Comments on: Florida Oranges — Eat ‘Em Like a Native

By: Kristina Yang

Kristina Yang — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:24:31 +0000

This is a cute story. I am a native Floridian and never heard of anyone drinking or eating an orange that way. However, my ex-boyfriends family owned a grapefruit farm in Sebastian, which is also in Indian River County. Once when we stopped by he pulled a grapefruit off the tree and cut in the same manner(He too always had a pocket knife, I guess from growing up on the grove.)He told me it was something he learned from his father and the workers. It was something they always did if they were thirsty and wanted a real fresh drink to quench their thirst other than water. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. This is a good story memory that reminds of the good side of the ex-boyfriend, pretty funny.

By: Nina

Nina — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:19:57 +0000

mmmmm… sounds tasty

By: Merrie Lee Reese

Merrie Lee Reese — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:19:40 +0000

Oh, yes! Juice down the chin, too. Thanks for the great Florida memory.

By: pathom

pathom — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:55:12 +0000

Jan, this is such a great memory and story! I really enjoyed reading it.

By: Jan Norris

Jan Norris — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:49:16 +0000

Florida tree oranges aren’t pretty — but they outdistance anything I’ve tasted from California by miles. I’ve always found it weird that we sell U.S. West Coast fruit here.
I much prefer the little juice oranges, especially for my mom’s orange cake and other baking.

By: GPrimm

GPrimm — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:40:08 +0000

I’m a Florida native and have never heard of that method. But it looks cool and practical.

We had an orange tree in our side yard. Don’t know the type, but they weren’t pretty like store oranges. BUT they had the sweetest juice you can imagine. We’d cut them in half and use an old hand-pump juicer to get every bit of juice out.

Before the Interstate and Turnpike were built, we’d head up U.S. 27 through citrus country with the windows open, breathing deep and enjoying the sweet scent of blooming oranges. Beats any fancy perfume on the market.

By: chazpbg

chazpbg — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:15:38 +0000

What a beautiful piece of writing! Thanks for sharing.

(Kinda reminds me of how Gholam once described eating a mango: “The only proper way to do it is hovered over the kitchen sink.”)

By: ksteinhoff

ksteinhoff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:06:25 +0000

Nice ad. Shows that you don’t need dancing bears and all kinds of slick promotion to get your point across.