I bought these at Seafood City (Chula Vista location) several days ago. They were only $2 + for a small tray. I ended up cutting them in half and squeezing the juice into an empty ice cube tray. The seeds were removed of course. After I freeze the cubes, I put them in a ziplock bag and use them whenever I need to use a splash of citrus in recipes. I've used a bit of this in adobo before and also in my sinigang. I've also used it for a snack recipe, "Adobo Flavored Pecans" (that stuff is good, I tell you!). Ironically, the link to my recipe post shows photos of limes being used instead of kalamansi because I couldn't find any at Seafood City in December. My parents have a tree in their back yard but it didn't bear a lot of fruit this year. We also have a tree which seems to be in arrested development - there were only 5 or 6 fruits this summer. It's not often that I can find these fruits in the store. Too bad I don't know anyone else (other than my parents) with this fruit tree and I could get it for free! I could hit up all my friend's parents' backyards though!...."Excuse me Uncle (or Auntie), but can I have some of your kalamansi? Oh yeah, while you're at it, can I also have some kamote, ampalaya, eggplant and sili leaves?"
Update - While looking up the Kalamansi entry on Wikipedia, I also looked up related links and saw this recipe for pie using the Kalamansi juice. Here's the recipe here. The author's blog has lots of healthy recipes, as she is a vegan. I need to start eating more healthy! Now, I have an excuse to use that freshly squeezed kalamansi juice.
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Hey CC - I have never had Kalamansi. Will have to seek them out and the recipe you suggested. And I love the Iron Maidens stuff....very cool!...
michael
just go to any filipino food market like seafood city (locations in south chula vista, national city and mira mesa)and you can get kalamansi juice or concentrate. Sometimes you will see it is spelled with a'c'). if you're lucky like i was that day, you might find prepackaged kalamansi fruits in trays.
Hey, ya! I just discovered your blog through Captain Jack's site ... I'm loving it--keep up the good work! P.S. Thanks for the review on Celadon ... I have yet to visit the new location, but I already miss the unpretentious ambiance when they were on University.
hi LMC!
Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind words and also for linking me!
i'd like to go to Celadon again, but yeah, their new ambiance is so not Thai! hope you don't mind that I link your blog as well! : )
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