Clementines

busterb · 12-06-2006, 05:14 PM

Anyone try them? I picked up a 5lb bag at Sam's today. $5.88. They don't do much for me.
Of course I'm suppose to be smarter than going to Sam's this time of year. Just had to have mini egg rolls, smoked salmon, broccoli, coonass stuffed chicken breast, and grape tomatoes. And a bunch of other shit.
Sad part was getting home and making room in fridge and freezer.
But Mike and I eat at a Taco bell.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 05:16 PM

I am not terribly keen on clementines. Always struck me as a less tasty, harder to peel version of a satsuma.

Happy Monkey · 12-06-2006, 05:18 PM

Like all fruit, they can vary wildly in taste. A good clementine is quite tasty, but they can also be tasteless bags of mostly water.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 05:19 PM

They're irritatingly hard to unwrap:P

Happy Monkey · 12-06-2006, 05:27 PM

If it's hard to peel, there's a good chance (in my experience) that it won't taste as good. The peel should be loose.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 05:30 PM

My experience of clementines is not of the sweet variety then :P

Clodfobble · 12-06-2006, 05:39 PM

We must have a different clementine supplier than you guys... Ours are exceedingly easy to peel, and much sweeter than normal (naval) oranges. They're only available at the store a couple of times a year. I absolutely love them.

jinx · 12-06-2006, 06:20 PM

My kids love them - and they're $3something for 5lbs at our market right now.

Griff · 12-06-2006, 08:17 PM

I freaking love them. Except when you forget about them and you end up with a case of blue green squishy drippy fuzz.

Aliantha · 12-06-2006, 08:34 PM

Are you talking about mandarines?

Flint · 12-06-2006, 08:38 PM

I love 'em...local brand name: "Cuties" . . . I've been eating several a day.

Quote:

bags of mostly water

I feel compelled to point out that this is what an alien in an episode of ST:NG called humans.

Clodfobble · 12-06-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Are you talking about mandarines?

Some sources say clementine, satsuma, and mandarin oranges are all the same thing, some say they are all very close relatives/crossbreeds of each other.

Happy Monkey · 12-06-2006, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

I feel compelled to point out that this is what an alien in an episode of ST:NG called humans.

I am aware...

Aliantha · 12-06-2006, 08:56 PM

Ahhh...ok thanks Clod.

We get several different kinds of mandarines here. Some with loose skin and others with tight skin.

They all taste pretty good if you eat them when they're ready to be eaten.

Urbane Guerrilla · 12-06-2006, 09:32 PM

Busterb, you should make it down to southern California sometime, and eat from a mom-and-pop taqueria (a taco joint, that is) what Taco Bell is in imitation of. It can come as firey or as gentle as you want!

12-06-2006, 05:14 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Clementines Anyone try them? I picked up a 5lb bag at Sam's today. $5.88. They don't do much for me. Of course I'm suppose to be smarter than going to Sam's this time of year. Just had to have mini egg rolls, smoked salmon, broccoli, coonass stuffed chicken breast, and grape tomatoes. And a bunch of other shit. Sad part was getting home and making room in fridge and freezer. But Mike and I eat at a Taco bell. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-06-2006, 05:18 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Like all fruit, they can vary wildly in taste. A good clementine is quite tasty, but they can also be tasteless bags of mostly water. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-06-2006, 05:27 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If it's hard to peel, there's a good chance (in my experience) that it won't taste as good. The peel should be loose. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-06-2006, 06:20 PM	#8
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	My kids love them - and they're $3something for 5lbs at our market right now. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-06-2006, 08:17 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I freaking love them. Except when you forget about them and you end up with a case of blue green squishy drippy fuzz. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-06-2006, 05:16 PM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I am not terribly keen on clementines. Always struck me as a less tasty, harder to peel version of a satsuma.

12-06-2006, 05:19 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	They're irritatingly hard to unwrap:P

12-06-2006, 05:30 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	My experience of clementines is not of the sweet variety then :P

12-06-2006, 05:39 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We must have a different clementine supplier than you guys... Ours are exceedingly easy to peel, and much sweeter than normal (naval) oranges. They're only available at the store a couple of times a year. I absolutely love them.

12-06-2006, 08:34 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Are you talking about mandarines? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-06-2006, 08:56 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Ahhh...ok thanks Clod. We get several different kinds of mandarines here. Some with loose skin and others with tight skin. They all taste pretty good if you eat them when they're ready to be eaten. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-06-2006, 09:32 PM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Busterb, you should make it down to southern California sometime, and eat from a mom-and-pop taqueria (a taco joint, that is) what Taco Bell is in imitation of. It can come as firey or as gentle as you want! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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