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Easy peelers, how hard can it be!

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Alima Mon 13-Feb-17 11:25:44

On the lookout this morning for some bog-standard satsumas. We like those best, not as sweet as mandarins or tangerines. Every type of small round orange fruit there was labelled easy peeler without giving the name of the fruit. How hard can it be to peel a small orange, and what a stupid thing to send me into despair at the state of the nation nowadays. Think I need to go and lie down.

MawBroon Mon 13-Feb-17 11:29:29

Another example of dumbing down!
Like apples. When I was a child there must have been a wide range of apples available, probably in private orchards, but in the greengrocers in our wee Scottish town the choice was "Eaters" or "cookers"

willsmadnan Mon 13-Feb-17 12:38:34

I seem to remember a while ago one of the 'Big Five' started selling ready-peeled oranges. Did that die the death, or are they still cashing in on the bone-idle ?

Greyduster Mon 13-Feb-17 12:52:13

I never buy oranges unless they are large navel oranges which are a lot easier to peel than the smaller thin skinned ones. They have been very good this year, but they seem to have their season and then you don't see them again until the winter. I like satsumas too, but I've never seen a ready peeled orange.

Izabella Mon 13-Feb-17 17:00:39

MUch appreciated me at the moment working with one hand only. ?

TriciaF Mon 13-Feb-17 17:56:39

Even the mandarins I buy are hard to peel.
When all else fails I cut oranges into sections, peel included, and chomp out the contents of each section.

Alima Mon 13-Feb-17 18:00:36

I don't have an issue with easy peelers honestly, it would be good if they labelled the fruit as what it is rather than just easy to peel. Sort of like 'easy peel satsumas', not much more to print.