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« on: May 14, 2006, 02:38:23 pm »
Can you still get them, or is it all Satsumas these days?
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006, 03:18:00 pm »

This is a good question. I used to be in the fruit trade and thirty-ficve years ago tangarines and mandarines were the main varieties of what is called 'easy peelers'. The difference between them is in skin colour, shape, flavour and the number of pips. Mandarines are flatter, paler and have a subtle orange flavour. They also contain quite a lot of pips. Tangarines are brighter in colour, sweeter and have fewer pips.


Satsumas were introduced to meet the demand for seedless, easy to peel citrus fruit (we are so bloody lazy in the west). Satsuams are much lighter in weight than mandarines or tangarines, have a pale skin and are usually seedless. They are cheap and easy to grow and because of mass planting, they can virtually be eaten all year round.


Clementines have been around for centuries but production of them was increased dramatically when it was noticed that they are sweet, easy to peel and seedless! Mass planting of both clementines and satsumas has resulted in many hybrid breeds that do not have a consistent flavour or reliability in tems of being seedless and easy to peel.


You can get mandarines and tangarines in the winter months if you look out for them and they tend to fill the gap when there are fewer 'easy peel' citrus fruits around in the summer.


 

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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2006, 08:14:28 pm »
I bought actual tangerines a few months ago and wasn't very impressed.  I didn't know they still existed and was surprised to see them.
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2006, 08:30:19 pm »
In Tesco I see clementines and mandarins.
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 09:40:14 am »
Surely it depends on the time of year as to which there are more of? I'm sure I have seen all three at the supermarket. I think they taste different at different times of year. Personally I like the really sharp ones, I am disappointed if they taste like weak orange squash. And sometimes they are all dry inside  The pips don't really bother me but I do prefer the ones which are easier to peel, as it's easy to get messy and lose a lot of juice if it takes a while to get into one!

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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2006, 04:55:32 pm »
It's very strange to hear those fruits referred to as tangerines since
down here we refer to them as naartjies. I found that you can get them
all year round, but their taste cycles with the seasons and I find
during the proper season they taste far better than in the normal off
seasons.



There is also a major influx of clementines and satsumas down here that
are ok-ish, but most of our best fruit and veg gets exported. 

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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2006, 06:46:01 pm »
Where's down here? I have heard of some easy-peel citrus being referred to as naartjies. Are you in Holland by any chance? Or South Africa?

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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2006, 07:12:13 pm »
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2006, 07:59:55 pm »
It's definitely a South African expression.
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2006, 09:20:10 pm »
The Outspan brand of oranges come from South Africa.
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2006, 09:44:42 pm »
Small ones are more juicy naturally you know.
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2006, 09:58:41 pm »
I don't like pips.
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« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2006, 08:07:58 am »
Shamouli oranges, from the Jaffa brand (Israeli) are lovely and juicy and virtually seedless. they are available from about February to April.
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2006, 10:50:30 am »
When I was in Tesco this morning I could see Clementines, Mandarins, Satsumas and Oranges.

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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2006, 11:58:04 am »
I will look out for those shamouli oranges oldspice. Thanks.
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