Moro (Blood Orange)
Physical Features
Sicko Department
The Moro is another Italian blood orange. The skin of the orange is colored red, which is usually a sign in nature that the animal, insect or fruit bearing that color. Are these oranges warning us off? Have they chosen the red coloring as a passive aggressive sign that proclaims "Humans! Beware! One day we shall choose the path of blood in vengeance for our Kin!"? All we know is that we won't know what they will do until it's too late.
Excerpts from Macbeth:
From Act II scene iii:
From Act V scene v:
Macbeth: Liar and slave!
Messenger: Let me endure your wrath, if't be not so:
Citrus: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy describes the flavor of blood oranges like this: "The juice flavor of blood oranges is a pleasant surprise to most palates. There is the familiar citrus tang with a hint of raspberry." Ah, to have analyzed the taste of blood! And to have found it palatable! You are vampires, all of you! I call the Arizona sunshine down upon you!
Sweet Varieties ***** Sour Varieties ***** Blood Varieties Facts immediately after the orange type have been unmercifully ripped from Richard Ray and Lance Walheim's Citrus: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy from Horticultural Publishing Co., Inc. Facts used in the ranting paragraphs after the basic description are all true and from Citrus: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy, except for those obvious bits that are the Erin-madness. |
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