View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Kalmia Kalmia is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,987
Default I just ate three oranges

On Feb 11, 8:26*pm, "pavane" > wrote:
> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> |I think they were juice oranges. Is there such a thing?
> |
> | John Kuthe...
>
> Yup. *Juice oranges are usually valencia, from florida. *the california
> navals are pithier, having more stuff to chew and less juice, they
> are eating oranges. *navals easier to peel, thicker skin; valencia
> more difficult to peel, thinner skin. *all in all i like tangerines.
>
> pavane


Honeybells are the best.

The title of this thread brings to mind "The Love of Three Oranges" (I
THINK that's the title) by Prokofiev - one of the themes was used in
an old battery commercial in the fifties. Anyone remember what that
brand was? (Trivia question, guys.)