One more three things
This is the last one in my queue, but I'd be happy to do more if anyone has any!
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umadoshi:
Citrus: The only citrus fruit I will eat raw are satsumas/mandarins/super-sweet tangerines, but I love the scent of all citrus oils and will also drink almost any in juice or soda form (except for pure grapefruit juice, which is much too bitter for me). Whenever I have to peel or juice a citrus fruit, I enjoy the way the smell lingers on my fingers. My favorite fun fact about citrus is how they've been created via hybridization. Pretty much every citrus fruit we eat is descended from a cross-breed of two others. One of my favorites is the Meyer lemon, a cross between Eureka lemon (i.e. a regular lemon) and satsuma. I don't know how familiar people outside northern California are with Meyer lemons, but they grow readily here. They're a yellow-orange color, have very thin rinds, have an almost floral note to the scent and taste, and are just a bit sweeter than the usual bright yellow lemons. I have multiple friends and family members with trees in their backyard, so we usually end up with at least one big bag at some point during their season. This year, we discovered a recipe for making candied slices, which also created a wonderful and delicious syrup. If you like lemons and/or oranges, I definitely recommend giving Meyer lemons a try if you ever come across them.
Umbrellas: I hate umbrellas. I own one, which lives in my car in case of emergency, but I find them unwieldy and troublesome if there's even the slightest breath of wind, which in San Francisco there almost always is if it's raining hard enough to need one. I wear raincoats with jackets instead, and most of the time that's perfectly adequate.
Masks: My main experience with masks is Halloween. When we were small, we would go to the store and pick our commercial costume with its big plastic mask to wear trick or treating. I remember buying these costumes, and wearing them, but I don't remember which characters I chose, except for the one year it was Wonder Woman. I was into the Superfriends in those days, so Wonder Woman was the obvious choice. The other one I can clearly picture is the Pac-Man costume my youngest brother wore, maybe in the same year, maybe a different one. I do remember that the plastic masks were uncomfortable, and hard to see out of, and the elastic that held it on my face grabbed at my hair. When I got a little older and started making Halloween costumes out of old clothes we had around the house, I abandoned the masks and was glad of it.
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umadoshi: Citrus: The only citrus fruit I will eat raw are satsumas/mandarins/super-sweet tangerines, but I love the scent of all citrus oils and will also drink almost any in juice or soda form (except for pure grapefruit juice, which is much too bitter for me). Whenever I have to peel or juice a citrus fruit, I enjoy the way the smell lingers on my fingers. My favorite fun fact about citrus is how they've been created via hybridization. Pretty much every citrus fruit we eat is descended from a cross-breed of two others. One of my favorites is the Meyer lemon, a cross between Eureka lemon (i.e. a regular lemon) and satsuma. I don't know how familiar people outside northern California are with Meyer lemons, but they grow readily here. They're a yellow-orange color, have very thin rinds, have an almost floral note to the scent and taste, and are just a bit sweeter than the usual bright yellow lemons. I have multiple friends and family members with trees in their backyard, so we usually end up with at least one big bag at some point during their season. This year, we discovered a recipe for making candied slices, which also created a wonderful and delicious syrup. If you like lemons and/or oranges, I definitely recommend giving Meyer lemons a try if you ever come across them.
Umbrellas: I hate umbrellas. I own one, which lives in my car in case of emergency, but I find them unwieldy and troublesome if there's even the slightest breath of wind, which in San Francisco there almost always is if it's raining hard enough to need one. I wear raincoats with jackets instead, and most of the time that's perfectly adequate.
Masks: My main experience with masks is Halloween. When we were small, we would go to the store and pick our commercial costume with its big plastic mask to wear trick or treating. I remember buying these costumes, and wearing them, but I don't remember which characters I chose, except for the one year it was Wonder Woman. I was into the Superfriends in those days, so Wonder Woman was the obvious choice. The other one I can clearly picture is the Pac-Man costume my youngest brother wore, maybe in the same year, maybe a different one. I do remember that the plastic masks were uncomfortable, and hard to see out of, and the elastic that held it on my face grabbed at my hair. When I got a little older and started making Halloween costumes out of old clothes we had around the house, I abandoned the masks and was glad of it.
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I also hate umbrellas. I can never hang onto one, and the winds here often make it useless. I prefer a rain poncho, so it covers my backpack.