Mandarin time
By iDivision
@iDivision (1412)
Latvia
February 4, 2011 2:42am CST
In my country there is a few definite signs that winter is coming or going away - cold, snow and mandarin fruits in shops.
yes, this may sound a little bit funny, but when there is a winter then most people eat mandarin fruits much more than any other.
You may think why?
Because mandarins are cheaper than oranges, bananas and other fruits, also you can take now only one big fruit, but many, many more, put them in bag and then eat with your family without fruit dividing into several peaces.
Now when winter have left only few months to be "in charge" of my country weather mandarin fruits will loose their popularity too. Maybe they have the same healthy vitamins in them, but still its almost tradition in here - to eat mandarins at winter, not any other time period of year.
2 responses
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 11
We only see mandarin fruits during the spring festival here. And it is the spring festival here now which we normally call chinese new year. Mandarin oranges are everywhere in the market and the price is reasonably cheap even though they are imported fruits. My country is a tropical country and tropical fruits like bananas, pineapples and papayas are sold cheaply here.
@iDivision (1412)
• Latvia
7 Feb 11
yes, i know that they both come from the same citrus family. My point is that at winterts everyone eat mandarins, in the rest of the year oranges. :)
@iDivision (1412)
• Latvia
4 Feb 11
But why do most people prefer to eat oranges rather than mandarins? i have heard that they are full with vitamins the same like oranges.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
4 Feb 11
Here in India too, winter announces its arrival with the oranges...most fruit vendors will stock oranges in heaps and people just buy them in dozens. Even while I write this respond, I have a peeled orange in my lunch box which I’m going to eat while I work. Sometimes they come sour but this year, they have been very very sweet. Oranges / mandarins are a typical memory from a lazy and sunny wintry day...people will just take them in baskets for picnic and laze around while eating them. I love oranges and miss them throughout the year since they are a typical winter speciality.
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@iDivision (1412)
• Latvia
4 Feb 11
But mandarins grow in your country India? We in here have mostly apples because of cold weather and low sun activity.
I thought mandarins is brought to my country at winter because they have been grown in tropical countries right now.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
7 Feb 11
Oh yes, mandarins or oranges do grow in the hilly regions of India and is a typically winter fruit.
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@iDivision (1412)
• Latvia
7 Feb 11
Cool. I have tried to grow a small mandarin tree at home, but it fails to give any fruits because of lack of the sun here :)
