I won't argue with anyone that says Gold Nugget is the perfect citrus fruit. I love them. Owari Satsuma, Sumo and Washington Navel are close runners up.
@@ocneal I got a plant from a nursery in February. Fruit continues to hold onto the tree till today (late april) and continues to grow larger. My guess is this will hold well into the summer and maybe even into the early fall here in the bay area (california).
The quality of citrus in the store is so variable. Any citrus off the tree is going to be mind-blowing improvement on the store variety. I guess that holds for many fruits, but I had to say it.
I'll start exclusively eating fruit directly from the tree as soon as I get the several hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that that would require.
Have Indian oranges. They feel light and airy because they have a whole layer of air between the skin and the insides and sometimes you can even shake them and hear the fruit rattle around inside. It looks sort of bumpy and the rind is green and orange. The skin around the little slices inside also comes off very easily.
Nice Obscura shirt bro! btw just found your channel a few days ago and been loving your content, super interesting stuff, really incredible how much diversity there is in the world of produce that in your average american supermarket you don't get to see. keep doing what you're doing man!
Gold Nuggets are pretty good! I used to confuse them with Sumo Oranges (Which are my favorite citrus fruit). But I think I've seen Gold nuggets at a Local H-Mart in Long Island. Haven't seen them recently though.
UC Riverside's agricultural department created a real winner here. It rapidly became my favorite citrus after I bought one. Not only is it easy to peel but the thickness of the rind makes it store well -- I don't have to carefully check for broken rinds to avoid spoilage like I do with mandarins (I've lost bags of mandarins on my shelf due to one starting to rot and spreading the rot to other fruit in the bag)
Oh wow. First time I've had a fruit before you've done a video on it before. Didnt find it at a specialty store. My regular old "mega-lo-mart" had them funnily enough.
Gold nugget mandarins are pretty much my favorite orange like fruit. It tastes really great and the peel just about falls off on its own. The hard to peel nature of something like a naval orange is one of my least favorite parts of it. They are pretty easy to find in Illinois during their season so it is fairly widely available.
I know you wouldn't normally do this, but maybe you could put out an hour long vegetable special for April's Fool Day. I love vegetables. I'm not a big fruit fan, but I love your videos and I find the variety of fruits quite remarkable.
Hey Jared, I think you could make a really cool tshirt if someone were to take your sweetness chart and turn it into a really well illustrated and artistic take on itself.
I remember eating these things we called tangerines. What ever they were, the had a loose skin like a Shar pie. You could grab a bit skin, and tear it, and the fruit would just fall out. They were small, but they tasted great. I have not seen them in years. So sad.
Hiya ^-^ little numbers on the serial number stickers are just the ID codes you use to type into the till when the code doesn't scan...the stickers are often too small or crinkled to scan properly so short number codes make life WAY easier for till bunnies like me ^-^ P.s. I love being a "Fruit Freak"! ^-^ I'm generally not a fan of eating mandarins out of hand, but the wrinkliness of this one makes it oddly appealing to me =s weird XD
I've been seeing these at our local Asian market, but passed them up and bought the Honey Tangerines instead. I definitely won't make that mistake again!
Clementines are also a variety of mandarin- or, by some accounts, a mandarin/sweet orange hybrid. Tangerines are also mandarins- at least according to some books. Most of the citrus varieties and species cross with each other so readily, and have been modified so much by domestication, that it’s hard to sort out where the species divide among all the cultivars.
In the culture where I grow up, this type of orange is sold/gifted in boxes the most when it is the chinese lunar new year considered pretty "premium quality" compared to normal orange
A similar one is called Lee. X nova Astute observation. They are often mislabeled. Walmart has clementines labeled gold nugget when they are actually just average mandarins.
I heard a lot of peoples claim Owari satsuma mandarin is on top of all mandarin and I got my ordered just about 2 months ago from Four Wind Growers, can’t wait to tastes my very first Owari to see if it exactly what everyone said so. Great videos, thanks!
@@WeirdExplorerah, I figured you were probably too young to remember the Freakatorium, the museum he had in Manhattan. It closed in 2005, but I figured you might have met him at a show. Johnny, was an acquaintance of mine. I didn't know him really well but we would talk and hang out some at the Maryland Faire, and he taught the guy, who taught the guy, who taught me to eat fire.
Very cool. I moved to NYC in 2005 shortly after the freakatorium closed, so I never got to see it unfortunately. I was taught sideshow by another great, Todd Robbins.. it was also back in 2005. Thats great, I love how so much of sideshow is passed down person to person. Sadly these days a lot of kids are "learning" from youtube and its terrifying.
A large part of “enjoyment” of eating orange fruits, is the smell, when i peel them. Its also allways a downside of mandrins, as they tend to have a weird sour bergamottish smell. To bad u miss that point😢
My opinion is that the Gokd Nugget has a more consistent sweetness on nearly every mandarin. Comparatively, the early season Satsuma some are sweeter than others - in my opinion. I’m wondering if more sunlight getting to the Gold Nugget has anything to do with it. In mid-March the Gold Nuggets are just coming to market. But they will hold on the tree at least least until June.
Mandarin oranges are the worst ones I've ever had, they're practically flavorless (From any supermarkets I've found them in in Arizona). It's strange to me that the same species just, a different cultivar, would somehow taste infinitely better.
clementine is a type of mandarin, but this is definatly no clementine, which has smooth skin. typical of where you bought it to say its the best, they would say it will pour you a drink, and cook you dinner , before peeling itself if they thought you would believe it.
"Considered to be the best Citrus by some dudes"
😂
Nope. You obviously have never tasted the honey bell which is only available in January and they are so sweet,so juicy they include bibs.
I won't argue with anyone that says Gold Nugget is the perfect citrus fruit. I love them. Owari Satsuma, Sumo and Washington Navel are close runners up.
I think Gold Nugget will hold into summertime in California which is a big plus.
@@ocneal I got a plant from a nursery in February. Fruit continues to hold onto the tree till today (late april) and continues to grow larger. My guess is this will hold well into the summer and maybe even into the early fall here in the bay area (california).
The quality of citrus in the store is so variable. Any citrus off the tree is going to be mind-blowing improvement on the store variety. I guess that holds for many fruits, but I had to say it.
I'll start exclusively eating fruit directly from the tree as soon as I get the several hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that that would require.
Have Indian oranges. They feel light and airy because they have a whole layer of air between the skin and the insides and sometimes you can even shake them and hear the fruit rattle around inside. It looks sort of bumpy and the rind is green and orange. The skin around the little slices inside also comes off very easily.
It almost reminds me of a Ponkan; relatively thick and airy skin, easy to separate wedges and the shape in general kinda looks like a Ponkan.
Yes, looks and feels like one. Flavor is different though.
I love these things. They're so good.
I just had one. They're pretty good. The best thing about it is you can peel them really easy. No citrus on your fingers. That's a winner in my book.
Sometimes I’ll have an orange that’s very sweet but almost tastes of nothing else. I love watching these videos!
Halo Murph : That’s how clementines taste to me: very sweet, but not enough sour and fruity flavors to balance the sweetness.
Love the cynical humor at 1:20. The panel as people in basements got me.
The panel=the people under the stairs
cynical humor keeps da world "that we know" goin round...nice post!!
Nice Obscura shirt bro! btw just found your channel a few days ago and been loving your content, super interesting stuff, really incredible how much diversity there is in the world of produce that in your average american supermarket you don't get to see. keep doing what you're doing man!
Thanks! yeah obscura is the best. I used to regular the shop and come home with some cursed antique somethingorother every weekend.
Sack of Gold Nugget Mandarins sitting on my counter. They are quite good!
100% agree, I usually buy them in boxes when available, I find the wrinklier they are the tastier they are.
I love Golden Nugget mandarin !
Gold Nuggets are pretty good! I used to confuse them with Sumo Oranges (Which are my favorite citrus fruit). But I think I've seen Gold nuggets at a Local H-Mart in Long Island. Haven't seen them recently though.
The faux wood panel on my auntie's station wagon :p
This and some dekopons are stellar fruits.
That mandarin looks heavenly
UC Riverside's agricultural department created a real winner here. It rapidly became my favorite citrus after I bought one. Not only is it easy to peel but the thickness of the rind makes it store well -- I don't have to carefully check for broken rinds to avoid spoilage like I do with mandarins (I've lost bags of mandarins on my shelf due to one starting to rot and spreading the rot to other fruit in the bag)
Have you ever tried a Hamlin juice orange? Intense and juicy not overly sweet flavor. 🍊
I love these. I usually don’t like eating oranges because of how sour they are but I would usually eat a lot of these during Chinese new year.
I was at HD today trying to decide which mandarin tree to buy for my garden. Your video helped me make my decision. Thanks.
Glad to hear it
I have this tree at home. THE BEST!
Oh really? Mm where do you live?
He he...
Oh wow. First time I've had a fruit before you've done a video on it before. Didnt find it at a specialty store. My regular old "mega-lo-mart" had them funnily enough.
Gold nugget mandarins are pretty much my favorite orange like fruit. It tastes really great and the peel just about falls off on its own. The hard to peel nature of something like a naval orange is one of my least favorite parts of it. They are pretty easy to find in Illinois during their season so it is fairly widely available.
I've seen this at my local supermarket here in Australia but the bumpy skin turned me off them. I'll definitely pick some up next time I see them!
Have you tried the mandarin cumquat hybrid Or the murcot both are delicious my fav citrus personally
Yes, i have a kumquat hybrid video on here somewhere. Super tasty!
I have seen them in Asian supermarket but never tried them because of the appearance. LOL
keep it up Weirdo love it...
Now this is something i like :D, yum yummmm.
You make me jealous with the fruits you eat
Wow that fruit looks beautifull
Mandarin season has finished here in Oz but I’ll definitely check ‘em out next year🍊
These are my favorite! My son calls them ugly lol
I know you wouldn't normally do this, but maybe you could put out an hour long vegetable special for April's Fool Day. I love vegetables. I'm not a big fruit fan, but I love your videos and I find the variety of fruits quite remarkable.
there will be an occasional veggie in the future :)
Amazing
The people in the basement know what they're talking about !
Hey Jared, I think you could make a really cool tshirt if someone were to take your sweetness chart and turn it into a really well illustrated and artistic take on itself.
Been thinking about that for a future shirt. Not sure though, I like having shirts that are appealing whether or not you know about the channel.
I think it would be intriguing for people, they might end up checking out your channel out of curiosity alone.
These are great my mom would buy them all the time
I used to peel them while they were still in the peel by rolling them for fun
I really want one, that looks delicious.
@Weird Explorer Try honey bells in a video, only available in January and Cushman farms has the best.
I remember eating these things we called tangerines. What ever they were, the had a loose skin like a Shar pie. You could grab a bit skin, and tear it, and the fruit would just fall out. They were small, but they tasted great. I have not seen them in years. So sad.
What coubtry do you live in? Sounds really good.
Hey google indian oranges see if that'swhat youre talking about
Sounds like cutie mandarins. I find them here in the Bay area, the company even put out commercials for them at one point
Thanks, I've always wondered.
Yes! We used to eat those as kids...in Australia :)
Those dudes are top tier Jared don’t question it or you’ll get baby shaked
I love these
Hiya ^-^ little numbers on the serial number stickers are just the ID codes you use to type into the till when the code doesn't scan...the stickers are often too small or crinkled to scan properly so short number codes make life WAY easier for till bunnies like me ^-^
P.s. I love being a "Fruit Freak"! ^-^
I'm generally not a fan of eating mandarins out of hand, but the wrinkliness of this one makes it oddly appealing to me =s weird XD
I've been seeing these at our local Asian market, but passed them up and bought the Honey Tangerines instead. I definitely won't make that mistake again!
The “damn ummm” had me deadd
Clementines are also a variety of mandarin- or, by some accounts, a mandarin/sweet orange hybrid. Tangerines are also mandarins- at least according to some books. Most of the citrus varieties and species cross with each other so readily, and have been modified so much by domestication, that it’s hard to sort out where the species divide among all the cultivars.
When is the season for these so I can keep a lookout for these at my local grocery store?
fall to winter! so not long now!
In the culture where I grow up, this type of orange is sold/gifted in boxes the most when it is the chinese lunar new year
considered pretty "premium quality" compared to normal orange
A similar one is called Lee. X nova
Astute observation. They are often mislabeled. Walmart has clementines labeled gold nugget when they are actually just average mandarins.
Funny when I saw this video, I thought you wouldnt necessarily enjoy it given its lack of sourness.
Good job with your videos, as always
I really wanna try one of these 🙀
Considered to be the best by a panel, a wood panel? Lol
Tikola Nesla, bravo!
No one Special ;-)
Have you eaten Satsuma? So gooood
I heard a lot of peoples claim Owari satsuma mandarin is on top of all mandarin and I got my ordered just about 2 months ago from Four Wind Growers, can’t wait to tastes my very first Owari to see if it exactly what everyone said so. Great videos, thanks!
The Owari is one of the earliest while the Gold Nugget is one of the latest holding in/on the tree.
Look for the korean pear. They’re so juicy but crunchy at the same time. I just found some today here in California.
Which variety of Korean Pear is the best?
I hear a kitty-cat!
I’ll have to try one of these, but now I’m even more disappointed it’s so difficult to get a setoka and I’m off to rewatch your video on it.
Quick question, given your profession did you happen to know Johnny Fox? Also, I'm loving my new durian shirt and have it on right now.
I never met him. Sad to hear he passed away last year. I'm more familiar with the NYC sideshow world.
Glad to hear you're enjoying the shirt!
@@WeirdExplorerah, I figured you were probably too young to remember the Freakatorium, the museum he had in Manhattan. It closed in 2005, but I figured you might have met him at a show. Johnny, was an acquaintance of mine. I didn't know him really well but we would talk and hang out some at the Maryland Faire, and he taught the guy, who taught the guy, who taught me to eat fire.
Very cool. I moved to NYC in 2005 shortly after the freakatorium closed, so I never got to see it unfortunately. I was taught sideshow by another great, Todd Robbins.. it was also back in 2005. Thats great, I love how so much of sideshow is passed down person to person. Sadly these days a lot of kids are "learning" from youtube and its terrifying.
Have you ever had a sumo orange? Def the best citrus I've had by a lot
Gotta get me some of those. Bet they are expensive.
It wasn't too bad. Bit more than oranges
A large part of “enjoyment” of eating orange fruits, is the smell, when i peel them. Its also allways a downside of mandrins, as they tend to have a weird sour bergamottish smell. To bad u miss that point😢
It looks a lot like a satsuma... Also stupid good.
One member of the panel disliked this video.
damn you citrus panel!
😂😂😂
I have had some killer honey bells in my mom's yard in Florida and I had some killer blood oranges that my boss grew in San Diego
Good morning
Tangelo Seminole × Sumo(aka Dekopon,Shiranui) hybrid
i enjoy your channel ! you're a pretty cool and intersting dude !
The flesh reminds me of a Satsuma.
Dammmn
That's looks good
damn!! we need to get some golden nuggetz asap.. that thing looks fine
Just picked up a golden nugget tree because of this review, I trust your judgement
Please review the Sumo Citrus
I think I reviewed that in this video: th-cam.com/video/ItlDWH0ovuw/w-d-xo.html
Which is better between Satsuma and Gold nugget for flavour and sweetness?
My opinion is that the Gokd Nugget has a more consistent sweetness on nearly every mandarin. Comparatively, the early season Satsuma some are sweeter than others - in my opinion. I’m wondering if more sunlight getting to the Gold Nugget has anything to do with it. In mid-March the Gold Nuggets are just coming to market. But they will hold on the tree at least least until June.
It was a wood panel, that had been voted the best wood panel by a panel........
It is the best
That and cara cara
This is my husbands favorite mandarin he will throw a fit if I get anything else
Here is more information citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/goldnugget.html
The titles says episode 326 while in the intro it says 325.
whoops
We have this kind of fruit which are green and turns a bit yellow when ripe, its very juicy and sour actually I don't know it's name
🍊 😋 🍊
I mean mandarins in the first place are literally just oranges but better in every way...
Would you speak about bitter oranges
sure: th-cam.com/video/vvo875fs4Ls/w-d-xo.html
I'm more of a yuzu/ blood orange/ pommelo type. needs to have that special aroma
pls do visit pakistan also
Is it the same as a Sumo Citrus? It looks a lot like a Sumo.
Nope, those are dekopans. I think those may be a hybrid with mandarins though
Definitely not!
@ Weird Explorer Is it possible to get the Japanese variety you’ve spoken about here, anywhere in the US? Thanks.
I'm still sceptical of anything claiming to be better than yuzu, personally.
Other names of this is "Satsuma Tangerine"
Looks very similar to sumo citrus, minus the bulbous top
Rated best citrus by an electrical panel, most conductive juice 3 years running.
Fruit freak? I guess I've found my tribe. There's one for everybody on TH-cam somewhere.
Mandarin oranges are the worst ones I've ever had, they're practically flavorless (From any supermarkets I've found them in in Arizona). It's strange to me that the same species just, a different cultivar, would somehow taste infinitely better.
Oranges are extremely "hit and miss". Look for firm, heavy for its size, fragrant oranges, the skin is a little deceptive...
clementine is a type of mandarin, but this is definatly no clementine, which has smooth skin. typical of where you bought it to say its the best, they would say it will pour you a drink, and cook you dinner , before peeling itself if they thought you would believe it.
Six dudes sat down for three days straight and ate all the citrus fruits. And they picked this one. I must consume this citrus
Edit: me bad at grammar
I feel obliged to point out it's "setoka" (せとか） with an e, not satoka.
As soon as i'm not broke i'm joining ur patreon, mark my fucking worms
Peace....
Thank god you didn’t cut it in half to eat. 🙏
Spoiler alert: “Damn! That’s really good!”
Clementines are c.reticulata X c.aurantium
wait they had a panel to decide the tastiest citrus and they didnt invite you?