How to Eat a Kumquat | What do Kumquats Taste Like

[@JD-nd1oz]

Bought some kumquats to try this unusual fruit. Had to KZbin to find out what to do and found this channel. Yes, tart juice then followed by burst of sweetness as you chew the peel. Loved the experience. I will definitely buy these again. Thank you👍🏻🙂

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome JD Glad you found them and bought them to try and liked them. You are welcome and thank you for watching the video!

[@mrc2432]

Same ! I just brought some to see if like them because I want to buy a kumquat tree for my backyard.

Same here!!! Thanks!

[@andreapike5265]

I live in AZ and have two kumquat trees. We eat them, raw, make curd, marmalade, jam, roast them and use in salads, on oatmeal, etc. It can be an acquired taste. The sour is balanced by the sweet peel. Best yet, the tree yields fruit from December and I'm still picking in late April. I love this little beauty.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome, I live in AZ as well. So many uses for kumquats. It is one of my favorite citrus.

[@andreapike5265]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt In about fifteen minutes I have a brown turkey and a black russian fig being planted.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@andreapike5265 Awesome!!! Figs grow so well here. And taste amazing!

[@MalkaDion]

My favorite plant as a kid was the little kumquat tree growing in our Tampa backyard. We used to eat these little guys directly off the tree. I still love them today and find that they are most plentiful (in the Midwest, where I live today) at the Asian markets around the time of the Chinese New Year. I have been told that the golden fruits are reminiscent of gold coins and symbolize good fortune. (I have not verified that, but that's what I heard.)

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!

[@theunexpressedable]

Just as you described, I think they are like little baby oranges in my mouth! Delicious 😋

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Glad you tried them and liked them! I got more today haha.

[@shneya]

You look so happy eating them 😀

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

I was! haha, I really like them.

[@JudyRuthReed]

We have kumquats on our farm in Misiones province, Argentina. We enjoy eating them like you were doing in the video. We also made some marmalade with them. Tasty! We also used them as a filling in a bread roll. We enjoyed your video.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!

[@Emma-vm9wp]

I love your videos on different types of fruit. I haven’t had these since I was a kid, same as the Sharon fruit. By showing how you prepare and eat them you really encourage me to go and try them as an adult. Your clips are just the right length and straight to the point. Have you done star fruit and lychee’s? If you show us what to do with them I’ll go buy some 👍

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Hi there, thank you so much! :) Yep I have done a star fruit video, here it is :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX7ZYZ6Da8-AhLc And lychees are awesome! I did videos for Rambutan and Longans as well, which are cousins of the lychee, I haven't done a specific lychee video yet though.

[@martinadirusso9478]

Very nice explanation, my daughter had a tree in Florida. I was scared to try one. Maybe now i will.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thank you! Yes give one a try! :)

[@darleneb9365]

I live in Arizona and have a Kumquat tree plant in my yard and I eat them whole with seed and all so good. Tart yet good!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome! I live in AZ too. :)

[@elissarose1794]

Never had it before but saw it in the grocery store today, I bought it and cant wait to try it hehe

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome, Elissa! Let me know if you like them or not.

[@samdav7998]

I read somewhere says you have to roll the kumquat between two fingers with a bit of a squeeze to soften the skin and to get the nice aroma out before you eat the fruit.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You can definitely do that! I don't do that and I have eaten a ton of them, but yes if you roll them you will loosen it up a bit and release the smell. Hopefully you get to try them sometime.

[@karenrom1513]

Hi Matt. I absolutely love Kumquats! For some, it’s an acquired taste. I love biting into one and tasting that sweet, sour and sometimes a little bitter skin. Definitely one of my favorite fruits.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

So awesome, Karen! I just made a marmalade with my leftovers, so yummy.

[@karenrom1513]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt , a Marmalade with Kumquats! That sounds delicious!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@karenrom1513 It is very yummy. :)

[@karenrom1513]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt just curious how the taste compares to a regular orange marmalade. I guess depending on how much sugar you add they taste similar.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@karenrom1513 they taste similar for sure, but I think kumquat marmalade is better. :) Probably since the peel is already better/sweeter to begin with. Since you actually eat the kumquat peel raw. But it is made pretty much exactly the same way as Orange marmalade is.

[@blazeplayz227]

I've been trying to figure out if I have tried them so I wanted to compare what I remember of my experience with what you say and I have had them, definitely my favorite citrus

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!! One of my favorite citrus as well.

[@amandawallis9883]

I was given some that was candied and they are so nice ,punch of flavour.I was a bit sceptical at first but I love this fruit.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!!

[@ronallens6204]

​@@inthekitchenwithmatt have tried these twice... years ago bought some, dry and wthout flavor... bought some this year, dry and flavorless and the skin was on the bitter side... i am told they come in tart and sweet varieties, ifnthey do i have not found them yet

[@ronallens6204]

How do you tell ripe ones ?

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yeah the ones I buy are always both tart and sweet and full of flavor. But it never says the variety on the packaging just the name of the fruit. @@ronallens6204

[@khunpingpong]

i try the chinese one lately and amazingly the inside also sweet. the skin look thicker and no orange sags inside. it looks round not oval. The skin or peel looks smoother than normal, totally different from regular kumquat i tried all over the world.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Interesting!!

[@khunpingpong]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt btw, we really enjoy your vid. very interesting. greeting from Thailand.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@khunpingpong Thank you! And thank you for watching in Thailand! :)

[@raymcfarland6840]

I have never tried them, but I am going to give them a try now

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome, Ray, let me know how you like them. :)

[@EstherCole]

I'm loving your content. Got some kumquats today and wanted to know more! I'll definitely get more!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thank you so much! Awesome! I just bought some last week and have been eating them, finished the last of them this morning for breakfast. So good!

[@CeedeeLambProdzzzz]

I tried the kumquat with my little brother definitely one of my favorite citrus

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!!

[@bonniewilkes3708]

Great video, We are doing a taste test at school, looking forward to how the students react.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thank you!! :)

[@jcnurse]

I have a potted Kumquat tree that I originally thought when I bought it was a dwarf orange tree. LOL I just started getting fruit this year. Definitely a different taste than an orange.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

That is awesome you have them! I want some! haha. I might just get one for my patio. I have been waiting until I get a yard.

[@thomasarcturus8947]

This video is very convincing.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thanks!

[@PetrasCauldron]

We bought a tree and now we have fruit up to the " jing-jang" ❤ love to snack on them and even my Bullmadtiffs " steal " the fruit and eat them 😂 great , super healthy snak,and the tree grows like crazy here in.centeal Florida ! Great video also , thank you

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!! And you are very welcome! So many great fruits grow in Florida.

[@SarahSherman-di7ku]

Just bought a mini kumquat on a whim 😊 we will have to see

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Let me know if you like it or not.

[@SarahSherman-di7ku]

@inthekitchenwithmatt it's the actual mini tree so might be awhile 😄

[@Vonbon0_0]

I’ve never had these before!!! They look so yummmm!!! You make them look delishhhh, can’t wait to try ittttt!! 🤤🤤🤤

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Definitely try them sometime!

[@jaimeiswithnintendoswitch3766]

i hope to try these possible cousins of orange. Seems good to help people rest too.

[@i8dpie]

Thanks so much, I never knew kumquats could be so delicious.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You are welcome!!

[@kimberlysilva9526]

I love going to the Mekong Plaza!! H Mart is another favorite store of mine!!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome! Same with me, I go to both locations fairly often.

[@platterhof]

I have 4 kumquat trees in my garden :) Love to eat them :P

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

So awesome!! :)

[@ningningvivi4595]

Hi Matt... This is my first time watching your Video, I really love the way you present and talking so friendly and you eat looking so yummy 😊 and for sure I will follow you from now (I live in Laos country)

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thank you so much! :)

[@AnneHarris3772]

I used to eat a lot of kumquat when I grew up in Florida.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

That is awesome, Sherrie!

[@mooninlibra3207]

Very nice. I've tried them, my daughter loves them 🙂

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome! :)

[@jeannereneelespade4295]

I have never tried a kumquat and would love to though

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

They are so good! Hopefully you get to try it sometime.

[@snowypanther4625]

I love kumquats they are so good

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yes, they are awesome! One of my favorite citrus.

[@RoyArrowood]

I used to go to Mekong plaza when i lived in Tempe. Now i live in Florida and found out i have a Kumquat tree in my backyard

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!

[@dinahdmm6766]

I tried my first kumquat today delicious!!!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!! :)

[@situationroom3090]

Just trying right now!!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Cool!

[@CarolinOelschlegel]

Yum! They taste so good!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yes, do good!

[@shabik355]

We make Indian pickle with these which is delicious!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Nice!

[@EarthFarm9]

We just posted a 60 second video on our page showing our kumquat tree in zone 8a of north Florida!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Nice!

[@alitenan]

Hmm delicious... I feel it

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Thanks!

[@tobiasbauer198]

Very delicious fruit. 5/5

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Delicious indeed!

[@denisemarch287]

Thank you

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Welcome!

[@coolstuffs3433]

Could you by any chance do how to make the best flapjacks because all of your recipes are so delicious 😋 but don’t worry if you can’t also I rlly like your biscuit\cookie recipe it’s rlly good 😌

[@coolstuffs3433]

What I don’t know you

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

hello! I already have a video for flapjacks. :) here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fboZuMmrZ8hJI&pbjreload=101

[@coolstuffs3433]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt oh really thanks 😊

[@coolstuffs3433]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt oh wait I just realised that where you live you call them different things in England a flapjack is something with portage oats butter sugar golden syrup

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@coolstuffs3433 You are welcome!

[@fredericktice6218]

Thankd Matt

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You are welcome!

[@marienicholson7891]

I found a quam kwat tree but I am not sure if it really is one.certainly looks like the fruit but the tree branches and leaves were quite prickly. I tried tasting one but the skin texture is a bit rough. Is this normal.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Take it to a fruit tree nursery, they can identify it for you.

[@shworth]

This dude loves kumquats

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

They are really good!

[@Usertfders]

I had a tree for years and now I can't stop eating them.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome!! Yeah I love them, one of my favorite citrus!!

[@zamarion101]

If they just taste really really bitter, are they just not ripe or something? I've gotten some from various places but they all taste extremely bitter to me

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yes, they could just not be ripe. But even when really ripe the inside will be tangy and the peel will be the sweeter part.

[@zamarion101]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt awesome :) because right now the peel is the bitter part!

[@jillyjill2060]

I never had one sounds crunchy

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

They have a little bit of crunch to them, because you eat both the peel and the inside.

[@platterhof]

citrus inside and licorice outside :) Funny taste

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yeah, I love the taste.

[@carsonmeyer1677]

Kumquat very good

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Yes it is!

[@Lulusalal]

I think these are rare in the United States

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Depends on where you live. They grow a lot of them in Florida. We had them in California as well where I grew up.

[@aprillord-brown432]

To verify: the peel doesnt taste like orange peel?

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

No it doesn't taste like orange peel, it does taste like citrus, but as you chew it the peel becomes sweeter. And it is extremely thin the peel.

[@tcct01]

I just discovered your channel and these fruits today; this video is a great summary! Also, are you aware you share your name with another KZbinr? Techmoan, real name Matt Taylor, is from England and makes excellent videos about hard to find and discontinued electronics. Check him out, especially if the topic interests you!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Awesome! And thank you. hahaha cool. Matt Taylor is a great name! lol

[@jodykurt9935]

This video is missing an important part. You must vigorously rub fruits skin after washing. It releases the bitter oil and makes more palatable

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You can do that if you want, but it isn't a must.

[@TEXAS2459]

wait so u can eat them WHOLE??!! 😯😯😯😯 so u telling me all these years i was not trying them just because i thot they were too much work for too little squeeze!!!! OOHHHH MMMMMYYY JEEEEZZZZ!!!!! i now feel cheated, robbed, hurled, quite possibly bamboozled!

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

haha, yeah try them whole sometime.

[@TEXAS2459]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt i legit didnt know that we can consume it whole and so i was not buying them outa laziness & imagined costs. I am now gonna jump onto them like a leopard. (and now that i realize , i am wondering as to why did i never care to google it at all....like 6 yrs and no google/youtube search, omg)

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@TEXAS2459 haha yeah, it would be such a pain if you had to peel those little things just to eat it. I think it is the only citrus that you eat the peel as is. IT is tart at first and as you chew it becomes sweeter. I love tart and sweet so these are so awesome. Let me know after you try them!!!

[@TEXAS2459]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt yup, looks like an excellent food/snack for sugar cravers like me. Even better as a post workout food. Because it looks like a lot of fibre & vitC proportion compared to the sugar portion. I bet there gly-index is safe.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@TEXAS2459 Indeed!

[@DepartmentofWackyIdeas]

I turn my kumquats into kumquat "cello" - @​

[@youknow1334]

That sounds amazing!

[@martincortez4956]

Limit of eating these per day?

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Just like any fruit you shouldn't overdue it each day. A handful a day is fine.

[@martincortez4956]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt i ate like 30 pieces is that bad, thats why I ask what number.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@martincortez4956 There is no set number. How do you feel today? haha

[@martincortez4956]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt I was worried but I’ll be okay lol Na thanks for the help, great video

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@martincortez4956 You are welcome!

[@Rebecca-zr3lu]

Blessings in abundance. Thank you Lord for these fruits. I learned about them from a kids show long ago and me and my then husband both asked what they were??? Puzzled. Years later you blessed me with them. I’m eternally grateful. Thankful. You heard us, I am convinced. Thank you for the fruits of righteousness. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior??? I do. Thank you Lord for all things. Made me smile. 😊 I’m appreciative. 😊

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Glad you liked the video and this fruit.

[@TheToothfairie]

3 minutes talking before you even start to show how one would eat them. What a load of crap

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Learn some freaking patience and actually learn something. All that information is about the fruit!! If you can't handle a 6 minute video stick to KZbin shorts and TikTok. Seriously

[@TheToothfairie]

@@inthekitchenwithmatt "How to Eat a Kumquat" title is therefore misleading if you take 3 minutes rambling in my opinion

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@TheToothfairie And that is exactly what I showed AFTER talking about the fruit where it comes from and the nutritional benefits. Like I said be patient and actually learn something. And no it is NOT misleading at all. If you lack patience for learning new stuff as I said previously stick to shorts and TikTok.

[@Anthony90977]

Romans 10:13 ESV [13] For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

[@asto-1255]

A 6 min video on how to eat it, video starts at 3 min, he eats it at 4.5 mins. Thanks for that waste of time 😮

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You need to be patient and ACTUALLY learn something. If you can't sit through a 6 minute video stick to SHORTS or TikTok. It is obvious that being 6 minutes it was going to have MORE information, you could see the time length BEFORE even watching it. Seriously. No the video DOESN'T start at 3 mins. Just because you don't care where they come from or where they grow, where to buy it or what the health benefits are, doesn't mean other people won't care. Learn some patience!!! Did it ever occur to you that many people don't even know what it is, especially people who might be subscribed to my channel??

[@sbbs_]

ফালতু ভিডিও, যা খাচ্ছেন তার নাম কী? ফল টার নাম গু ফল, বা বমি ফল?

[@minghei2010]

感謝你的分享 ，thanks for your sharing.

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

You are welcome!

[@Ezra5782]

OMG I JUST TRIED IS IS SOUR🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭😭

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

Some of them can be more sour than others. Glad you tried it! It is one of my favorites!

[@Ezra5782]

Oh it is ur favorite

[@inthekitchenwithmatt]

@@Ezra5782 One of my favorite citrus fruits