April 19, 2024 • 8 mins
Have you ever been overwhelmed by all the different smiley face bags of citrus you've seen in your produce department? Today, I'm going to give you a few tips to help sort through those and decide what is the best citrus that you should be buying.
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(00:00):
Have you ever been overwhelmed by allthe different smiley figs bags of citrus
(00:04):
you've seen in your produce department?
Today, I'm going to give you a few tips tohelp sort through those and decide what is
the best citrus that you should be buying.
(00:40):
Before we begin today's episode.
I want to take a moment to share aboutmy favorite spice company, burlap
and barrel single origin spices.
You'll truly eat.
Like no one else may usetheir spices in your cooking.
My sister-in-law wasvisiting us back in October.
We made this Frenchonion, butter bean soup.
(01:01):
Which was so delicious.
So decadent.
But when she got back home andtried to make that same super
self, it wasn't quite as good.
She couldn't put her finger on at first.
But then I hit her that we had used asdry time I got from bro up and barrel.
That we had, but she didn't have.
So it just shows how much flavor.
(01:24):
You can get from a trulygood quality spice company.
Right now, if you order it fromtheir website and use my promo code.
Eat like no one.
You'll get a free.
Robust sta.
Black peppercorn grinder.
When you add it to your cart.
With any additional $15 purchase.
(01:46):
Now it's raw with today's episode.
Whenever you are in a previs Thisdepartment, pretty much every single
grocery store in this country.
Especially during citrus season.
You're going to see.
Smiles.
They're gonna see all thesesmiley phase citrus that has
(02:07):
become the thing for the seedless.
Easy to appeal mandarins.
All different types.
Are all smiley faces in some way.
Usually using the color blue as well.
It's like become the thing.
So you see blue and smiling.
Everyone's doing that here.
So you see.
You see your cuties?
(02:27):
And.
halos.
And peels and dimples.
All these different smileyfees packaging here.
That's just the way.
It has become the trend for that.
So though I.
Prefer to buy the ones thatdon't have the smiles on them.
(02:48):
It's the, One of the things that people,um, may get confused with here is that,
you know, this is all trademark packaging.
This is all everyone's showing off.
Um, What there.
They're.
Ones are to get theattention, you know, it's.
Probably really started with the cuties.
That was the first one I started doingthat kind of thing in the, now there's
so many different ones now with.
And they've all kind of followed similar.
Packaging.
(03:10):
But with fees, types of mandarins,you don't necessarily know
what variety you're getting.
So I'm recording this in April.
And none of those aregoing to be clementines.
So even though that sometimes grocerystores will list them all as clementines.
(03:30):
That is simply not the case.
There are several differentvarieties that are, that appear
at those packages of citrus.
Throughout the entire citrus season,they go through the different varieties
that are available, different types.
Clever tides are the earliest.
Why that we see that asare usually the ones you.
Uh, see those kind of packaging first.
(03:52):
Uh, another type called Mercado is one.
That's also very commonthat comes after that.
And as one of the more predominantones, I think, but you don't.
You don't really know what.
what, type of you're getting here.
So that could have ended a faculty,the quality, because you know,
there's different ones that you be.
not like as much.
They're not going to be all the scenes.
You you're going to have some favorites.
(04:13):
You're going to have some thatyou don't like as much here.
Um, so that can be the troublewith buying those things.
Is that you're just, um, Youjust don't know all the time.
Uh, rarely do you ever.
See any information aboutwhat actual variety.
It is.
So the consistency, it can be.
Different because you don'tknow what you're getting.
I prefer to when I buy a buy.
(04:36):
Feed lists, ease the appeal.
Mandarins.
I try to get ones that havea variety of meme on them.
Um, names like satsuma.
Or golden.
Nugget.
Or Ohio.
Pixie.
Those are the words that I like to buy.
As often they are.
(04:57):
Our better.
They are more promoted.
They're going by more promotingthe actual variety name.
And I know I liked thoseparticular varieties.
So those are the ones Ishop for in the store.
If I see those names, I'm goingto buy those over all the smiley
face type citrus that's going on.
Now, I'm also starting to see thattrend too, with the kind of, kind of,
(05:21):
again, the blue theme, the kind ofsmiley face thing with some other.
With some different trademark versions.
Of what has become popularlyknown in the us as Sumo citrus.
Which is really the Dickel pond.
Mandarin variety from Japan.
So that's the, that'sthe original name for it.
(05:42):
So these are the really largemandarins that are like the size
of a navel orange or easy to PO.
They have really.
Fantastic flavor that really rich.
And then never messy.
And they're like, you know, . extremely.
good.
Absolutely loved them.
So with the Dicko pond.
Sumo citrus became the first trademarkname in the United States because
(06:06):
the company that produces them or thefirst ones to get it over to the us.
And grow it here and they got kind ofgot a headstart on the marketplace.
So that's kind of become right now,the, almost the Kleenex version.
You know, it's the.
You know how we call all Tissuesto wipe your nose with Kleenex.
(06:26):
Well, that's just a brand name.
So we're kind of, um, Sumo citrus hasbecome the brand name for DIC upon.
In the U S dollar, some otherones that are coming out.
But also, um, from other companiesthat have kind of caught up.
and Eventually realize that youcan grow them in California.
Eventually real.
Sort of seeing a lot ofthem in, in the U S now.
With names like, I've heard.
(06:47):
mighty mandarins and big honeys.
So.
And then a couple other kind ofsmiley face types type situations,
again, kind of going on that sametheme again, for some reason.
Uh, other kind of stipes.
So kind of going on that forsome reason to where the whole.
(07:18):
Why that thing was thatkind of the first one.
And everyone's kind of discovered that.
Um, but it kind of, you
know, I've infused is a little bitchunk trademark, Nicky B kind of.
(07:44):
To what.
Sorry, this things easier.
Shop.
Bridey name.
W you won't find per se.
So farmer's markets inCalifornia was growing up.
You know, they don't have trademarkrights, use those other names, but.
So if you've ever been.
Oh, back at the years, they try to fight.
It's a big variety.
Have you ever been overwhelmed by allthe different smiley figs bags of citrus
(00:04):
you've seen in your produce department?
Today, I'm going to give you a few tips tohelp sort through those and decide what is
the best citrus that you should be buying.
(00:40):
Before we begin today's episode.
I want to take a moment to share aboutmy favorite spice company, burlap
and barrel single origin spices.
You'll truly eat.
Like no one else may usetheir spices in your cooking.
My sister-in-law wasvisiting us back in October.
We made this Frenchonion, butter bean soup.
(01:01):
Which was so delicious.
So decadent.
But when she got back home andtried to make that same super
self, it wasn't quite as good.
She couldn't put her finger on at first.
But then I hit her that we had used asdry time I got from bro up and barrel.
That we had, but she didn't have.
So it just shows how much flavor.
(01:24):
You can get from a trulygood quality spice company.
Right now, if you order it fromtheir website and use my promo code.
Eat like no one.
You'll get a free.
Robust sta.
Black peppercorn grinder.
When you add it to your cart.
With any additional $15 purchase.
(01:46):
Now it's raw with today's episode.
Whenever you are in a previs Thisdepartment, pretty much every single
grocery store in this country.
Especially during citrus season.
You're going to see.
Smiles.
They're gonna see all thesesmiley phase citrus that has
(02:07):
become the thing for the seedless.
Easy to appeal mandarins.
All different types.
Are all smiley faces in some way.
Usually using the color blue as well.
It's like become the thing.
So you see blue and smiling.
Everyone's doing that here.
So you see.
You see your cuties?
(02:27):
And.
halos.
And peels and dimples.
All these different smileyfees packaging here.
That's just the way.
It has become the trend for that.
So though I.
Prefer to buy the ones thatdon't have the smiles on them.
(02:48):
It's the, One of the things that people,um, may get confused with here is that,
you know, this is all trademark packaging.
This is all everyone's showing off.
Um, What there.
They're.
Ones are to get theattention, you know, it's.
Probably really started with the cuties.
That was the first one I started doingthat kind of thing in the, now there's
so many different ones now with.
And they've all kind of followed similar.
Packaging.
(03:10):
But with fees, types of mandarins,you don't necessarily know
what variety you're getting.
So I'm recording this in April.
And none of those aregoing to be clementines.
So even though that sometimes grocerystores will list them all as clementines.
(03:30):
That is simply not the case.
There are several differentvarieties that are, that appear
at those packages of citrus.
Throughout the entire citrus season,they go through the different varieties
that are available, different types.
Clever tides are the earliest.
Why that we see that asare usually the ones you.
Uh, see those kind of packaging first.
(03:52):
Uh, another type called Mercado is one.
That's also very commonthat comes after that.
And as one of the more predominantones, I think, but you don't.
You don't really know what.
what, type of you're getting here.
So that could have ended a faculty,the quality, because you know,
there's different ones that you be.
not like as much.
They're not going to be all the scenes.
You you're going to have some favorites.
(04:13):
You're going to have some thatyou don't like as much here.
Um, so that can be the troublewith buying those things.
Is that you're just, um, Youjust don't know all the time.
Uh, rarely do you ever.
See any information aboutwhat actual variety.
It is.
So the consistency, it can be.
Different because you don'tknow what you're getting.
I prefer to when I buy a buy.
(04:36):
Feed lists, ease the appeal.
Mandarins.
I try to get ones that havea variety of meme on them.
Um, names like satsuma.
Or golden.
Nugget.
Or Ohio.
Pixie.
Those are the words that I like to buy.
As often they are.
(04:57):
Our better.
They are more promoted.
They're going by more promotingthe actual variety name.
And I know I liked thoseparticular varieties.
So those are the ones Ishop for in the store.
If I see those names, I'm goingto buy those over all the smiley
face type citrus that's going on.
Now, I'm also starting to see thattrend too, with the kind of, kind of,
(05:21):
again, the blue theme, the kind ofsmiley face thing with some other.
With some different trademark versions.
Of what has become popularlyknown in the us as Sumo citrus.
Which is really the Dickel pond.
Mandarin variety from Japan.
So that's the, that'sthe original name for it.
(05:42):
So these are the really largemandarins that are like the size
of a navel orange or easy to PO.
They have really.
Fantastic flavor that really rich.
And then never messy.
And they're like, you know, . extremely.
good.
Absolutely loved them.
So with the Dicko pond.
Sumo citrus became the first trademarkname in the United States because
(06:06):
the company that produces them or thefirst ones to get it over to the us.
And grow it here and they got kind ofgot a headstart on the marketplace.
So that's kind of become right now,the, almost the Kleenex version.
You know, it's the.
You know how we call all Tissuesto wipe your nose with Kleenex.
(06:26):
Well, that's just a brand name.
So we're kind of, um, Sumo citrus hasbecome the brand name for DIC upon.
In the U S dollar, some otherones that are coming out.
But also, um, from other companiesthat have kind of caught up.
and Eventually realize that youcan grow them in California.
Eventually real.
Sort of seeing a lot ofthem in, in the U S now.
With names like, I've heard.
(06:47):
mighty mandarins and big honeys.
So.
And then a couple other kind ofsmiley face types type situations,
again, kind of going on that sametheme again, for some reason.
Uh, other kind of stipes.
So kind of going on that forsome reason to where the whole.
(07:18):
Why that thing was thatkind of the first one.
And everyone's kind of discovered that.
Um, but it kind of, you
know, I've infused is a little bitchunk trademark, Nicky B kind of.
(07:44):
To what.
Sorry, this things easier.
Shop.
Bridey name.
W you won't find per se.
So farmer's markets inCalifornia was growing up.
You know, they don't have trademarkrights, use those other names, but.
So if you've ever been.
Oh, back at the years, they try to fight.
It's a big variety.
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