They were everywhere at Christmastime when I was a kid. The Mandarin oranges in the stores these days aren't nearly as sweet and juicy.
I agree, it’s hard to find a good mandarin orange in the supermarket. I had a great mandarin orange tree in the Bay AreaSF, but alas I moved away. It was just so piquant!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 10, 2022 3:49 AM |
Is OP Christopher Robin?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 10, 2022 4:36 AM |
OP, even though this article is from 2018, the downward trend continues.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 10, 2022 4:48 AM |
[quote]It was just so piquant!
You seem insouciant, r1.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 10, 2022 4:53 AM |
Poppycock!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 10, 2022 5:00 AM |
I have one every morning with a piece of toast with peanut butter and coffee. Protein and sweets for a morning treat. Yum.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 10, 2022 5:13 AM |
Now nice " jap-oranges." What's next, " Kike kumquats"? " Coon cranberries"?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 10, 2022 5:15 AM |
r7 delights in manufactured outrage.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 10, 2022 5:18 AM |
Canned mandarin oranges are actually pretty good. Refrigerate first. They’re already peeled, of course. Somehow, there’s no tough membrane on the sections. It’s like eating supremes.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 10, 2022 5:20 AM |
Wiki has an interesting bit on the cultural significance of Japanese mandarins. I had no idea there used to be a train which hauled them across North America!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 10, 2022 5:26 AM |
OP, you seem so Victorian.......
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 10, 2022 6:42 AM |
What happened to individually wraping them with that green tissue paper?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 10, 2022 6:52 AM |
They've been replaced by Clementines?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 10, 2022 7:12 AM |