Citrus

| Ingredients  | Fruit

The citrus fruits are semi-tropical fruits that are usually eaten raw without the peel. Shavings from the peel, called zest, are sometimes used in cooking. The juice has various uses, especially as a beverage.

Types of citrus fruit include:

• kumquat - often eaten whole, and somewhat frequently cooked
• orange - popular as juice, fresh fruit, and marmalade
• lemon - used for lemonade and to make foods sour
• lime - often substituted for lemon
• grapefruit - popular as a breakfast food
• tangerine - like an orange, but sweeter and easier to peel
• ugli fruit - like a huge and ugly tangerine
• pummelo - huge mild-tasting predecesor to the grapefruit