Home of the orange, nectarine, tangerine and lemon. Big globes of beautiful oranges and ‘easy peelers’ hang wonderfully heavy in the South African sunshine. From here, Martin and his wife export oranges all over the world: Russia, US, UK, Maldives and Europe. There are a lot of variables in the growing of a crop: time of year, water and windows of trade across the world. It’s also labour intensive to harvest the crop – much of it at height. The fruit tastes wonderful straight from the tree. There is a way to peel an orange: cut the top and bottom off. Score the peel in segments around the circumference, peel, scrape the pith away, eat and enjoy. Next time you’re in a supermarket, remember there is no difference in taste between those oranges with perfect appearance and those with blemishes. The only difference is the price we pay.
oranges straight from the tree - mmm. Lovely. When i was in the USA , Josie's mum had a grapefruit tree in her back garden which was great too. The best we can do is our own home grown raspberries but they are good also. All part of God's bounty. Love Mum/Pam xx
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed Citrusdal and Clanwilliam. The people are very different from Cape Town. Farmer country. Martin and Rojeanne are lovely. Went to theirs for a Braai which was different to normal. He dug a pit and lit a bonfire and cooked over that. I was amazed when he asked how I liked my steak. It was also the place we ate Kdu and lambs' tails. Hope you softened them up for our visit. Glad to be taking Annie back again.
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ReplyDeleteIs that Jan showing you or Martin? We did it for a while then went back to thumbs and fingers.
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