Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The clementine ...


This post in response to a family brunch conversation, last Saturday ...

Clementines are citrus. The are in the mandarin family and not to be confused with satsuma. They are not tangerines, although they are sometimes referred to as Algerian Tangerines. Clementines lack the seeds and sourness that tangerines have.

see: wikipedia: clementine; wikipedia: tangerine

I feel better now that I've finally remembered to look this up. In my mind, this case is closed!!

1 comment:

marc said...

Thank you for looking this up! I guess that brunch was blog worthy, since I got a coffee related post out of it, too.

Also, this explains why I have seen different brands of clementines at the market, suggesting that they themselves are not the brand-name.