Friday, December 31, 2010

A new year full of vitamins!




As I was in the 7th arrondissement at the marché rue Cler, I stumbled upon this stand of bright orange Clementines. Knwowing that I over indulged myself this year at Christmas (as always), I picked some up. In France we eat these during the Christmas season and winter months. I love them because they are
seedless, sweet, juicy, and packed with vitamin C and the fiber content helps fill you up and satisfy hunger! Some believe that it was Father Clement, an Algerian monk, who discovered them in the mandarin garden at his orphanage and named it clementino. Others claim that the Clementine originated in China much earlier and then migrated to the Mediterranean.

26 comments:

  1. Happy New Year, Eric!

    Thanks for your inspirations.
    To follow your blog is a pleasure.

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  2. Bonne Annee everyone!
    Orange ya glad its 2011!

    *<8^) (smiling party hat guy)

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  3. Happy New Year! I have been following your blog daily for about 6 months and thought I should comment. I love your work and your observations of Paris. I have only spent 1 week in your beautiful city - in a wheelchair, no less, and I fell totally in love with it. I cannot wait to visit when I can walk around and see more of it.

    (And no, as some Parisians asked me, I did not plan to come to Paris with a broken leg. I broke it in Normandy, spent 3 days in the hospital in Cherbourg and then visited Paris - my poor husband lost 10 pounds that week lifting my wheelchair up and down the curbs of Paris.)

    Your blog has provided untold pleasure to me - I look forward to clicking on it every evening to seeing your newest photo and comment. Have a happy new year!

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  4. Happy New Year! I have been following your blog daily for about 6 months and thought I should comment. I love your work and your observations of Paris. I have only spent 1 week in your beautiful city - in a wheelchair, no less, and I fell totally in love with it. I cannot wait to visit when I can walk around and see more of it.

    (And no, as some Parisians asked me, I did not plan to come to Paris with a broken leg. I broke it in Normandy, spent 3 days in the hospital in Cherbourg and then visited Paris - my poor husband lost 10 pounds that week lifting my wheelchair up and down the curbs of Paris.)

    Your blog has provided untold pleasure to me - I look forward to clicking on it every evening to seeing your newest photo and comment. Have a happy new year!

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  5. Thanks Eric for this, and for providing us all with our daily 'fix' of Paris throughout the year. I hope your 2011 is wonderful. Bonne Annee!

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  6. @Carrie...groan ;-)
    I was expecting a chorus of "oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin' Clementine"

    Happy New Year everyone!

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  7. WOW what a bright and healthy sight these clementines are.
    I have been eating tons of these the past month - but I'm not sick of them yet.

    HAPPY NEW YEAR to you Eric and all the lovely PDPers. It's a daily pleasure to meet all of you here and I can't wait for the next picnic (a date soon PLEASE).

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  8. Zesty! Though having just opened a box of orangettes I bought in Monoprix in November I am quite enjoying the vitamin / chocolate combination as they are delicious .

    With lots of love and very best wishes for 2011 . Thanks again for making me star for a day on PDP after my bike ride . A real treat.

    Looking forward to my daily visits to my favourite city in 2011

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  9. regardless of origins, they are a vibrant fruit for a vibrant season. Happy new year eric and thankyou for our daily dose of paris. My most favorite place in the world.

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  10. I must admit I've never tried one but they look delicious.
    It's 12:37am Jan 1 2011 here. Happy New Year to all PDPers. I'm looking forward to 365 more beautiful photos from Eric :)

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  11. My son's eyes grew VERY wide when he saw this picture. He loves clementines, and pretty much any other fruit he can get his hands on. lol What a cheery way to end the year!

    Happy New Year, everyone!! I'm celebrating with homemade pizza and movie night with my family this year. Can't wait! :)

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  12. What a Great photo ! Vitamin C prescription is a good idea during the Winter season! Plus eating Clem's from the Alps, Eric, certainly count more!!
    May I wish you a very nice New Year's Eve! It's almost time to get ready to celebrate in France. I know some countries have already made it but not France yet! 6 hours again in 2010 and I'm tking the advantage to say a huge thanks to you Eric for all you have done for us here! That was a fabulous year once more and I'm looking forward to the next 365 new days and photos from you, like Debs and like many more.
    For my part, tonight is going to be very quiet as usual (descente aux flambeaux, feu d'artifice, diner léger mais de fete et champagne pour Minuit quand même tradition:))
    Thanks to your blog, we've kept in touch and that's a real blast following you each day :)

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  13. Happy New Year to the lovely PDP family, and a grand merci to Eric for creating this community and giving us all our daily dose of Paris.

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  14. Well, wherever they came from, they're delicious and nutritious ... and colorful too!
    Bonne Annee, Eric (et j'espere te voir a Paris en 2011)!

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  15. Yes, you are right this is a traditional fruit in the Asian countries during the winter months and holidays. Asians will buy small trees with this fruit and put it in their homes or work places. More commonly, they put the fruit in a bowl before their Buddha in their home or work place.

    Happy New Year Eric!

    Happy New Year to the PDP community!

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  16. A zesty beginning for a new year. Sweet, aromatic, and juicy. Nice to feel, smell, taste: enjoyable for many senses. But messy and with a bit of acid. If you're careless, a squirt will stain or make your eye water. Like love.

    Bonne Annee to everyone.

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  17. Bonne annee Eric! Happy new year everybody!

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  18. Happy New Year, Eric! I enjoy your photos so much and look forward to them each day.

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  19. mm and orange is my favorite color... which one shall i have?

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  20. Hmm after seeing this photo I had to get myself a bag! Happy New Year Eric!

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  21. wow..great and healthy vitamins suggestions are there..
    keep sharing good things to friends...i like this way of thinking.

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