AIBU in being dismayed at satsuma variance?

[Mysterian]

You buy a hairnet full of satsumas and they're delicious. Juicy, tasty, and easy to peel. You go back the next day for another hairnet full and it turns out they're solid, hard to peel, tasteless orange packets and sadness and tragedy.

Why is it so hard to trust a satsuma?

YANBU. It’s one of life’s great mysteries.

They've b en taking lessons from the avocados

I think you've done well if you got a full bag of satsumas that were consistent in taste (good or bad). I always find there's a huge variation in taste among the same bad

I feel your pain. The most untrustworthy of fruits.

*bag

I misread this as 'satsuma violence' and had to click on the title

Exactly why I stick to chocolate bars...... at least you know what you are getting in every packet

Where on earth are you finding them at this time of year? My local shops only stock them around Christmas

It's even more annoying if they are labelled easy peel when they are anything but.

Just had a couple of good ones. , but when they're over the next ones have a lot to live up to.

And another thing, I am convinced they always put one rotten one into each pack.

It's because you're buying them way out of season. They're only good around Christmas unfortunately.

I hate the baggy ones. So gross.

Where on earth are you finding them at this time of year? My local shops only stock them around Christmas Where is this shop located, 1955?

All little peelers are of variable quality, not just satsumas.

YANBU, it's a real lottery that's for sure.

This is genuinely why I barely ever have fruit. So inconsistent, not worth bothering.

YANBU, I stopped buying them for this very reason. I like a flutter as much as the next person but I couldn't be doing with the disappointment any more

Ain't this the truth. I got lucky yesterday but the week before they were absolutely minging.

They are not as deceitful as pears, which are rock hard for days, then you give them a squeeze and they suddenly feel tender & juicy.

But, in the time it takes you to get a plate & a knife, they have disintegrated in to a mound of tasteless cottonwool mush.
“Ripen at home” and “Ready to eat” are two of the greatest lies of our time.

I feel this applies to KFC. Sometimes amazing sometimes not. A bad one can put you off for months.

Last lot were so disappointing. Inedible. Little orange fuckers.
What about pears? There is a nanosecond when they are ripe, juicy and delicious. Miss it, and they are rock hard or pulp.

I'm another one who hates the inconsistency of fruit.
My local greengrocers did amazing oranges, consistently good for months. Then a big bag of them were so unpleasant. Gutted. If you buy a 5 pack of Mars Bars you know what all the bars will taste like. But the good oranges are SO good...

I never buy clementines for this reason. It's big oranges or actual satsumas only in this house.

YABU to buy satsumas in the summer. You deserve everything you get.

People are getting confused here and seem to be wrongly naming small citrus fruits as satsumas. Satsumas are only available in this country for a few halcyon weeks before Christmas. The rest of the time we get the so called easy peelers, tangerines, clementines and possibly mandarins. Satsumas are far superior to all the rest. Oranges are a bit more reliable year round.