love that winter citrus!

I recently discovered this Asian fruit. It's very similar to a grapefruit, but sweeter and not quite as bitter and it is very juicy. It's called a Pomelo. At first I thought it was a Mexican fruit because of how it was displayed in the grocery store, but I was mistaken. I couldn't believe its size! When I looked it up, one site claimed they can get as large as a basketball...imagine! They are quite tasty (if you like grapefruit). They are rather difficult to peel because they have such a thick, spongy rind, so cutting through the membranes and slicing off the pithy areas works best. I love winter citrus...oranges, lemons, tangelos, and now pomelos...I tend to discover new things that people have known about forever, so this may not be news to you, but I was pretty excited. One can never get enough vitamin C in the winter months. Oh, and about the lemon in your water at restaurants...check this out. Perhaps it is best to add lemon to your water when you are home!

Sidenote on Homeless Project: Earl and I keep missing each other, but I now have a contact (via Craig's list) in TN helping me locate his family and she seems to think we are close. I've been told he is communicating better. I've made Valentine's Day our goal to get him home and I have his traveling expenses covered (he just doesn't know it yet). Yesterday everyone was subdued, they lost one of their own to alcohol poisoning and it was a shocker for me. Her name was Rose and when I first met her I noticed she didn't look like any of the others. Her face was not weathered and her teeth were taken care of...she was in fact a very beautiful lady. She became depressed at Christmas and began drinking, didn't stop and died on Monday. Sad story. A wasted life, and everyone will shuffle around and continue to drink. I despise alcohol, but more than anything...I wish humans weren't so weak.