Where are all the satsumas?

[SasumaFan]

I do not want tangerines, clementines or Johnny-come-lately "easy peelers", whatever the fuck they actually are.

Why are all these inferior bastards available but I can't find a satsuma for love nor money?

AIBU to wish the humble satsuma would make a comeback?

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/supermarket-launches-new-hybrid-fruit-in-response-to-drop-in-satsuma-production-b2489335.html

I was wondering the same as I couldn't find any before Christmas.

Easy peelers are NOT easy to peel and they taste awful.

Following. I fucking hate those cheap wannabes.

Ones that are easy to peel do not taste good.
the hardest ones to get into taste the best, like a reward for the effort it takes to open them..

I feel the same I love satsumas but honestly have had no issues getting them (from sainsburys) for weeks now. I think they are a winter fruit so I know you only get a short window to have them but sainsburys have had them in every week.

alternatively I may have eaten them all, sorry OP! 😄

Aldi literally had 4 different variety of ‘easy peelers’ to choose from and oranges. Not seen satsumas for ages!

Mineolas are my favourite but you don't get them often

Waitrose had some amazing satsumas last week. I had to keep going back to get more.

They are seasonal, but I don't think the weather has been kind to the crop this year.

We've been buying some amazing ones in Aldi. Specially select range they come in a sort of mesh bag & they're really juicy & flavourful. I bought 2 bags last night.

YANBU, I couldn't even get any at Christmas.

Looks like the baggy bastards have gone on the run.

Those that can have rolled away to join the underground movement, 'Fruit not Flesh'.

Had some delivered from Waitrose this morning! It does seem to be feast or famine with satsumas, though. It's always nice when they come back in stock.

No satsumas in Tesco ☹️Hate the easy peelers. Not the same at all

Easy peelers are lying bastards.

🤣 so true. In cahoots with the film on ham - peel here get the knife ready

There's a shortage everywhere but the problem is worse in the UK due to Brexit.

It's easier and more cost effective for the European satsuma suppliers to distribute them to the rest of Europe.

The rest of the European market is supplied from North Africa- not sure what the trade agreements are there.

Found tinned in juice in Lidl. Bloody lovely.

Satsumas are best October to December ish time so heading out of season now. They are way better than (not) easy pealers but seem to be getting usurped by them.

Satsumas are the easiest to peel and they taste the best! It's a travesty OP!

A bit like those lying bastard "perfectly ripe" avocados! 🥑

Once again fuck you very much you brexit voters!

Hello, my people!!
Love satsumas, despise the alternatives. We've had a pretty good year of them but sadly drying up now. DS and I limit ourselves to 4 a day when they're here

I think you read my mind. I’ve been in Sainsbury’s this morning, they had loads of easy peelers, which are never easy to peel, small, wrinkly, full of pips and usually dry and tasteless. I was very disappointed, I don’t usually shop in Sainsbury’s, usually Aldi, and thought they might actually have a decent satsuma but the selection was worse than Aldi. I think I kept my rant under my breath but possibly not.

The TTD easy peelers in Sainsbury's at the moment are divine. They're one of the easiest fruits to identify if they're going to be nice or not.