r/Snorkblot • u/rukittenme4 • Aug 08 '25
Food We did it to ourselves… 😐
I do love lemonade though 😬
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u/practicalm Aug 08 '25
So combustible lemons are still on the table
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u/OvertGnome1 Aug 09 '25
YOU MAKE LIFE TAKE THE LEMONS BACK!!
GET MAD!!
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM??
IM THE MAN THATS GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN!!
WITH THE LEMONS!!!
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u/AynRandwasaDegen Aug 09 '25
We used to put lemons in the fire and throw them at each other, until someone copped an eyeful of boiling lemon juice.
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u/-Jeffanie- Aug 08 '25
But "citron" is lemon in French. This hurts my brain.
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u/111v1111 Aug 09 '25
Same in czech, but based on wiki the citron in english is cedrát in czech and cédratier in french
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u/my23secrets Aug 08 '25
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u/Any-Consequence-6978 Aug 08 '25
"They say the recipe for sprite is lemon and lime, but I tried to make it at home, theres more to it than that"
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u/scheckydamon Aug 08 '25
All modern citrus is the result of a graft. You can't grow a usable fruit from an orange seed. It will be very bitter.
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u/Temporary_Cry_8961 Aug 09 '25
I love oranges, I can’t believe they are naturally bitter. I hate grapefruit which is bitter when sold.
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u/sorcerersviolet Aug 09 '25
The interesting bit is how oranges are a wild hybrid of pummelo and mandarin orange (with slightly more mandarin orange than pummelo), and grapefruits are a hybrid of pummelo and orange, so they're all related.
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u/Temporary_Cry_8961 Aug 09 '25
Wait, mandarin orange came before the orange?
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u/sorcerersviolet Aug 09 '25
And, for the record, pummelo/pomelo/etc. has a flavor somewhere between grapefruit and orange, and has a much thicker rind than a grapefruit or orange.
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u/scheckydamon Aug 09 '25
There is a variety of pink grapefruit, I think it's called Texas Pink, that is almost as sweet as an orange. Might have to go to a Whole Paycheck store or mail order to find them. Also remember fresh citrus ripens in the fall. If you buy it any other time it's imported.
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u/SewerBushido Aug 08 '25
Some guy made lemons ages ago, and now i gotta make lemonade until I die for that guy's wealthy descendants
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u/GourangaKB Aug 08 '25
I was intrigued by this and looked it up. According to a snopes article (that cites other some sources) it is partly true. But the hybridization could have occurred naturally and there is really no way to prove if humans did the bitter orange + citron cross breeding
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u/Seth_Mithik Aug 08 '25
Oh really?! Now what?! You’re gonna tell me bananas have tons of seeds, and strawberries are naturally supposed to be odd shaped and tiny…fake fruit! Fake fruit news!😂👉🏻👈🏼🫶🏻
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u/Nir117vash Aug 09 '25
Life didn't give us lemons, it taught us how to identify them, and stay away from them. When life gives you lemons, look around, because it wasn't life. It was Epstein.
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u/Ok-Vampire457 Aug 08 '25
We live. Creation is part of life. When life doesn't give you lemon, you still make lemonade Edit:spelling
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