I’m not keen on eating mandarin oranges or mikan as fruits. Somehow, they always give me an immediate sore throat or a headache. It's cloying, not exactly refreshing even when chilled. But as orange juice or hallabong juice, they're fine.
The husband has no such issues and loves his mikan and mandarin oranges, especially the hybrid Red Beauty, and the Korean Hallabong the Red Hyang. He has not much interest in the lukan or ponkan, and no-no to Golden Beauty. The husband loves the jelly-like pulp of Red Beauty. Okay lor. I don't quite fancy it. I prefer the tate and texture of mikan or the Korean mandarin oranges.
Whatever it is, the mandarin orange peel could be soaked in water, and be used to water the three pots of surviving plants placed outdoors. Wheeeee.
My usual fruit stall got a great batch of Red Beauty from a farm I specifically wanted. The quality is different from say, the ones sold in cheap batches at Fairprice or CS Fresh. I wondered why the price difference, aside from the packaging. So I bought a cheaper box to try and compare. Well, let's just say the higher pricing at my fruit stall was worth it.
While I have gotten the many cartons (as bulk purchase) as gifts for some friends and older folks, I bought a few cartons of mandarin oranges and mikan for the husband, as well as for bai-nian greetings when we do the limited number of visits during the first week. There should be at least two in the car, and two in the bag for us to bring to anywhere, and as a back-up. I don't want to give people shitty oranges, so this year, I use Red Beauty and Sakura Mandarins.
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