Easy Peelers

[Daisy]

Does anybody else find all the varieties of 'little oranges' confusing?

What I like best are Satsumas, but the supermarkets are often full of those nets labelled "Easy Peelers" and don't give a variety. Satsumas are really easy to peel - unlike some of them - and are sweet enough not to make me pull a 'sour-lemon' face. Can anyone shed light on what's what?

[Plantaholic]

Sorry Gemini can't help, I very rarely buy them

[Grauntie Mag]

OH eats them by the dozen! He says the easy peelers he buys from Waitrose are generally Clementines. Not always very sweet though.

[Oma]

I read they all the same fruit but that's plainly wrong , I find easy peelers are not always the sweetest ,,
I smell them I can smell the sweet ones , B said they smell all the same but I don't think so

[Daisy]

Oma - I never thought of smelling them, even though I smell most fruit! I agree you can smell sweetness. I can smell sugar in tea.

[Gemini]

I don't know is the answer to that Daisy

[Qwerty]

Don’t know about easy peelers but I can smell sugar in tea and tea without sugar and I don’t drink it ! I do find it difficult to buy little oranges like tangerines I don’t know which has pips and which doesn’t , I hate the darned pips

[Nanto2girls]

I don't eat oranges,or much fresh fruit anyway.
Hubby eats satsumas, because you don't get pips in them.

A lady that used to work on the fruit and veg in Asda,once told me,
satsumas start with and end with an s like seedless does.
That's how always remember satsumas are seedless.

[Daisy]

Nanto - that's interesting. At least I know which are seedless now. I just wish they would put the name of the fruit on the packaging or labelling. The thing I look for first of all is are they easy to peel - come so called 'easy peelers' are like prising the fluffy stuff off tennis balls!

[WeeGranny]

The 'easy peelers' I bought in Marks are anything but! And they're quite sharp too! Shan't be buying them again. I'm not a great orange fan, but every so often I take a notion for one, but this lot have certainly put me off for a while!

[Daisy]

WG - it's experiences like that that have made me ask the question! Years ago Satsumas were lovely - easy to peel and sweet to eat. When the boys were at home we used to buy them by the tray full from our local greengrocer and they were delicious. I still love them, but there have been so many imposters just like your M&S ones. I bet yours looked really delicious but didn't live up to their good looks!

[Shemadee]

We only used to have tangerines at Christmas when I was a child. I am a lazy fruit eater. Bananas and easy peelers are my main effort at 5 a day!

[Qwerty]

I don't eat oranges,or much fresh fruit anyway.
Hubby eats satsumas, because you don't get pips in them.

A lady that used to work on the fruit and veg in Asda,once told me,
satsumas start with and end with an s like seedless does.
That's how always remember satsumas are seedless.

Ah well I will remember that Nan2 thank you 🙏