There’s a local organic farm that has a lime kumquat growing in their hoop house. I would like to try one, but I’ll be damned if I’ll pay them a whole $1 for one (yep, fewer than two) kumquat.
My father loved kumquats. Insisted that we have them on the table every year at Thanksgiving! Almost left us the year they were replaced by pickled watermelon rinds!
Mmm, kumquats! I can’t get them as much anymore, but I used to always carry a few in my coat pocket when traveling at Christmas. Bring good luck. Yeah, I’m weird…
I just bought kumquats simply because I saw them at the grocery store. Thought I’d try ’em. Really sweet and yet very, very tart/sour. An odd experience indeed.
allen@home over 2 years ago
I’ll take your word on that Earl. Never had a kumquat.
monkeysky over 2 years ago
Can you really eat kumquat skins? I always assumed they were just a small citrus.
Ratkin Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’ve had one. Didn’t like it.
Wilde Bill over 2 years ago
It sounds like Earl has been reading Calvin and Hobbes. That’s exactly the kind of mind-trip his dad would use.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
There’s a local organic farm that has a lime kumquat growing in their hoop house. I would like to try one, but I’ll be damned if I’ll pay them a whole $1 for one (yep, fewer than two) kumquat.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
I think my favorite animal is the honeydew melon.
Zykoic over 2 years ago
We had a kumquat tree. I would eat so much my teeth got etched a bit. Sadly we live to far north now to grow citrus.
Doug K over 2 years ago
How about a Kiwi as a favorite animal?
[For some, it can be a bird – for others, a fruit.]
Sanspareil over 2 years ago
Eric Burdon was my favorite animal!
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Kumquat Preservation League does not approve today’s cartoon.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Kumquat?…. Kumquat? I have heard of those but never ate one.
posse1 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Kumquat is in Get Fuzzy today too…weird.
well-i-never over 2 years ago
Do they roam in herds or are they solitary?
gpurdum8 over 2 years ago
Today must be kumquat day in comic land. Get Fuzzy was using a kumquat as part of his ferret alert system, thought it was an orange.
trainnut1956 over 2 years ago
I know nobody who has ever eaten a kumquat…
Wirepuncher over 2 years ago
For the longest time my mother thought kumquat was one of my dad’s dirty words.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Earl needs a hearing aid….
nyscotsman1 over 2 years ago
My father loved kumquats. Insisted that we have them on the table every year at Thanksgiving! Almost left us the year they were replaced by pickled watermelon rinds!
mrsdonaldson over 2 years ago
A long time ago, I had friends who had a kumquat tree. They were tasty little critters.
ANIMAL over 2 years ago
He just LOVES messing with Nelson..!!!!!
monya_43 over 2 years ago
When I ate some kumquats, they were too tart for my taste.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
The kid is thinking (or soon will), “I bet his favorite fruit is okapi.” :)
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
Earl you are a Pearl!
kaycstamper over 2 years ago
Too high in carbs for diabetics/Keto at 3 per tiny little fruit https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/what-is-a-kumquat/
Snuffles [Previously Helikitty] over 2 years ago
That’s a fruit.
KEA over 2 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5AjSGrZbxw
zeexenon over 2 years ago
This old geezer prefers the avocado aphrodisiac qualities.
momofalex7 over 2 years ago
I like loquats better. They remind me of apricots.
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
Kumquat, to Earl: “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!”
SeaDragon over 2 years ago
I love kumquats! But I haven’t seen any in the grocery stores in years and I no longer live near the friend with a kumquat tree.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 2 years ago
The tree in my front yard still has quite a few. Good too.
PaintTheDust over 2 years ago
Mmm, kumquats! I can’t get them as much anymore, but I used to always carry a few in my coat pocket when traveling at Christmas. Bring good luck. Yeah, I’m weird…
edeloriea14 over 2 years ago
Kumquats are in the vegetable department, although it’s really a fruit.
comicalUser over 2 years ago
I just bought kumquats simply because I saw them at the grocery store. Thought I’d try ’em. Really sweet and yet very, very tart/sour. An odd experience indeed.