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Sunday, October 21, 2007

A What? No Really, A Tangawhat?

I have another Epcot story to tell. This is particularly appropriate because I just today understood a lesson that I technically learned when I was there. I previously shared the story of my last full day in Orlando, when I went to Epcot, chickened out at Mission Space, then went on Soarin' and a few other rides and then saved face by finally going on Mission Space right before I left that day.

In between losing and saving face, or more specifically after we went on Soarin', my cousin suggested going on a ride called Living with the Land which was located in the same building. I immediately breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the boat for the ride did not have any safety restraints. Lack of safety restraints is the best evidence that a ride is safe! The second best evidence is that both newborns and the elderly can ride it. It was the opposite end of the spectrum from Mission Space. That in and of itself was reason enough to go on it. Plus, it bought me time since my family had already casually inquired a few times whether or not I would like to have another go at Mission Space. You can now understand why I immediately seconded my cousin's suggestion to go on it, even though I knew nothing about about Living with the Land (or at least the ride).

Shortly after our boat took off, we saw a sign posted on the wall that warned that if you got out of the boat, you would be escorted out of Epcot. I really wish I had had my camera on me. My cousin and I got a good laugh out of the sign. We figured that some people must have decided to goof off and climb out of the boat just because it went so slowly and there appeared to be "sidewalks" beside the whole ride. However, as the ride continued we understood why Disney discouraged wandering.

The ride took us through the Epcot lab where they experiment with different ways to grow produce. We passed fruit that just looked perfect! We also saw produce that was a bit more unique. For example, I saw that the Mickey Mouse-shaped pumpkins that could be found all over Disney were actually real pumpkins that had been grown in Mickey Mouse face molds, not fake pumpkins like I had thought.

When we drove by one particular fruit tree, my cousin gasped with excitment. She said that she would consider getting kicked out of Epcot to take one of the fruits because they were that good. The conversation went something like this:

AE: What fruit is that?
AE's Cousin: T blah blah
AE: What?!
AE's Cousin: T blah blah. Haven't you ever had one before (said with an incredulous look on her face)?
AE: (With an incredulous look on my face) No, I have never even heard of them before.
AE's Cousin: They taste sort of like sweet grapefruit.

Then this past Friday I had the following conversation with a friend of mine who is a gourmet chef:

AE: I bought this fruit that my cousin raved about. I'm going to try it later.
Gourmet Chef: What is it called?
AE: I can't remember, but I recognized the name when I saw it at the grocery store. It starts with a T. My cousin says it tastes like a sweet grapefruit. It looks like a weird orange. I probably never bought one before because I assumed it was an orange that had some weird genetic engineering going on with it.

Well, of course the name wasn't on the sticker, but after doing a google search for fruits starting with "T", I was able to find it. I immediately emailed my friend. I understand that she had the following conversation with her wife:

Gourmet Chef: Alex just got T blah blah for the first time.
Gourmet Chef's Wife: What is that?
Gourmet Chef: The fruit T blah blah.
Gourmet Chef's Wife: What?!
Gourmet Chef: T blah blah. Haven't you ever had one before (presumably said with an incredulous look on her face)?
Gourmet Chef's Wife: (Presumably with an incredulous look on her face) No, I have never even heard of them before.
Gourmet Chef: They taste sort of like sweet grapefruit.

This led to yet one more conversation over this fruit.

Gourmet Chef: It's a tangelo!!! How have you never had one before. Wait, a minute my wife just said she had never heard of them either. They're really big in California which is where I'm from, but I guess they're not as popular here.

For the record, I really enjoyed the tangelo, as did my younger son. They're a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit or a pomelo.

Alex Elliot's Cousin's Lesson Learned: Tangelos are delicious.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 6:47 PM   8 comments
8 Comments:

  • At 10/21/2007 8:46 PM, Blogger Jodi said…

    I hate that ride. I think it's so boring.

     

  • At 10/21/2007 9:17 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    My husband and I laughed during that ride because we saw, of all things, CORN. Um. Yeah. We can see that out our front window at home!

     

  • At 10/21/2007 9:30 PM, Blogger SUEB0B said…

    Tangelos are one citrus fruit I cannot stand. They just aren't enough of anything. Of course, this is coming from a woman who eats less than an orange a year.

     

  • At 10/21/2007 9:40 PM, Blogger super des said…

    Tangelos are my among my fave fruits! I love them.
    Yeah, I guess it is a CA thing, though I have had them in NY!

     

  • At 10/21/2007 11:03 PM, Blogger VDog said…

    Hahaha, that's hilarious. Totally ordinary for this CA girl. I usually pass them by for the minneolas.

     

  • At 10/22/2007 6:45 PM, Blogger Count Mockula said…

    I second (third?) the California thing. I was expecting something exotic, and then I was like "Oh, a tangelo."

     

  • At 10/22/2007 7:32 PM, Blogger soccer mom in denial said…

    Yup. I like tangelos. I can get them at our local market. Not as yummy as other citrus but still good.

    T blah blah.... giggle.

     

  • At 10/22/2007 8:35 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    You are hilarious. I used to eat tangelos all the time as a kid. I buy them now, too. I thought they were crosses between tangerines and oranges, though.

     
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