Tangerine comparison

[redbird]

After reading jonsinger's post, I decided to get some of the "New Year's tangerines", the ones with stem and even leaves on some. A vendor on Grand Street had a box of them, loose. Five for a dollar, so I bought ten. I also picked up a crate of clementines from a nearby store, because I could.

So far this afternoon, I've eaten two of each.

The New Year's tangerines smell strongly of tangerine, even just sitting in their plastic bag. Clementines (and most citrus I've had) don't give off a noticeable aroma until you start to peel them. The New Year's tangerines also have a stronger flavor; however, this batch aren't as sweet as the clementines. The New Year's tangerines are juicier than the clementines, and it's easier to pull the clementines apart into individual sections. (These are large clementines, which may or may not be relevant.) Also, the New Year's tangerines have quite a few seeds, and the clementines are just about seedless.

I am now taking a break from my research, to drink tea and eat dark-chocolate-coated cookies.

[Cross-posted to my journal and food_porn]

Comments

[lisajulie.livejournal.com]

The ones that jonsinger and I got were sweeter than almost any other citrus we've eaten, as well as more fragrant. But it wasn't a "cloying" sweet (which I don't like _at all_), but a "rich" sweetness.

And my car _still_ smells of the peel.