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Blood Oranges? - 4/19/2008 6:41:49 AM

spiritchsr1

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Just recently I went shopping at our local farmers market and I found something new in the way of oranges that I've never seen before. They are called blood oranges. They have a deep redish color to them on the inside, and an orange skin on the outside. I have not tried them yet. They don't look very appetiizing.

Does anyone know anything about this type of orange?

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RE: Blood Oranges? - 4/19/2008 8:09:49 AM

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They're not a new fruit ~ they've been around decades.

They are divine. They're sweeter than many regular oranges. I can't get them for much of the year (they're very seasonal and the seasons over now

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I've noticed that many retailers call them 'blush oranges' or 'ruby red' oranges ~ I suspect something to do with the word 'blood' not going down too well

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Oh, and while many of them do have red peel and flesh, there are many which look very like ordinary oranges (but they taste different).

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RE: Blood Oranges? - 4/19/2008 11:11:45 AM

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They are great in salads and you can add other things to the juice for the dressing.

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RE: Blood Oranges? - 4/20/2008 11:31:46 PM

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Oh I love those red oranges. There are more sugary than the regular ones. Equally, there are red grapefruit as well which I also love more than the regular ones. So go for it, try them. They are really tasty!

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RE: Blood Oranges? - 4/21/2008 11:10:12 PM

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Oh, yes! These are VERY yummy! I bought some unknowingly not long ago (they look like typical oranges from the outside) and they were very sweet and had a grapefruit-y flavor. Yum! I think at our grocery store they were marketed as "ruby reds".

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RE: Blood Oranges? - 4/22/2008 12:44:35 PM

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As nearly everyone had already said, they are sweeter than the average orange.

I'm not a fan of them, but they do bring a different flavor to the mix of orange types if you like to mix-n-match.

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