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California Most lemons in the US are from here!

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California Most lemons in the US are from here!

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The top producers in the world are:
Lemon (and lime) production, 2020 (in millions of tonnes)

India | 3.7
Mexico | 2.9
China | 2.7
Argentina | 1.8
Brazil | 1.6
Turkey | 1.2
World | 21.4

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Mostly Black Sesame seeds

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Sudan Leading Sesame Producer in the world

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Sudan Leading Sesame Producer in the world

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Semi arid climate-Hot all year round with wet summers.

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China produces more garlic by far than any other country in the world-more than 7x the next country on the list India. China produces about 80% of the world's garlic-most of it in Shandong Province. Shandong has a temperate climate, in between the humid subtropical and humid continental  zones with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and rainy (except for a few coastal areas), while winters are cold and dry. This seems somewhat close to the climate of its origins.

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Mediterranean Basin-Still the home of the Olive

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Mediterranean Basin-Still the home of the Olive

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The top 10 olive producing countries are all in the Mediterranean. Spain leads the way with almost 6 million tons of production predicted for 2023. Olives clearly still thrive in hot, dry summers and mild winters. Olives are also grown in South America, China and Australia.

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75% of the world's chickpeas are grown in the states of Northern India including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. Most of northern India is a humid sub-tropical climate subject to monsoon rains. But Rajasthan, a major chickpea producing area is semi-arid.

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I started making my own at home, once I moved to Chelsea. There were no restaurants or stores where I could get it the way I liked it. As far as I can tell I am the first person in my family to make it myself.

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Naomi's Kosher Pizza & Falafel, Main Street, Queens, NY

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Naomi's Kosher Pizza & Falafel, Main Street, Queens, NY

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Naomi's Kosher Pizza & Falafel, Main Street, Queens, NY

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This is where my family bought most of their Hummus after emigrating. It's made in a Yemeni style but still passed muster.

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My great, great grandparents were eating it here and in Jerusalem in the nineteenth century. As far as I can tell no one made it at home. They always bought it at the market.

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Earliest recorded recipe for Hummus comes from Cairo in the 13th century.

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Probable origin of Olive Trees. Also has a Mediterranean climate with mild, wet winters and hot, dry-sometimes very humid summers. My favorite.

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South East Turkey-probable origin of the chickpea.

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South East Turkey-probable origin of the chickpea.

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Southeastern Turkey has a Mediterranean climate with moderate rainfall in the winter months and hot, dry summer months. The area is hilly and there is pretty clear evidence that domestication of plants began on hilltops (possibly because of drainage) and not in the small river valleys of the area.

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Earliest recorded findings of domesticated use of sesame seeds. Currently the climate in the area is semi-arid (kinda, sorta desert). But the climate may have changed since sesame was domesticated. The Harrapa civilization ended almost certainly because of a change in the climate over 4,000 years ago. The Harrapan civilization likely began in moist river valleys watered by monsoons. But sometime around 2500 BCE the monsoon patterns changed. Many probably moved to the surrounding hills. Were they able to take sesame with them?

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Tien Shan Mountains, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, China

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Tien Shan Mountains, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, China

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Tien Shan Mountains, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, China

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One of the possible Origins of Garlic. Climate in the area is a cold desert climate with temperatures ranging from well below freezing to the mid 70's Fahrenheit. There is very little rainfall-mostly in the summer. This does not seem particularly hospitable to agriculture.

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One of the possible places that lemons were first cultivated. Yunnan and Northern Myanmar. Assam has a subtropical humid climate. Rainy season is from April through September.  Sounds like Florida....
Lemons are members of the Citrus genus with origins across SouthEast Asia, East Asia and Australia.