Satsuma season!?

[Snowonground]

Its supposed to be the satsuma collection (tangerines, mandarin oranges, and satsumas) season at the moment and they are all terrible.

You cant get a decent satsuma in supermarkets imo.
My village greengrocer sells proper ones. Big, juicy, sweet, and you can unpeel them in one. Gorgeous.

I know exactly what you mean. I long for a baggy skinned satsuma of my childhood.

Me too. They are hard and tasteless

Even the waitrose ones or m&s are terrible. Dry or alternatively have that slightly rotten taste. What's going on, that's what I want to know! I woild not be happy to get one in my stocking this year...

I love the saggy skin ones to. Hard to get. Did get some at tescos but not local to me it was when visiting a village.

Have you seen the price of orange juice lately? I read there has been an appalling orange harvest this year. Might have something to do with it?

I've had some decent ones from both asda and sainsbury this autumn
Had argument with brother this morning about how much superior satsumas are compared to other easy peelers

I’ve had some nice ones very recently - I think the last were tangerines from Asda.

Yes! So many people look at me oddly when I talk about a baggy skinned satsuma! I’m spoilt as I used to work in a greengrocers and we were allowed to have a couple of pieces of fruit per day - such a brilliant flavour. You just don’t get that in supermarkets.

It’s not the season yet. It’s January.
Theyre all right at Xmas but don’t bother before then.

I got satsumas from Tesco today and they are beaut

Recent satsuma thread. Good to see some more discerning MNers! https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5443717-satsuma-watch?reply=148856467

And what's with 'easy peelers'? I want to know what it is!