Tu B'Shevat is a wonderful holiday for tasting new and interesting fruits. We'll be sampling many in the weeks ahead. Maria kindly brought in some kumquats for us to try last week. Maria's timing was wonderful as kumquats are a fruit traditionally eaten during Chinese New Year (which we were discussing that day), symbolizing prosperity for the new year. We have also been learning that it is traditional to taste fruit that grows on trees during Tu B'Shevat and kumquats are a tree fruit! We looked on the map to see three places we're pretty sure people might have been eating kumquats that day - Israel, China, and Needham!
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