Fruit Maven » satsuma http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Satsuma http://fruitmaven.com/2010/01/satsuma/ http://fruitmaven.com/2010/01/satsuma/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:59:26 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=1435 If you are the kind of person always trying to get your latte foam to look like a heart or a monkey or whatever, then this is the fruit for you! Satsuma
APPEARANCE 3 out of 5 stars

Squatty orange fruit with loose, slightly bumpy skin, bright orange flesh and no seeds.

AROMA 4 out of 5 stars

Sweet and fresh tangerine scent with the slightest acidity.

TEXTURE 4 out of 5 stars

Nice amount of juice to refresh the mouth but probably won’t drip anywhere. No seeds! No seeds! No seeds!

TASTE 4 out of 5 stars

Lovely sweet flavor, though not overly complex. Light acidity, which is great or this would be fairly boring.

OVERALL 3.75 out of 5 stars

Perfect snack fruit! Easy peazy zipper peel. I have eaten so many types of citrus lately that I am getting to be a bit of a pro at peeling them. Look at that photo over there. I swear it practically just ended up that way without me even trying. It’s like I’m some sort of fruit peeling artist or something. Spooky. Anyway, this satsuma is also pleasantly seed-free with a fresh, light flavor. For all of you on a diet, this is basically healthy candy. I don’t tend to look for healthy candy myself, but who knows – maybe you do. You fruit lovers can be wacky.

FRUIT

Satsuma

VARIETY

Unknown

PEAK

Fall-Winter

GROWN

Rancho Del Sol
Jamul, CA

PROVIDED BY

Specialty Produce
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NOTES

So I have been asked a few times now about the difference between a mandarin, a tangerine, an orange, etc. I cannot tell you the hours of grief this question has given me. Fruit naming is a mess! (Recall the rangpur lime and calamansi lime that aren’t actually part of the lime family – nice.) Here’s what I can tell you with very little certainty: All tangerines, clementines and satsumas are mandarins. All mandarins are oranges. All oranges are citrus. And all citrus are berries. Yeah – I dunno. I have a headache now. Shush. Hand me the satsumacello.

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