Every backyard must have calamansi, I think.

Yes. Bhem, drink a cup full of calamansi without water, for maximum effect. That is what the anthroposophic doctor told me.

@JustBhem Indeed, Bhem. Isn't it great our good God has provided us the natural remedy! A classmate from Australia arrived and narrated to me her physical ailments and her husband's, too. She felt they are living on borrowed time. So they are making the most happiness out of positive thoughts and herbal healing. Her daily concoctions include brews of baby mango leaves as tea, with bay leaves (laurel). Really, she appears spirited and very beautiful. I told her we are all on borrowed time. Only our God decides how long we live and when we die. Keep the flu out. I am sneezing my self. Sigh. We don't need viruses at all.

@eileenleyva That will boost my immune system and will keep me away from flu.

That is sad.

That's to bad I hate plants that are hard to care for.

Little citruses for fruit juices. High Vitamin C. Good for cooking and sauces.

@eileenleyva So they are like a lime?

Particularly where in the US?

@CaptAlbertWhisker Do something about promoting it then. You can educate people to use the fruit in their juices and dishes. One person at a time. Anger gets us nowhere. You have to affect people one person at a time.

@eileenleyva California and Florida. They just used it as decorations. They make it ripe and safe its baby orange. They wont eat it, they will just let it rot. They use it in flower arrangements. the waste of food makes me angry.

Calamansi is mainly for juice but we use this for cooking. Most popular is the Bistek or beef steak. Sirloin strips cooked in soy sauce, calamansi, onions and black ground pepper. Try it. You will love it very much. I did hear of a bartender story, an unknown bartender who participated in an international competition. Everyone was good, except that this Filipino brought with him calamansi and put the juice on the tip of the wineglass. The judges were bewildered with the taste. He emerged the winner.

@eileenleyva That was very clever of the chef. Other chefs always like something a bit different

@JudyEv Yes, it was clever of him. That also paved the way for him to further his bartender career. I did sit in one of classes. He was very grateful to the lowly calamansi.

A citrus fruit.

@Teekaaa I was uploading the picture and mylot shut down on me thrice. I had to reset the internet. I am sorry.

@eileenleyva thanks for adding the picture!

I think the calamansi is a tiny cousin of the lemon.

Hanni, calamansi is a juicy citrus fruit. The Vitamin C in calamnsi is very high that it takes only some five or six calamansi and one gets the necessary dose for the day. Usually, people do mix juices with the calamansi but my people love to invent new viands, so we use calamansi for beef steak and barbecue grill, plus, a side sauce, mixture of which is soy, chili and calamansi.

@eileenleyva Sounds very interesting eileenleyva.

What happened to your tree?