MANDARIN COMPARISON (Owari Satsuma VS Vietnamese Flying Saucer VS Clementine)- Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 549 Mandarin Comparison
Location: Grown in California, Filmed in NYC

Kindly donated by the Monterey Bay chapter of The California Rare Fruit Growers.

(please note that this is an organization, not a store. They do not sell fruit, seeds or trees)

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[mirandamom]

That flying saucer did a disappearing act—awesome.

[StuffandThings_]

Oh no Jared, it looks like you've gotten into citrus taxonomy. Good luck with that mess xD

[MsZqr]

2:41 I have always peeled mandarins. Seeing you cutting them in half feels weird.

[jasonsutor]

We have no clue who donated the Vietnamese Flying Saucer - I hope to eventually figure out more about it.

The 'Satsuma' in Louisiana might be Owari but they use it as a generic name to represent a whole bunch of cultivars, the most common of which is the Owari. Some other ones there are Armstrong, Brown's Select, Kimbrough, Louisiana Early and Early St. Ann.

[freshlysqueezedpopsicle]

your reactions to eating the rinds is golden omg- i’m watching this late at night but your videos are so binge worthy :) keep up the good work 😎💗

[benjaminbroudy]

Hello Jared! I have a Tango Mandarin tree (it is a Honey Mandarin that has been irradiated so it is seedless). We just planted it a couple months ago but it is setting its first fruit now. I will try to send you a couple when they are ripe! Also you said one of the fruits tastes like a mandarin orange cross, and actually there are fruits called Tangors and Temple Oranges which are mandarin sweet orange crosses. You can probably find them at a specialty market if you wanted to try them. and another side note (there are too many lol I just dont have a lot of friends so I end up talking to you in the comments): my grandmother has a clementine tree, same variety as the supermarket, and when it is picked ripe off the tree it is deliciously sweet with no sourness at all, maybe max a 2. Also congrats on 200k!!!!

[TheFNMgeek]

Just remembered you did a couple episodes of that series “cabinet of curiosities”. Would love to see you do another episode of it in the future! Also loving this marathon of citrus videos!

[SyddlesFuzz]

Oh hey, I've been growing Owari Satsuma for a year now. :D

[grugnotice]

My SE Texas hometown's yearbook is called the "Satsuma". We love our Niponese citrus!
I remember a friend of mine from high school saying "The only bad part about a satsuma is that they end". These are true facts.

[resyal]

I've never seen a sliced mandarin till today

[jennifereverettgrowsfoodor]

Very helpful video! Adding to what you've said, I've noticed that fruit flavor can vary quite a bit from one piece to the next, even from the same tree. One piece can be stellar while the next tastes a little off (perhaps overripe or maybe just less flavorful). I like to sample multiple pieces from one tree before deciding.

[nmnate]

The best mandarins are the tree ripened ones out of my grandmother's backyard in CA! Rinds are pretty good too. They usually don't last very well off the tree in my experience.

Also, I'm wondering if that Owari has a bunch of different subvarieties itself... the ones our potted 'owari' tree grows have fairly noticeable raised area (thicker pith) near the stem. They're more pear shaped overall.

[catcrazy]

I find that the sweetness of mandarins varies from year to year. I like the sweeter ones. Last year I purchased a bag of them and ended up pitching most them. This year they are much sweeter.

[Cerealbox]

I'm on a citrus fruit kick right now, this is perfectly timed. I wish I could just, like, buy one of all the citrus fruits for 100 bucks or something.

[carak]

Can you do a review of the red atemoya on miami fruit? it would e interesting!

[Bubu]

I have fond memories of candied mandarin peels. Reminds me of christmas(because my grandmother had them when we visited).

[atomk]

I'm terribly disturbed by mandarins being cut in halves.

[diablominero]

Satsumas will shock you with how acidic they are. You'll be eating some on an empty stomach, thinking it's about as tart as an orange, and then you'll feel a pain near the top of your stomach as the acidity slightly burns you.
Also, good satsumas have a characteristic bright taste that other mandarins generally don't have. Clementines have a dark taste, like orange juice from a carton, and tangerines taste like like someone is trying very hard to make them taste like a citrus.

[ratchet-official]

I’m eating a Mandarin while watching this 😁🍊

[KonaSquid]

the mandarins I get at the store are tiny. probably smaller than the satsuma :3