I've been so lazy this weekend. I wanted to try something new and fun that required little energy, and finally decided on trying out this recipe for kalamansi soda.
1. First I squeezed the juice of three kalamansi limes into a glass. I then added 3 tsp sugar and a few drop of soda water, stirring until the sugar was completely dissolved.
2. Next I filled the the glass to half-way with more soda water and then added ice until the soda reached the top of the glass. I used a fourth kalamansi, cut in half, as a garnish.
This was really refreshing and cool -- just the thing for a hot and lazy day like today.
Comments
One of the great drawbacks to living in Seattle: no kalamansi.
Also, it's hard to find a kosher deli.
Posted by: john patrick | May 21, 2006 12:39 AM
JP: don't feel too jealous. I think I probably have the only kalamansi in town and the Jewish delis here are bland and overpriced. BTW I've heard that kalamansis grow pretty well inside.. you might try?
Posted by: Evil Jonny | May 21, 2006 08:28 AM
Hi EJP :)
was blog-hopping from another food blog and stumbled upon your site. I'm a Malaysian student in Melbourne and looking at the photos on your site has made me homesick!
But kudos to you coz it looks like u've nearly mastered our Msian dishes ;) Have you ever been to Msia btw?
Posted by: N | May 21, 2006 08:57 PM
Hi N: never been but I'm dreaming about it every day. Malaysia is currently my #1 dream destination. Thanks for your kind words!
Posted by: Evil Jonny | May 21, 2006 09:05 PM
was blog -hopping from my friend's blog from Guyana "Café créole "and how fun it was to read again about these kalmansi beauties , my friend made a FRuit sirap with it ....but no kalamansi i PROVENCE (any seeds JOn?)
garance
Posted by: garance | May 22, 2006 04:46 AM
Hi Garance,
I will save some kalamansi seeds for you and include them in the package I send to you. Looking forward to our trade!
Posted by: Evil Jonny | May 22, 2006 06:49 AM
Does everyone call it 'kalamansi'? I do, but I'm Filipino, that's our word!
I imagine the French must have seen kalamansi in Vietnam... but I've spent some time in Garance's neck of the woods, and I've never seen them there.
The closest I get to kalamansi are the imported Capri-sun style drinks in a baggie I can get at the japanese store. And as for Jewish delis... well sometimes I just want a salty pickle.
Speaking of that, I tried to make the Japanese style cucumber pickle; soaked pickling cukes in salt water overnight with a splash of vinagre. They were good! Especially since I sliced up a jalapeno to pickle in there with it.
Yah, I was out of kim chee....
Posted by: jp | May 25, 2006 12:41 AM
JP: I'm so jealous. I have a whole book on Japanese pickling and I've never gotten around to it. Partially out of laziness and partially because if I exert any pickling energies, I'm always going Korean. Did the pickle slices wrinkle up nicely?
Re: kalamansi, I have a feeling that most none Filipinos refer to it as Calamondin Orange. Personally I I like the name kalamansi -- it's just more fun, isn't it? See http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/calamondin.html
Posted by: Evil Jonny | May 25, 2006 06:40 AM
kalamansi in filipino, calamondin in english...
the nice thing about this hardy plant is that you can just grow it in a pot inside your house...
kalamansi juice..yum...
blogging from manila! cheers!
Posted by: j.c. | July 30, 2006 11:14 AM