to think that saying Satsuma for a small citrus fruit is a lot POSHER

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than mandarin or clementine?
regardless of what they actually are... obvsiouly
a small orange fruit - satsuma. this is A1
tangerine - hmm smacks of Carphone warehouse
mandarin is the C2 of the range - the hairdresser of fruit

Mackerel- I like your style!

Where does the word satsuma come from? I thought it was Japanese (as in the place called Satusuma) but in Japan a satsuma is known as a mikan.

Mackerel has the answer!

Clementine sounds posher to me than satsuma, except in the context of miner's daughters.

Mandarins are the poshest, they are the Sir Humphreys of the small citrus world.

mackerel - ill see to YOU later

gets out smoking device

Satsumas are lovely, the others are not.

You could not be more wrong.

Satsumas are the Aldi of the citrus fruit world.

Tangerine is the Sainsbo's.

Clementine is the Waitrose.

That's why posh blonde kids in St Johns Wood are called Clementine innit.

I had never heard of satsumas before MN I though you guys were just saying it instead of oranges!
Over here we have clementines, mandarins, and tangerines. Clems are small, and peel in one piece, mandarins are small, not as sweet, and peel in about 4 pieces, and tangerines are larger, and tend to be more fiberous.
Mandarins come on sale, a box of about 30 is 4$, so they are the ones most people buy

Bollocks!
Satsumas are lovely, clementines are hard to peel and pippy!

hmmmmmmmm i agree with valium

where does the japanese connection come from though?

i still say nothing, NOTHING beats a big orange

where does the japanese connection come from though?

satsumas were first imported from the Japanese province of Satsuma

thank you grimma

PMSL. I made up the ginger, clementine and star anise thing off the top of my head as it sounded poncetastic and Waitrosey. Just stuck that combo into Google to see if it even existed and look! First result!

You could start a thread - people have to invent a dish, say where they think it would be from and then google?

Clementines are posher, I think. You can buy them in a little box with the leaves stuck on by child workers still on.

When I was little you could only get satsumas. This was in Surrey, though, perhaps they didn't let the non posh citrus over the border.

you can only call it a satsuma if it is a variety of satsuma surely? otherwise if you start calling an orange a satsuma you will look like a dick. Same with calling a clementine a satsuma, people know the difference and you wont look very posh if you get the variety of citrus wrong to someone who knows the diffference

A satsuma is a satsuma and a clementine is a clementine surely?

They're all baby oranges in this house. We have a non-denominational approach to citrus categorisation.

I don't know about posher, satsumas are best though as they are easy to peel and very sweet.

For some reason I associate difficult to peel orange-type fruits are being posher, now I come to think of it

I could never call them baby oranges, the children would make an excuse not to eat them because they are babies

They were all Tangerines when i was growing up.

And mandarins were those slimy orange things that came in tins

agree Tangerines have a marvellous 3 day week vibe to themselves - all nylon and bay city rollers

Clementines are posher. Kumquats are just dirty.

Gawd Kumquat does sound dirty now you come to mention it