Is anyone familiar with a citrus fruit called “limaquat”?

I found limaquats on sale at the store, got a little bucket of them and ponder what to do with them now.
They look (and the name suggests this, too) like a lemon-kumquat hybrid and are unwaxed, so I’m thinking of candying them or making marmalade.
Any experience with this or other ideas?

lem monade
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mickle
mickle February 11, 2014
Glad you liked my suggestions; will try to find a reference for my favorite Morrocan shrimp
 
LeBec F.
LeBec F. February 10, 2014
lem, where are you and where do they come from? thx
 
lem M.
lem M. February 10, 2014
I am in Vienna, Austria, and the limequats were grown in the region of Murcia, Spain, from where – together with southern Italy – most of the citrus sold in central europe comes.
 
mickle
mickle February 10, 2014
I forgot to add that your idea to candy them is great, too!
 
mickle
mickle February 10, 2014
It is a cross between a lime and a kumquat and supposedly more flavor than a lime although, I have not tasted one. How about using for one or more of the following: substitute in key lime pie, a mojito, make. Preserved limaquat using a preserved lemon recipe to be used in future recipes, Moroccan shrimp, a spritzer with vodka and sparkling water, etc
 
lem M.
lem M. February 10, 2014
Thank you so much, these suggestions sound perfect (moroccan shrimp?!) and I might have to try out each and every one of them – just started with an after-dinner gimlet (vodka's not my poison), which is absolutely delicious. They do have a lovely balance of acid, the mellowness of lime juice and that punchy, slightly bitter flavour of kumquat zest.
 
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