subject: What Is Wrong With Orange Pie? [print this page] We have orange marmalade but not lemon jelly, lemon jelly roll desert but not orange roll desert. We have lemon bars but no orange bars in sight. Orange trees and lemon trees grow side by side, they are both citrus, both delicious and both make us feel refreshed and ready to go, but why are the products that come from each so different?
A good guess would be that lemons are tart and sour while oranges are sweet and juicy. But one would think they would be pretty interchangeable if more sugar were added. Let's contemplate what they have in common. They are both fruits, both citrus, both round and fairly small although I guess technically lemons are oval. Both are juicy and when cut on the cross section look similar. Both make delicious juice, although sugar is needed for the lemonade. Why isn't orange juice called orangeade? There is Minute Maid; I guess that is where the name originates. Orange soda reviews are favorable especially among children and teens. Orange soda is also an ingredient in such orange wonders as smoothies and orange Jell-O. Which brings us to Jell-O salads; we have both lemon and orange varieties.
When it comes to candies lemon and orange are often packaged together with equal billing; Skittles, Nerds, Lemon and Orange Heads, jaw breakers, Smarty's, Pez, are a few favorites. There seems to be no prejudice when it comes to orange and lemon candy.
Orange and lemon, lemon and orange, they grow side by side in Florida, California and most of South America. Equally juicy, equally nutritious with vitamin C and other nutrients. We flavor fish with lemons, Mexican food with lemons and limes, but no food flavored with orange unless you count orange rolls, but no lemon rolls. We have lemon poppy seed bread but no orange poppy seed bread. Again, why the exclusion? I think it is time to take this serious problem into our own hands. Don't let tradition rule your taste buds. Make orange seed bread, put lemon jelly on your bread. Drink lemon juice for breakfast skip the orange juice and next time you want pie, make orange meringue pie!
