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Where are all the satsumas?

72 replies

SasumaFan · 04/02/2024 13:38

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?

OP posts:
TheChippendenSpook · 04/02/2024 13:47

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

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

7yo7yo · 04/02/2024 13:49

Following. I fucking hate those cheap wannabes.

Girlmumx2 · 04/02/2024 13:52

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..

XmasCrumble · 04/02/2024 13:53

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! 😄

Peppapog263 · 04/02/2024 13:56

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

OneTC · 04/02/2024 14:23

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

MissWatercress · 04/02/2024 14:28

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

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 04/02/2024 14:29

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

ChristmasTreeMagic · 04/02/2024 14:31

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.

Boobettes · 04/02/2024 14:32

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

Looks like the baggy bastards have gone on the run.

Robbiesraft · 04/02/2024 14:35

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

TeaAndStrumpets · 04/02/2024 14:35

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.

Morecatsarebetter · 04/02/2024 14:37

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

ToffeeShocker · 04/02/2024 14:50

Easy peelers are lying bastards.

Allchangename354 · 04/02/2024 14:55

ToffeeShocker · 04/02/2024 14:50

Easy peelers are lying bastards.

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

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 04/02/2024 14:57

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.

MrsSkylerWhite · 04/02/2024 14:58

Found tinned in juice in Lidl. Bloody lovely.

tulippa · 04/02/2024 15:00

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.

PrawnDumplings · 04/02/2024 15:54

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

PrawnDumplings · 04/02/2024 15:55

ToffeeShocker · 04/02/2024 14:50

Easy peelers are lying bastards.

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

PrawnDumplings · 04/02/2024 15:57

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 04/02/2024 14:57

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.

Once again fuck you very much you brexit voters!

danesch · 04/02/2024 16:18

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

Whizzgosh · 04/02/2024 16:37

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.

OneTC · 04/02/2024 16:45

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.