I Like my Oranges Bloody

Suddenly, it’s springtime in Brooklyn. The daffodils popped up this weekend, and now the cherry blossoms are coming out. The sun is shining, and deceivingly warm so as soon as I walk out of my apartment I realize I don’t need my jacket at all, and yes, I need sunscreen instead. A celebration is in order to truly mark the beginning of warm weather.
This week, thanks to Quinciple, I got my hands on some amazing blood oranges from Bernard Ranches in Riverside, CA. Bernard Ranches is a small organic family farm (only 50 acres), and their blood oranges are to die for. Blood oranges traditionally come from Italy, but can now be found growing in places like California and Florida. You might think that the blood orange is a variety in itself, but there are actually more varieties than you can count on one hand, and they vary in redness of the fruit meat as well as color of the rind. The blood oranges that I got my hands on were the most succulent and juicy oranges I’ve ever had, with meat so deep red it looked like, well, meat! And the rind, a beautiful orange with a blush of red.
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