These will typically start to grow mold on them as well. Sometimes if oranges are left rotting for too long they will start to ooze juices. If oranges are bad you will notice that they have soft mushy spots. Go ahead and pick up each orange and give it a gentle squeeze, you want your orange to be firm. A ripe mandarin or clementine should be firm but not hard with a good, bright citrusy fragrance. Are mandarins supposed to be hard?īitterness can come from underripe fruit (although a lot of times they’ll just be sour or less flavorful), lack of juice is usually something that has been stored too long and dried out. If the orange has lost its citrusy smell and smells off (or funny), throw it out. If it’s super soft, mushy, or dried out, it’s time for it to go. A ripe mandarin is firm to slightly soft, heavy for its size, and pebbly-skinned. The taste is considered sweeter and stronger than the common orange. Mandarins are smaller and oblate, unlike the spherical common oranges (which are a mandarin–pomelo hybrid).
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