- I have a big bag of kumquats and no idea what to do with them. We tried eating them raw but they are horrid.
- I don't like making or eating marmalade at the best of times, and I think making it with teeny, tiny kumquats might send me over the edge.
- Check out this recipe. The writer de-piths and de-seeds the kumquats before turning them into marmalade. Once I'd seen how tiny the kumquats were, and how many of the little blighters there were in my bag, this task seemed truly epic and way beyond my levels of patience or enthusiasm.
- A friend suggested turning them into a compote, with almonds, which sounded nice. And simpler.
- But kumquat compote (try saying that quickly) sounds to me like marmalade in disguise.
- Another friend suggested adding them to vodka.
- But I don't really like vodka either.
- The BBC Good Food website - my failsafe recipe search engine - has just three recipes involving kumquats. One of which uses a single kumquat as a garnish.
- I was wondering if the hens would eat up the kumquats for me. But I suspect not.
- Any other suggestions of what to do with them would be VERY gratefully received.
