to wonder why the hell I can't buy a decent satsuma

[CaptainTripps]

Honestly - they are either hard and shrivelled or they have impossibly thin peel and end up being a squishy mess.

This is not right. What the hell are our supermarkets/growers/importers doing to them?

I am seriously very cross.

yes yes! i was thinking the same just now.

clementines are what I usually get, they seem to be the more reliably nice tasting, pip-free ones.
but can't always get them

I am eating a lush one from asda atm, I only like satsumas hate clementines blurgh

Because its winter and they are out of season!

Herrena I thought they were in season all year round? (That's what a lemon farmer told me about lemons so I'd assumed all citrus were the same.)

I had some nice-tasting ones from Aldi last week , they did look a bit manky though.

They're not out of season there only around now till christmas, satsumas are christmassy!

I thought they came into season about now Harridan?

I think it's because they are not yet properly in season and they will have been forced. Give it a week or two then try again. Or go to Lidl as their fruit and veg is usually good.

DH bought some slightly manky ones and I just whizzed them up with cinnamon and kiwis to make smoothies.

They need to be small and firm. Too big and they get too sweet and their skin doesn't fit right. They ARE November/Decembers fruit du jour.

Clementines are beyond revolting. Too sweet, the segments are too fat and I can't get that white shit off them.

I got some lovely satsumas from ASDA as well.

I don't like clementines either. They taste slightly off to me. I always great through about a ton of satsumas in December.

Yes! For about 2 days they are perfect. Either side, not so much.

Got ten for two quid from our local market last week, they're lush!

I've had lovely satsumas from tesco, asda Morrisons and M&S this year.

I'm enjoying lush ones from aldi