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

nope they are baby oranges, always have been and always will be

Satsumas are easy to peel and separate into segments and share around the room.

Clementines are hard little fuckers that won't peel, are covered in pith when you do peel them, and squirt jets of acid into your eyes when separated.

Tangerines don't exist. You're a tool of the Citrus Marketing Board.

So by that logic, am i right in thinking that tangerine is the generic term for all small bodied orange type fruit (excepting kumquats) ?

The group name for all of the above is Small/Baby Oranges.

No No No never compare a Satsuma to a clementine, satsumas are juicy and yum and clementines are awful, manderins are nice though and while we are on the subject whatever happened to manderin jelly that used to be my favorite flavour, now its tangerine and its not the same

tangeloes?

PicnicBasket has it. Satsumas are the best. Why eat anything else? Nothing posh about them, just the right choice.

I call all small oranges satsumas. Clementines are Churchill's wife and tangerines are the ones with paper thin skin which you can't peel. I love a baggy satsuma.

At least they are not navel oranges, which look like baboon's arses and feel slightly undecent.

"Pips might = posh in the military but in fruity terms they are social death"

Ha ha ha ha ha, Pips are only posh in the military when on a rank slide!

I always say satsuma's, and I am far from posh.

oh but navels taste luverly

You never see tangerines - why do so many people call satsumas & clementines tangerines. I often moan about this.

I have eaten 4 clementines today. Yesterday I had 6.

the bigger the orange the better, when I was a kid I remember HUGE navel oranges that were easy to peel and tasted lovely, they just do not seem to be the same these days, and no where near as big.. shame.

At the weekend DH suddenly had a yen for Big Oranges - and luckily for him it is Navel season. They're as big as any I can remember, and while they would peel easily he prefers them just cut up. DD aquired the taste too, and having demolished the six we bought on Saturday we had to make a special trip to ASDA to get more (this is a girl who hates shopping as a rule).

Pmsl. I call them whatever they are. Granted you can't always tell but you can check the bag.

Best thing about winter is clementines (satsumas, less so, but still on the thumbs up list)

They were all tangerines when I was growing up too.

The only time you got mandarins was in a tin.