FOOD TRIVIA: The Orange Fruit and the Color Orange.

The color orange was introduced into English through the Spanish word "naranja", which is the Spanish used for the fruit we know as the orange. The word "naranja" was derived from the Sanskrit word, "naranga" meaning "orange tree". The English dropped the leading "n" and from the word "naranja" and, eventually, the word "orange" evolved as the English name for this fruit. Around the 16th century, the word orange started being used not only to describe the fruit but, also, to what we know now as the COLOR orange. Before this, orange as a color, was not in the English vocabulary. Prior to this change, the English referred to what had become the color orange, as "geoluhread"  which translates to "yellow - red"."

COOKING TIP: How to Keep a Lemon After Zesting

If, after the zest from a lemon has been taken off and you are not using the zested lemon for its  juice immediately, it can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for, at least, three weeks with little loss of juice.