
You don't have the kumquats that we have in our yard... sweet rind and sweet flesh!! You're missing out!! :) Everyone is always surprised and come by every year to get some. They always say that "they're as sweet as candy"
Mandarinquats: we come from mandarines!
Limequats: we come from limes!
Kumquats: *sweats nerviously*
At least they didn't call them kumlimes
LMAOO
Haaaa
Awkward, should of had a tissue to wipe his face after that.
I almost choke in laughter lol 😂
He needs to make a bitter chart
Where 1 is a glass of water, and 10 is my divorce.
@@raggedyanarchist whooaaa.
@@raggedyanarchist Genuine lol
@@raggedyanarchist what is 5 though?
@@WildVoltorb Haha. Hadn't put that much thought into it. Maybe a grapefruit.
You’re not wrong about the artificial sweetener bit. Some citrus fruits contain neohesperidin; Seville oranges are a particularly rich source. It’s extracted commercially and chemically modified to make a semisynthetic sweetener.
Very interesting!! As someone who wants to breed citrus
i remember eating this kumquats when i was a kid i lived in a farm, usually walked like 2 miles to arrive one tree of these tasty fruit, my mom has planted these tree a long time ago and planned to construct a house close to the tree, i had forget that until i see your video. Unfortunately the house was never built and the farm was sold piece by piece due to money problems at the time. it was a long time ago but the memory of the flavor still remains with me... Maybe someday I will be able to go back there and try this wonderful and tasty fruit again, if the tree is still alive haha (sorry if the text got confused im from Brasil)
I knew kumquats were a thing that existed since I was young, but had never seen one before watching this channel. Never thought to look them up. I always imagined them as something much stranger.
“You wouldn’t take a bite out of a lemon wedge. And you wouldn’t take a bite out of a lime wedge. “
I yelled YOU DON’T KNOW ME! 😂 I love limes and lemons!
I ALWAYS eat the lemon wedges when they get served to me at restaurants. Whether it's meant to be squeezed on food or in my glass of water, that lemon wedge is going in my mouth instead. Lol
@@emilieloveskiwi yes!
@@emilieloveskiwi I think I'm in love.
@@Gatorade69 Well, I'm single, sooooo 😂
I grew up noshing on lemons and limes. They are so good! I can’t do it anymore because my teeth have gotten too sensitive.
Kumquats go really well with black tea, like an English breakfast. I can't stomach eating too many, but if you just cut the top off and squeeze one into your teacup, it's better than a lemon or lime. If any of you are black tea drinkers, you owe it to yourself to use a kumquat and some raw flower honey at some point.
sounds nice!
@@WeirdExplorer It most certainly is. ^_^
I didn't know people did that. I'll have to try it.
I'm an avid tea drinker and never knew what kumquats were but seeing this comment and now knowing what they are, imma have to try that!
Wouldn't surprise me if they went well with earl grey tea, too
Mandarinquats are my favorite that I’ve had, I like that it’s larger yet still completely edible. I do like the limequats though, they remind me of eating Warheads candy as a kid and getting punched in the mouth with sourness lol
Your citrus series needs "does it marmalade?"
I know Jared is only discussing fruit, but he had me for the whole video.
Literally, im even using this as a podcast
Take a shot every time he says Kumquat.
A kumshot
Lol.
I'd be so drunk I would...
I made it to 4 minutes...
A shot of kum.
Meiwa is pronounced "may-wah" as in the month of May.
good to know! thanks!
I'm a part of the Texas RFG group and personally have 19 varieties of citrus growing right now. So excited to see all these fruits taste tested!!
Citrus fruits remind me of dogs in how many incredibly different size and types there can be and the hybrids from those oddball combos.
My list:
Golden Grapefruit
Page Mandarin
Shiranui Mandarin
Nippon Orangequat
Thomasville Citrangequat
Indio Mandarinquat
Nagami Kumquat
Changshou Kumquat
Meiwa Kumquat
Marumi Kumquat
Key Lime
Giant Key Lime
New Zealand Lemonade
Australian Finger Lime
Yuzu
Seville Orange
Carizzo Citrange
Trifoliate Orange
Rangupur Lime
Love your Channel!
I swear jared has inspired me to begin my own weird fruit journey
how is the journey going?
can't wait for the sequel "for a few kumquats more"
I love Kumquats. The combination of sweet and sour is just so good. They're also super easy to grow, and they're one of most cold-hardy fresh eating citrus (they can handle somewhere around 10-15 degrees when mature). They also grow well in pots for those who can't grow them in the ground.
That's pretty much the reason to grow the limequat - it's hardy enough to grow in places you can't grow lemons or limes.
I do eat lemon and lime wedges. I know, I’m a freak. May have to try these
Trying kumquats for the first time is how i realized i have a mild citrus oil allergy. Great flavor until my mouth goes numb lol
Limequats are indeed powerful. I took a bite thinking they would be sweet/sour like a kumquat and regretted instantly. I turned them into a nice limequatade :-).
I've got a newly, potted, 3ft tall Lakeland Limequat Tree, in my bedroom!
My tree will be epic, because I love eating Limes.
I have both a limequat and a mandarinquat tree in my backyard. They produce nonstop all year, and produce hundreds of pounds! So much so that the branches grow downwards sometimes from the weight of the fruit
I usually just take a bite into it, and squeeze out the juice into my mouth, and toss the skin out
So... follow this logic with me. Orangequats, mandarinquarts, limequats, kumquats...
Yes.
Cumquat
@@AdamBeyond very interesting word.
*slurps up kumquat*
Ain't nothing you can't have with that quat.
The best Kumquats I have ever had is from trees at the U of A Tucson . They are so good .
You've really built your tolerance to sour fruits. I remember several years back when you compared a few varieties of lime and you just seemed like you were in pain the entire time.
Now I want to make a mixed kumquat marmalade
that would be great!
On crepes
11:30 he's trying so hard for us guys, he in pain but he's trying to figure out the sweetness level for us 🥲
I once got several kilos of the regulars and ate them all.
They are so delicious.
I'd like to try them all, Jared.
TY for tzhe video.
Kumquats are fantastic. Had the luck to have access to a large variety of them in large quantities when I used to work for a company that was importing exotic fruits in the UK. And boy, oh boy… these things are insanely good
never tried a kumquat but now i'm intrigued
That’s so cool! I just bought a Korean jello pouch that was Philippine lime flavored and I was wondering what sort of fruit that was. Thanks for the content!
ah that is the calamansi. I did a video of that a few years back, heres a link: th-cam.com/video/KJTGecvn074/w-d-xo.html
When I lived in Phoenix many years ago, I had what I think was a Meiwa Kumquat tree in my yard. I would roast or grill them which dried them a little but enhanced the sweetness. Thanks for the videos!
Will try it in Tucson.
Since watching this channel, every time I see berries growing on a bush, I always think to myself, are those edible? Would Jared eat them?
The answer is usually: probably not and yes.
eating wild fruit without knowing what they are is like playing the lottery. it could be edible, but it's not guaranteed to taste good. you could've had it unripe, and it might be absolutely repulsive in that state. or it could just be poisonous and you might be hugging the toilet a few hours later.
@@somethinginthewalls388 yeah but before watching this channel, I would never have even glanced or seen most of the wild berry looking plants growing near the bank, near the doctor office, near the post office, on the sidewalks, near my favorite restaurant, on a bush or tree guarding the office... you see what I’m saying?
@@sleepyoldtiger372 yeah, i understand that.
You clearly don't have a palate for sourness, but whenever I see that wince, I know you are taking one for the team. I really appreciate your perseverance in this regard, and I believe it's one of the things that make your reviews great to follow.
I didn't try kumquats until I was 30 (they aren't super popular in Australia) and I'm obsessed, I have my own nagami plant with little baby fruits on it, exciting!
I love kumquats theyre just awesome snacks from nature and we even used to grow these in our garden but not anymore sadly
I love kumquats. They’re an amazing fruit. I almost never find them where I live
I have a limequat tree and love them whole! They are a prolific producer of fruits. The skin is modestly sweet and mild, very juicy. I imagine it would be great chaiser with tequila shots!
Imagine cross breeding a kumquat and a blood orange(i think its called that) if that exists already i will eat it no matter what since that might be a good think
I've always thought about that! I wonder if it would be a red kumquat or a really sour blood orange
@@chad3883 yeaah i wish it was a red kumquat that would be awesome
I wanna buy trees for both and try crossing them
Bloodquat has a ring to it alright
some of the australian native "finger limes" are blood red, as well as having an interesting internal structure of like packed globules. the fruits are small and the flavor is very good in the ones i tried, so these might be ideal if you can find them
If there's one thing this channel has taught me it's that humans love making up citrus fruits
Second. I’d really like to know what a good kumquat tastes like. My guess is the stuff I get around me are ok at the best.
Yeah, they are definitely best when picked fresh. I recommend growing them yourself. If it's too cold to grow them in the ground where you are they do well in pots.
Tang.
Aw, I was hoping that the kumquat selection would include a Citrangequat. They're usually hybrids of a citrange (a citrus and poncirus) and usually a nagami kumquat. They're famous for being about the hardiest citrus palatable citrus, only edged out by the trifoliate orange.
I've lived with a Nagami bush/tree my whole life. I like to bite off the stem end first and suck out the juice slowly and spit the seeds. Then I either nibble the skin and pith slowly or chomp it whole. I'm excited to try the other varieties when I encounter them.
Edit. They make an amazing marmalade too.
Thanks for taking one for the team with that limequat. You're awesome. Love your channel. Thanks for the frequent uploads of late. Great content.
You inspired me to go pick some kumquats from my tree. I made marmalade from them a few times which turned out great, but always found them too intense to eat out of hand. But I really enjoyed them this time. Cutting them in half and squeezing out a little of the sour flesh really helped get the right balance of sweet and sour for me. Thanks!
This was worth watching just for your limequat reaction! I'm growing the meiwa but I want all the others too... can't find them easily. They grow so prolifically it makes me feel like an expert gardener.
*Great* video!
I love mandarinquats, I wish they were more readily available. They're really nice sliced thinly and laid out on a platter. Like crunchy orange chips.
This video makes me happy! Kumquats have always been my favorite citrus. :)
"A Fistful of Kumquats" was the least successful spaghetti western ever filmed, but its sequel was a star-maker.
I love the citrus fruit videos. After finding the channel I have gone back and watched all the previous citrus videos.
A Fistful of Kumquats... I think I saw that movie.
My friend has a kumquat tree that gives bumper crops every 3-5 years. I get bags of these things in those years and devour them quickly.
i love kumquats. Wish I was tasting them. Thanks. good info
Kumquats are my all time favorite fruit!
so recently pomelos have been at rock bottom prices like $150-175 each in stores so I bought 10 of them and made some candied citrus peel with them. out of all the citrus peels there are I think pomelo is one of the best fruits to use. go try it folks its super easy and those peels are edible as fork!
$1.50? damn. I just bought two at $9 a pop
@@WeirdExplorer Oh yea, I might mention that is central Cali prices... prices in other places might vary. Just about every store has them here, it's like someone drove a fleet of pomelo trucks around town and needed to sell them to empty the trucks out for the next delivery.
@@WeirdExplorer
Here in Tucson AZ, they're running $10/dozen at street fruit vendors now. A dry quart basket of standard kumquats going for $6. The HUGE lemons are going for 3 for a dollar, but are virtually tasteless (zest works in salad or seafood, though). The local citrus has been outstanding this spring. Guessing due to drought conditions the last twelve months. Netted the fig tree. Kept the birds out. Ants and yellow jackets appreciated the effort. End of rant. Peace. Love. Rock 'n' Roll. Fruit. The four states of conciousness.
Kumquats - the fruit with the name that brings out my inner 10 year old.
Hope you get to try Marumi, a larger type kumquat with a less sour interior and less sweet skin but without bitterness. Meiwa has the best flavor, an intensely orange flavor
My lulo seeds come in tomorrow and I'm so excited. I figure if I can grow weed I can grow a tomato relative indoors.
Just watching you eating those quats makes my mouth water lol
Kumquats are so delicious, yum.
Growing up as a kid on the coast in Mississippi we had those alot. Specifically the miewa or little round ones if I misspelled that. Idk if they are native there or because we have a high amount of Vietnamese families after the war but we ate them a lot.
you had a good variety of Kumquats there.
I only just had kumquats for the first time a few days ago since my local grocery store finally had them and they're really good, although the smaller ones are a little extreme with the sourness
I found limequat juice at the old store I worked at and I really liked it. I couldn't find it again, and it isn't at my new store.
I should’ve known you’d have a video like this 😂😂 Love ya Jared
In south Florida we have quats the skins are super sweet with sour flesh so unique and delicious
I LOVE WEIRD FRUITS‼️‼️‼️‼️
Just yesterday I was thinking about the quinotos I ate when I was in Argentina when I was a kid and today you make this video. Talk about a coincidence haha
kumquats are awesome, grow them in the backyard
There were limequats at a store here in MO a few weeks ago. They tasted exactly like lemon to me, too sour by themselves so used them in tea and drinks.
Had some kumquats in Florida they were all right we ate the whole thing the Ryne and everything
the channel, Smartereveryday? thats really cool of him to give back to other creators.
Awesome! Kumquat rinds are the best! If you ever make a video and try to make kumquat marmalade I’d definitely try making it as well.
Have actually made marmalade with kumquats and ruby red grapefruit! Yummy on a bagel with philly cream cheese!
The first time I tried kumquats I didn't like them but because know it has been brought to my knowledge that there are other hybrids that might as well be better, I would try and find those!
Mandarins are my favorite citrus. Looks like I should try a kumquat if I get the chance.
I like the smell of citrus peels, yet they taste bad....
Kumquats? NOICE!
The only citrus where the peel is sweeter than the flesh
if you can get kumquat verities that have no seeds theyer excellet ot make fine marmalade.. you slice them upnd boil them with sugar and pectin and its just Delicious toast. i recall having them in tarts with other frut like a pear and kumquat jellied tart . its really good to make kompot drinks with too .
My mom has a kumquat tree that I think is a Nippon orangequat. I can confirm that their taste is quite sour.
I'm a fan of the quats
I love my limeqaut tree, wish It'd produce more
The face at 7:01 killed me. That could be a meme.🤣
I grow fukushu and meiwa and I've tasted Nagami. I absolutely love the fukushu. It's the perfect balance of sweet and sour and I don't get much bitter at all. It is on the larger side but I find it to be extremely flavorful, satisfying and refreshing as a single bite fruit. I have a big mouth;)
Sounds great!
I have all 3 growing and so far I have only taste the Nagami and meiwa, but the Meiwa is soooo good!
@@SKiLLsSoLoN meiwa is great and definitely much better than the Nagami in my opinion.
Sadly not an breakthrue in Kumquatbreeding. My favorit is the Limequat rind and seeing you suffer, when biting into the Limequat slice🤣👍 Love your content😘
My dad has a kumquat tree and I like to munch on them when I visit but the ice storms that hit the South last month did in the last of the kumquats. I don't think it killed the tree but I'll have to wait till next year for them.
Yay!!! He has a Sailor Mouth!!!!
Oh wow my mom has two different varieties growing and they’re both the size of grapes
would love to grow these!
13:48 hmm... I dont drink alcohol myself, but the possibilities of rare fruits in cocktails is something that seems kinda interesting to me
"You don't want to take a bite out of a lemon wedge."
... Wait, it's not normal?
when i get a lemon wedge with food at a restaurant i normaly squeese the juicy bt over chips and vegies then eat the rest,it always tasts good.
There is a fruit in the Philippines called "Calamansi", or "Calamondin" in English. You can eat the whole fruit like a kumquat, however the ripe and unripe fruit can be eaten. You can find them in asian or filipino markets.
My wife is Malaysian and made me plant some of them. Rather hard to find citrus here. Can't wait for them to fruit.
"It's good, but, like, you don't want to take a bite out of a lemon wedge..."
Um. Yah. I've been eating fresh lemons since I was a kid. Tree-ripened ones are best, especially Meyers, but I will absolutely eat a lemon the same way most people eat tangerines. When I was a child, my mom thought I was just trying to shock the other kids, but nope. I still love them.
Also kumquats are my second-favorite citrus after pomelo, just ahead of blood oranges and grapefruit. I want to try those limequats now though.
When my daughter was less than a year old we were in a restaurant and she begged for the lemon wedges on the table. I gave her one and she sucked on it with a straight face. All the staff couldn’t get over how she loved them. She still does today at 25!
Very good in sugar cane juice
It would be interesting to make a kumquat citron hybrid.
its nature's sweet and sour candy
Hey Jared, have you ever had a Sumo Mandarin? They just showed up at my local supermarket, they are absolutely enormous, incredibly easy to peel, and they taste like the best clementine you've ever eaten, with really big pulp that bursts with juice like caviar.
Yes I have! Its in this video I think: th-cam.com/video/ItlDWH0ovuw/w-d-xo.html
@@WeirdExplorer ah great thanks! My fruit looked much different from yours though, mine have a very pronounced "nipple" on top, have a super thick and easy to peel skin, and the segments are more distinct and easy to separate, like a clementine. I can upload some pics if you're at all interested!
Mine looks different to any of those. .
When I cut into it, there's no pulp whatsoever, it's dry and the look is nothing like a cut orange that's usually beautiful with the white intersect in the middle.
Mine tastes sweet tho, and has seed(s) inside it.
They sell it here in Indonesia as _Kimkit madu_ or Honey kumquat.
It is imported from China, I believe.
Just got back from your kumquat video in Malaysia.
I think mine exactly the same variety like yours there.
Have trees of all the above varieties, minus the Nagami, but with the addition of the Marumi---which is much like the Meiwa. I have really enjoyed this guys channel over the yrs and was a member of the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers Association for a few yrs. But he really disses these---not sure why. I love almost all of them & don't really get the bitterness--minus the Nagami, which is usually too tart. I can even pop my Eustis Limequat whole, as it is NOT quite as sour as a regular lime. They are sour but tolerable---and very tasty. They as also very healthy, with the combo of rind & pith...
got that straight up forest whitaker eye on that limequat
Having had limequats, lemonquats and mandarinquats... I still prefer standard nagami kumquats for eating (the rinds are amazing). Limequats / lemonquats are very sour but good for cooking IMO. The hybrids that I had all had some sort of bitterness to the rind which I find much less appetizing.
Just a heads up, you got the Fukushu(Changshou) and Indio mandarinquat switched in your taste test.(The one you called Fukushu is Indio and vice versa)
It might be worth correcting in the description so people don't search and buy the wrong one.
Thanks for the nice videos.