February 5, 2011
Send Dramatic Fruit Baskets..Send Blood Oranges
Blood oranges are the most exotic of all the oranges and make an exciting and unusual fruit basket gift . They get their name from the almost gem like ruby red or brownish-red color of their flesh. They have an equal amount of eye appeal as the decadently lush juice has for taste. They are in short, the best orange available during their season.
The blood orange makes a huge display when it is arranged as a fruit gift . The skin is a bright orange made even brighter if it was on the tree when the nights becomeed to cool down. Cut one open and the incredibly rich smell will tantalize you and start you salivating. When you bite into one of these, just give into it, you’re going to be hooked . Bloods have a deeply rich orange flavor and the only subtle part of this fruit is a hint of raspberry taste .
Because they are so rich in taste , and their appearance is so dramatic, they are very popular for dressing up both salads and meats. Sliced wedges tossed with greens or circling a platter of pork tenderloin add a distinctive look as well as taste .
If you have a friend who enjoys sauces, the blood orange will be a real treat for them. likely the simplest and easiest meat sauce conceivable is microwaving a few tablespoons of orange marmalade and then tumbling in sliced wedges of the blood orange. Bold and tasty . It makes great chutney, and if you want a real change, it makes a fun salsa as well .
And of course there is the juice. If you want to add a real zing to your daily OJ, mix in the juice of a blood orange and add ice. Fair warning although, you’re likely to go through withdrawal attacks once you run out of these amazing midsized citrus.
Exciting food isn’t the blood orange’s only specialness. The dark red color of the interior is caused by an abundance of a pigment known as anthocyanin which is an super mighty antioxidant. Antioxidants ensure free radicals which are responsible for the formation of abnormal cells found in cancer. The anthocyanin coupled with the vitamin C and beta-carotene found in the fruit provides excellent prevention of cancerous cells.
Arrangements of fruit baskets are special in themselves but a gift of blood oranges makes it even more so. Do a friend a favor, or better yet, do yourself a favor and get a fruit basket full of blood oranges today.
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Article contributed by Hale Groves, providing fresh fruit baskets, gift baskets and Florida oranges and citrus, including delicious navel oranges, honeybells, ruby red grapefruit, valencia oranges, tangerines and more! Visit HaleGroves.com for more information.
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