I have some beautiful orange trees. The blossoms are lovely, and the trees are just loaded down with fruit in the winter. But there’s a problem. We can’t eat the fruit. It’s not because I’m allergic. I absolutely love oranges. The problem is it is bad fruit. They are sour oranges, also known as bitter oranges. I’ve heard of people using them to actually make things. Maybe a weird version of lemonade but with sour oranges, or maybe using the peel in something. We’ve tried. But honestly, they are so bitter, that for a decade, they have just sat. Useless. A decade has come and gone watching those beautiful trees. They really are lovely. My daughter said the other day it reminded her of life of a Floridian. She’s not wrong. But the problem is that she will never eat the fruit from those specific trees. If she did, she would immediately spit it out and her lips would pro...
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