to feel rage in the supermarket

[ProneUponHerUnmadeBed]

Every time I see all small orange citrus fruits labelled as 'easy peelers'? They have NAMES. Pretty ones, like clementine and tangerine. And they are NOT ALL THE SAME. Are we soon going to have to buy crunchy munchers instead of apples?

For some reason I always think of tangerines as a bit 70s. I don't remember there being a wide range of citrus fruit choice in the local greengrocer, which might be it.

Clementines are indeed the uber-citrus iin my opinion. Oh the disappointment of accidentally buying satsumas!

Easy peelers my arse, what a faff.

What are the best sort to buy that don't involve chewing a mouthful of pith for the next half an hour?

Powder apples. Bleee.

Also hate carroty strawberries. Soft blueberries and the eternal debate between the DH and me over whether a waxy or powdery jacket potato is the best.

Its powdery clearly

Satsumas are NOT a disappointment. Tangerines are the devil's work. You can't tell if they're nice or all dried up and over-sweet.

The fruit and veg aisle gives me rage. I am the mad woman picking things up and muttering to herself about the fact that it's the FUCKING BRITISH APPLE SEASON, so why are all the apples from SOUTH AFRICA for fuck's sake?

I like the ones with no seeds/pips, they sometimes have green leaves still on them, but I can never remember which ones they are.

I wish they'd label ours as easy peelers. That's all I I'm looking for - some kind of orangey fruit that's easy to peel.

Tangelo? Is that not a song by Brotherhood of Man?

Easy peeler
She'll get a rage on you believe it
Like no other
Before you know it you'll be on your knees
She's an easy peeler
She'll have no pith, the label says it
She's like no other
And I'm just looking for a tangerine

She's the citrus that you dream of
Dream of peeling pith off
You'd better forget it
You'll never get it
So generic, what variety?
Mandarins or satsuma?
Better forget it
Oh you'll regret it

No you'll never peel her, so leave it, leave it
Just buy an Jaffa where seeing is believing
It's the only way
You'll ever know

Easy peeler
She'll get a rage on you believe it
In the supermarket
Before you know it you'll be on your knees
She's an easy peeler
She'll have so much pith you can't eat it
She's so generic
And I'm just trying to make OJ

You're the one that wants satsumas
Hold it, peel it, eat it
You'd better forget it
You'll never get it
Maybe you'll convert to apples
Til they're called crunchy munchies
Better forget it
Oh you'll regret it

And don't try to change her, just go to a farm shop
You're not the only one, who wants a proper label
It's the only way
You'll ever know, oh

No don't try to change her, just grow your bloody own
You're not the only one, who wants a proper citrus
It's the only way
You'll ever know, oh

She's an easy peeler (she's a easy peeler)
She'll get a rage on you believe it (get a rage on you)
(In the) supermarket
Before you know it you'll be on your knees (you'll be down on your knees)
She's an easy peeler
"Sweet and juicy" but you just can't taste it (you won't taste it)
She's like no other
And I'm just looking for a tangerine (for a tangerine)

Nadorcotts
Thats apparently what our easily denuded, diminuatively sized citrus fruits are at the moment

I have added 'nadorcotts' to DHs shopping list for tomorrow
awaiting the results with interest

Does anyone else peel a satsuma so the skin ends up looking like a bloke with a big willy - or is it just me?

ADsmned so pleased I'm not the only one. I send DH to the shops with v clear instructions regarding the nationality of my crunchy munchers and we still have fecking Nwe Zealand ones in the fruit bowl.

Totally calling apples crunchy munchers from now on...

YANBU a, I don't like mandarins, clementines and tangerines. I only like satsumas. Easy peelers made me stamp my feet in a rage in M&S a the other day. how dare they?

Ithoughtofitfirst I feel like doing that almost every time I get near a Tesco.

I've never bought Easy Peelers because I just buy satsumas, but if they have less fiddly bastard pith, I might buy some despite the bloody stupid name.

Mandarins have a lovely taste and look lovely and shiny but are a bastard to peel
HTH

Satsumas all the way!!!
Crunchy+apple=crapple

I love satsumas!

Reading the comments on here, I may give clementines another go. i don't think I like them though.

mamushka, wow. Have never inspired anyone to write a song before.

Y'all realise that if Sainsbury relabel apples 'crunchy munchers', my ire will have misfired, right?

bows down to mamushka's Phil collinsesque skills

I bought some Sainsbury's 'Taste the Difference' Easy Peelers today and they were extremely disappointing All dried up inside and flavourless. I'd complain about false advertising, but they did taste different to how I'd expect so not sure I have a leg to stand on

Easy lover is my all time favourite song. I will struggle to sing it now without thinking of oranges/clementines/tangerines!!!
Op, I presume you're a Tesco shopper? They're a bugger for doing this, esp with fruit:)

YES!!! My Satsuma sistren are here

Satsumas for me, if I want oranges. Easy-peelers are nothing of the sort. It must be just a cynical marketing ploy by the likes of Tesco (and possibly others too) so I bought them once and never since.

Otherwise, I am a banana person. When I was a child there were several apple trees in my parents' garden and the fruit from them was lovely. Mass produced apples from the supermarkets just don't compare, so I don't buy them too often.

The main thing that really annoys me is that so many of the special offers seem much more complicated to work out these days than they used to be. the good old BOGOF deal seems a more endangered species now, often superseded by "3 for the price of 2", or "£1.50 each or 3 for £4". Some get more complicated than that too. BOGOF was easily understandable - effectively half price if you bought two of the items. I could work out easily in my head whether or not it was a good deal for our family. With some of the current deals it is less straightforward (probably deliberately so).

I write Stringy bent bastards on our shopping list. Dh knows I mean bananas. ??

It's everywhere.