He aha nā Kumquats?

Peheaʻoe eʻai ai iā lākou?

Inā nohoʻoe a iʻole paha i kipa aku i kahi māla ulu e like me Kaleponi a me Florida, hiki paha iāʻoe ke hele i kahi lāʻau nui me nā mea e like me nā mano o nāʻano liʻiliʻi oval. Eia naʻe,ʻaʻole nō he alani, akā naʻe, he kumukū:ʻo ka lālā keu loa o kaʻohana ulu.

I kēia manawa, inā paha uaʻikeʻia he'enekema e like me Citrus aʻaʻole paha iʻoi aku no ka hakakā. Kū'ē kekahi mau mea ola lāʻau lāʻau e pono ke hoʻokaʻawaleʻia lākou e like me Foselila ma ka loaʻaʻana o kekahi mauʻano liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā kumquet a me nā hua huaʻala'ē aʻe.

Eia naʻe, mai nā kumukū a me nā kaona likeʻole e like me nā kūpuna a hiki iā lākou ke kauwahi i nā papa heluʻelua e hoʻohanaʻia me ka loli.

Hiki paha i nā Kumquats keʻano nui loa o ka hua ulu lāʻau,ʻaʻole wale no ka nui, akā no keʻano o kāuʻaiʻana. Mākaukau nā Kumquats e hele i ka wā e huki wale akuʻoe iā lākou mai ka lāʻau aeʻai. ʻO kaʻiliʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele kahi kahi e waiho ai ke kō, aʻaʻohe meaʻawaʻawa. ʻO kaʻiʻo ka nui, ka waha, me kaʻono. ʻO nāʻanoʻano,ʻoiai kekahi manawa he mea iki iki, heʻuʻuku a he meaʻai.

No laila he aha nā kumquts i hoʻohanaʻia? Hoʻohana ka hapanui o nā kānaka no kumquat marmalade e hoʻohanaʻia e like me ka hoʻolahaʻana, aiʻole no ka kukeʻana a me ka hana kuke. ʻO nā mea'ē aʻe eʻoki wale iā lākou a hoʻonui iā lākou i nā salama. He nui nā māhele e paʻi a mālama iā lākou i ke sukakai, paʻakai, aiʻole ka vīnega a hoʻohanaʻia e like me nā meaʻai no nā mea'ē aʻe. ( E huli i nā hoʻohana hou aku !)

Ma ka'ōlelo Haina a me Vietnamese, ua'ānai pinepineʻia nā kumuketena me ka meli, ke kuʻi, a me ka paʻakai a lilo i mea no ka ho'ōlaʻana i ka anu a me ka maʻi.

Aia nāʻano he nui o nā kumquats, a ua kāʻiliʻia kekahi mauʻano likeʻole o ka citrus mai ka kumqut:

ʻEleʻele aiʻole Meiwa Kumquat: ʻO kēia mau hua liʻiliʻi he poepoe like ia, e like me nā pōhaku nui, a he peʻe gula keʻokeʻo. ʻO ke keʻo o kaʻiʻo kaʻoi aku o ka momona ma mua o ka nui o nā kumquts.

NāʻOmi aʻo Nagami Kumquat: ʻO ke kumquat maʻamau loa.

ʻO kēia mau hua liʻiliʻi he'ōlinolino, kokoke kokoke i kaʻaina kala keʻokeʻo. Pili lākou no kā lākou meaʻono.

Ka Kumquat ma Jiangsu: Uaʻoi aku keʻano o ka'onila ma mua o ka Nagami, ua manaʻoʻia kaʻono ka haʻaheo ma mua o nāʻano'ē aʻe.

He Kumukena Huʻupuʻu Kanalima: ʻO kēia a puni,ʻo ka squaqua kumquat he chimera o ka Nagami. Ua hoʻopuniʻia nā hua a hoʻoponoponoʻia e ko lākou mau'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo e holo ana mai ka piko a hiki i ke kumu o ka hua. ʻO ke keʻa ka like me ka nagami.

Mandarinquat: ʻO ka Mandarinquat kahi cross i waena o kumqut a me mandarin. ʻO nā hua e like me nā'āpana liʻiliʻi a me nā mea liʻiliʻi. E like me ka kumqut, hiki keʻaiʻia a pau. Akā naʻe, heʻano liʻiliʻi ka pilina a he nui nāʻanoʻano.

Limequat: Ke ala i waena o kahi kīmole lime a me kum kumt. Nui loa kaʻona me kahi'āpana liʻiliʻi. Hiki keʻaiʻia kēia mau mea. He meaʻono loa kaʻili, me kahi manu a me kaʻiʻoʻiʻo e like me ka lime. Ua hānaiʻia lākou e Walter Tennyson Swingle i ka makahiki 1909.