Yuzu is a citrus fruit native to East Asia. It’s a rare find
in the western world; I’ve seen it for sale in England (at an outrageous price)
but not in the US. It’s illegal to import fresh yuzu, though I’m told it’s
cultivated domestically. (You can probably find it in California. Everything
grows in California.) I’ve never eaten yuzu, but I once tasted an overpriced bonbon
with a yuzu-flavored center. It had very lemony-limey-grapefruity vibes. Yuzu has
an important place in the winter solstice celebrations in Toji, Japan. This
weekend, Japanese will toss yuzu into their bath water to refresh body and soul,
to ward off illness, and to soothe dry skin. Some alert zookeeper in Japan once
noticed capybaras (huge rodents imported from South America) also like a hot yuzu
bath. So, the caged creatures in Japan will enjoy a citrusy soak this weekend
as well. I’ll have to be satisfied with a lemon bath bomb.
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