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Tropical Citrus at the Chef’s Meeting

Yes, the season of luscious, local raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, and plums is over, over, over.  Mary Ellen of Charlie’s Produce brought a few cases of very special exotic citrus to this week’s chef’s meeting to show the chefs how they could put a little tropical sunshine on their menus with variegated pink lemons (photo left), Buddha hands (photo right), kaffir limes, kaffir lime leaves, yuzu lemons, and finger limes. When you cut a finger lime open, the sparkly little juice sacs look just like pearls of caviar!

November 18th, 2010

3 Responses to “Tropical Citrus at the Chef’s Meeting”

  1. BTP Says:
    November 19th, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Love those Buddha’s hands! Prime Meats makes a killer Buddha’s Hands bitters that they use in their house Manhattan.

  2. Shelley Lance Says:
    November 19th, 2010 at 11:36 am

    That’s fascinating, Brad! I’ve been wondering what the heck you can use the Buddha Hands for!

  3. sean Says:
    November 24th, 2010 at 6:44 am

    more info on finger limes in L.A. times food section from NOV 12.

    http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-marketwatch-20101112,0,3880474.story

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