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Eating Oranges

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 May - July: Cooking Corner (ARCHIVES): Eating Oranges users admin

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Colordeagua
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10-31-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like oranges. I'd eat more if I could pick out good ones. I'm in the Chicago area so I'm not picking them off the tree. What are the best eating oranges? Larger or smaller better? Thick or thin skinned? All bright orange or some green? What do I look for?

Jagger
Member

12-22-2002

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Your guess is as good as mine Colordeagua, I hate nothing more than to have picked out what I thought would be a great tasting orange and find out it is dry and tasteless. I've found picking out individual oranges instead of by the bag to be a better tasting orange.

I love fresh fruit of all kinds but it's hard to find good tasting fruit in the winter time.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love oranges. Sweet oranges--Valencia, Navel, and Temple--are used chiefly for juicing or eating.

Valencia oranges are enjoyed for both eating and juicing, although commercially the Valencia is considered the best juicing orange. Navel oranges are considered an eating orange, since its sweet pulp tends to turn a little bitter when the juice is exposed to air. An orange hybrid bearing an orange and red rind with red flesh is called blood orange. The Temple orange, named after the man who created it, is a flavorful orange-tangerine hybrid.

I look for heavy oranges with uniform skin. Ripe oranges sometimes retain green streaks or slight russeting due to climatic conditions, but these do not significantly affect taste or quality. Usually the ripest and sweetest oranges are the softer ones, but avoid fruit with extremely soft ends or mold spots.

Ketchuplover
Member

07-03-2002

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
awe come on. the mold is the best part

Meemo
Member

08-13-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
orange lover here. i always get navel oranges. with the thinner skin. i have noticed the ones with the thicker skin seem to be drier. this also applies to limes.

Egbok
Member

08-13-2000

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a Navel orange tree in my backyard. It provided the juiciest, sweet oranges I've ever eaten in my life! DH says it's because the dog "waters" it daily. I tend to agree.

Twiggyish
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09-15-2002

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Honeybells (tangelos) are the best for this time of year. (wonderful!) I also love Valencias and Clementines.

Orange varieties are seasonal. You buy whatever is in season. Here's a wonderful site on oranges:

http://www.florida-citrus.com/cpage1.html


Costacat
Member

08-02-2002

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Naval oranges do make the best eatin' oranges. You want to pick the heaviest ones for their size... these ones will have more juice. If you are buying oranges at your local grocery store, ask the produce person to cut open an orange that you've picked out. (They should do it, and then offer you a bite.)

This time of year, I buy lots of clementines or honey tangerines.

Then again, I live in citrus country! <grin>

Reiki
Member

08-12-2000

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
California Navel oranges are the best for eating. Anyone know where the first navel orange tree was grafted? I'm betting Pamy does. Florida oranges make good juice.

Oranges blossom and bear fruit twice a year. It was my sorry fate while living in California and Arizona to discover I am allergic to orange blossoms.

Cancunkid
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11-03-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My favorites are SATSUMAS but then those aren't really oranges but are the only citrus I miss on Atkins.....they are wonderful.

Neko
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Back in grade 6, we sold Navel Oranges and Grapefruit as a fundrasier for a trip...

It was crazy how many people bought more than one full box...

We bought a box and I believe I ate more than half...
Mmmmm Navel Oranges...

Adven
Member

03-21-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Personally, I've never trusted the orange. How can you be a fruit and a color all at the same time? Sounds like an identity crisis to me. Luckily, there are a variety of mind-altering drugs that can teach this citrus rebel the error of his ways. A few doses and he'll take his place next to the venerable apple, kumquat and persimmon, all who know their place.

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Satsumas or any other variety of Mandarin Oranges are my favorite. Easy to peel and very sweet and juicy. :-)

LOL Adven!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
roflol at adven, but why didnt you post about the fact that NOTHING rhymes with orange???

Seriously color, as a fellow Chicagoan, (area that is!!) I have one word for you>>>

CLEMINTINES!!

}now take it from me, you may have to buy the whole dang box for $5.99 on special at Jewel or Dominick's, or even Sam's, but is worth it, they are sweet, seedless, and perfect... they are the oranges that they use to make mandarin oranges I believe... anyway, they should be kinda firm to the touch, not moldy!!

Eat a couple of a day, they have a short season, but well worth it!! imho of course!!

!!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I generally eat my weight in oranges during Jan. and Feb., but I've been hooked on the ruby star grapefruits this year. They have been huge, juicy and sweet! Emeril (I think) recommends peeling them, then "skinning" them and eating the middles...it takes out any bitterness. It gets a bit "drippy" but I swear by it! Easiest way to skin a slice is to use a knife to take of very top edge (where any seeds might be) then peel back the sides. YUMMY!!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-22-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, Teach, I am a rubyred grapefruit eater! I quarter them and eat them without any other fussing that way--at home, anyway! (No one around to see the mess.)

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Costa is right: the ones that are very heavy for their size are the best. But I pick mine off the tree next door (and limes from the tree on the other side) so I'm not so picky.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Clementines are a variety of mandarin orange. The ones available now are from California. It's getting close to the end of the season, but they are still good. Similar to a tangerine, but no seeds, and they peel easily. As soon as they are available in my stores, I buy a box every two weeks.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I also love the Clementines, but their season is so short I end up having withdrawals. i never knew to check the weight of an orange, thanks for the advise. I also love grapefruit, and I do peel them like an orange and peel the skin off each piece, you should see some of the looks I get from people at work, they think I'm going nuts.

Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Organic if you can find 'em give the most bang for the buck! best flavour and nutritional content, even though they're not as pretty....