Oranges - shed some light please!!

[TB Rich]

So im in Sainsburys, looking at some fruit....BUT, what the helll do I buy?!? Whats the deal with all the varities or 'orange' fruit. Oranges, clementines, satsumas etc! Which is best and whats the difference between them all!

[BliarOut]

I didn't know you could get on PH in Sainsburys.

[scorp]

Not sure there is much of a difference nutrition wise.. Satsumas and clementines would be my pick, easier to get into, sweeter tasting

[wolves_wanderer]

Just go with whatever is cheapest, you'll still have to chuck it away when it rots because it never gets eaten...or is that just me?

[TB Rich]

We'll im not in Sainsbury! But we're i sad enough i could have used gprs on the mobile, perhaps worth considering for my next food problem!

Ive picked a duff lot here, tastes like week and vile water. ill kepp an eye out for those types then next week, thanks

[r988]

scorp said:

Not sure there is much of a difference nutrition wise.. Satsumas and clementines would be my pick, easier to get into, sweeter tasting

I agree, all basically the same but different sizes.

[Raify]

The trick is to buy things in the middle of their season. At the beginning and end, you get weird hybrids that only exist because they crop early or late. They taste crap.

Rather annoyingly, it's almost impossible to tell in a supermarket what the actual variety is. It might say Clementine, but it's probably a Hernandina, a Kara or some other watery-tasting thing. It's also tough to tell when the middle of the season is, unless you're unfortunate enough to work in my trade.

So, I've not been much help have I?!

top tips:
1. Don't go on appearance. Sometimes the mangy looking ones taste great.
2. Spanish is a safer bet than Moroccan at the moment, taste wise
3. Buy the loose. Get a few, if they're nice go back and get more. Nothing more annoying than buying a kilo bag and discovering that they're tasteless.

HTH,

The man from Del Monte.

[marki]

wolves_wanderer said:

...or is that just me?

No thats one of my favourite tricks ,,,, i so want it when im in the store ,, get it home in a bowl and i cant be asked to eat it,,, why is that

[GetCarter]

If you are a lazy bu66er like me, Just buy one of the 'no additive' smoothies... all the nutrician, none of the fuss.

Taste pretty good too. Today I am mostly doing the 'Innocent' Strawberry & Banana.

[paulie-mafia]

clementines are my favourite orange-type citrus fruit. small, easily peeled and lacking in all the wall-insulation like pith that makes me wanna gag when i accidentally get a bit in my mouth!

[Raify]

paulie-mafia said:

clementines are my favourite orange-type citrus fruit. small, easily peeled and lacking in all the wall-insulation like pith that makes me wanna gag when i accidentally get a bit in my mouth!

But I can name ten different varieties of fruit, all called clementines on the shelf. Ranging in taste from nectar-like to bath-water.

[Ecks Ridgehead]

Raify said:

But I can name ten different varieties of fruit, all called clementines on the shelf. Ranging in taste from nectar-like to bath-water.

Raify posting on a "fruit" thread...whatever next?

And before you ask, yes I do know that a banana is a herb.

[simpo two]

Satsumas are generally soft with baggy skins and taste of nothing much.

I suggest Clementines, with their tight young skins, firm bodies and pert countenance...

[Raify]

Ecks Ridgehead said:

Raify said: But I can name ten different varieties of fruit, all called clementines on the shelf. Ranging in taste from nectar-like to bath-water. Raify posting on a "fruit" thread...whatever next? And before you ask, yes I do know that a banana is a herb.

Ha! wrong! Banana is a fruit, the plant from which it comes from is a herb (and not a tree).

It's the same with Satsumas btw, there are plenty of strange hybrids, all labelled Satsuma on the supermarket shelf.

[Ecks Ridgehead]

Raify said:

Ecks Ridgehead said: Raify said: But I can name ten different varieties of fruit, all called clementines on the shelf. Ranging in taste from nectar-like to bath-water. Raify posting on a "fruit" thread...whatever next? And before you ask, yes I do know that a banana is a herb. Ha! wrong! Banana is a fruit, the plant from which it comes from is a herb (and not a tree). It's the same with Satsumas btw, there are plenty of strange hybrids, all labelled Satsuma on the supermarket shelf.

[Raify]

Ecks Ridgehead said:

Guilty as charged!

[TB Rich]

i genuinley feel warmed at the fantastic response

i think the smoothies method represents the best fail safe approach

[YarisSi]

I always say the same thing - If its orange its and orange.

[ps2gamer890]

Satsumas are a deep, ruddy orange. They rock, unlike manky, baggy, seedy tangerines.

[paulie-mafia]

YarisSi said:

I always say the same thing - If its orange its and orange.

Which makes a banana a 'yellow', a stawberry a 'red' etc.....