Kumquats yog cov qoob loo tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm Dade City, Florida.
Kev lees paub los ntawm Florida's Sports Coast
Tau ntau tshaj li ob xyoo lawm, lub kumquat - lub npe hu ua "lub pov haum kub me me ntawm kev lag luam citrus" - tau kav loj tshaj plaws hauv Dade City, Florida Asmeskas. Founded hauv 1971 hauv Florida's Sports Coast, nws boasts qhov loj tshaj plaws concentration ntawm kumquat growers thiab cov khoom manufacturers nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws, thiab yog lub tsev rau lub Txhua xyoo Kumquat Festival.
Haiv neeg rau Suav teb, kumquats muaj lub ntsej muag nyias, qab zib thiab lub zesty, me ntsis tart chaw. Ib yam li txiv hmab txiv ntoo, kumquats tuaj yeem noj tag nrho, tev thiab tag nrho. Muaj plaub hom kumquats, ob qho uas tau cog thiab sau qoob loo hauv Florida's Sports Coast - Nagami thiab Meiwa. Tsis zoo li lawv cov txheeb ze, cov txiv kab ntxwv, kumquats yog ntau lub paj, tso cai rau cov neeg cog qoob loo kom sau ntau zaus thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo thaum lub Tsib Hlis thiab Lub Cuaj Hli.
Thaum Nagami kumquats tuaj yeem loj hlob thoob plaws hauv Florida, lawv tsim cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo loj dua thiab muaj kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Pasco County vim cov av xuab zeb raws toj roob. Nagami's tartness ua rau nws zoo tagnrho rau kev ua noj thiab ua marmalade thiab jellies. Meiwa kumquats yog rounder, thiab hu ua "qab zib kumquats." Lawv muaj ob peb cov noob thiab noj tau zoo tshaj plaws, tab sis lawv yog qhov tsis tshua muaj kev lag luam nrhiav rau kumquat lovers.
Cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo lub cim tsw lends nws tus kheej li ib qho qab ntxiag ntxiv rau ntau cov tais diav, khoom qab zib thiab zaub xam lav, thiab nws tuaj yeem ua candied lossis kabobbed; Nws tseem yog ib qho nyiam rau jellies, jams, salsas thiab chutneys. Kumquat enthusiasts kuj paub tias cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo saj zoo tshaj plaws thaum nws maj mam dov ntawm cov ntiv tes ua ntej noj mov, raws li nws tso cov roj yam tseem ceeb hauv rind.
Ua kev zoo siab rau nws 26th iteration thaum Lub Ib Hlis 28, 2023, Kumquat Festival tau tshwm sim los ntawm tsev neeg txoj kev hlub rau cov citrus me me. Tsev neeg Gude, tus tsim ntawm Kumquat Growers, Inc., yog cov neeg ua liaj ua teb thib plaub thiab thib tsib hauv Florida uas tau nyob hauv 1883 hauv zej zog tam sim no hu ua St. Joseph, lovingly hu ua St. Joe.
Thaum lub sijhawm, cov neeg nyob hauv feem ntau loj hlob txiv pos nphuab, citrus thiab zaub, thiab tsa tsiaj txhu. Xyoo 1914, Gudes pib loj hlob kumquats. Niaj hnub no, St. Joseph tau lees paub tias yog "Kumquat Capital of the World."
Cov neeg tuaj saib rau lub koob tsheej tuaj yeem ua piv txwv ntau yam ntawm kumquat culinaria, los ntawm npias mus rau jams, salsa thiab lwm yam kumquat-flavored lossis infused khoom. Tab sis cov neeg coob coob nyiam yog, thiab tej zaum yuav ib txwm yog, Rosemary's kumquat ncuav qab zib.
Rosemary Gude's Famous Kumquat Pie rau ntawm qhov chaw ua yeeb yam txhua xyoo Kumquat hauv Dade City, Florida.
Kev lees paub los ntawm Florida's Sports Coast
Keeb kwm tsim los ntawm Rosemary Gude, nws tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg tuaj koom Kumquat Festival, mus txog qhov raug xaiv los ua lub ncuav qab zib ntawm Pasco County.
Qhov kev tshwm sim pub dawb tau txais tos ntau dua 20,000 tus neeg tuaj koom ib xyoos ib zaug, suav nrog cov neeg nyob hauv zos los ntawm Tampa Bay thiab cov nroog ib puag ncig nrog rau cov neeg ncig tebchaws caij ntuj no thiab cov neeg taug kev niaj hnub nrhiav kev ua koob tsheej rau ntau yam, kev ruaj khov thiab qab saj ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntxim hlub.
Adam Thomas, tus thawj coj ncig xyuas tebchaws ntawm Florida's Sports Coast tau hais tias "Lub Xyoo Kumquat Festival yog ib qho kev lig kev cai zoo tshaj plaws los pib lub Xyoo Tshiab hauv Dade City." "Qhov kev tshwm sim no yog txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws kom tau txais kev saj, ob qho tib si lus thiab piv txwv, ntawm keeb kwm ntawm peb lub nroog thiab ntawm cov haujlwm tseem ceeb uas Kumquat Growers ua hauv Pasco County."
Lub koob tsheej tseem ua haujlwm ua lag luam tsom mus rau cov lag luam hauv zos, muaj ntau dua 450 tus neeg muag khoom.
Frank Gude tuav ib lub thawv ntawm kumquats ntim los ntawm Kumquat Growers, Inc.
Kev lees paub los ntawm Florida's Sports Coast
Hauv cov tebchaws Esxias, kumquats muaj keeb kwm tau muab los ua ib qho khoom plig ntawm Lunar Xyoo Tshiab. Hauv Cantonese thiab Mandarin, lub npe ntawm tsob ntoo suab zoo li lo lus 'zoo hmoo', cim cov nyiaj npib kub thiab yog li kev vam meej. Cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo me me no tau coj txoj kev vam meej rau cov zej zog ntawm Pasco County. Ntawm Kumquat Festival, cov khw muag khoom dai kom zoo nkauj hauv cov ntsiab lus tau txais kev tshoov siab kumquat tau ntim nrog cov khoom plig tau tshoov siab los ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo zoo.
"Tau ze li ntawm peb lub xyoos dhau los, peb lub zej zog zoo tau lees txais kumquat raws li nws tus kheej, thiab peb tos ntsoov yuav sib koom ua haujlwm hnyav thiab khoom noj qab haus huv uas cov neeg cog qoob loo kumquat hauv peb cheeb tsam ua kom lub koob tsheej no tshwm sim," said John Moors, Tus thawj coj ntawm Greater Dade City Chamber of Commerce.
Cov neeg tuaj koom peruse txhua xyoo Kumquat Festival hauv Dade City, Fla.
Kev lees paub los ntawm Florida's Sports Coast
Ua ntej xyoo no lub koob tsheej, cov neeg tuaj yeem tuaj koom lub rooj sib txoos qhib ntawm lub tsev kumquat packing tsev. Ntawm no, cov qhua tuaj yeem kawm txog keeb kwm thiab keeb kwm ntawm kumquat, txaus siab rau kev ncig xyuas lub tsev ntim khoom thiab kumquat grove kom paub txog cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo hauv nws qhov chaw nyob.
Lub 2023 Kumquat Festival tshwm sim rau hnub Saturday, Lub Ib Hlis 28, 2023 thaum 9 teev sawv ntxov txog 5 teev tsaus ntuj hauv plawv nroog Dade City, Florida.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2023/01/18/how-the-auspicious-kumquat-became-the-star-of-a-florida-county-festival/