I brought a tangerine to work today - to eat with my very healthy tuna fish for lunch. See, new year...new, healthy perspective.
It wasn't long before I remembered why I hate eating citrus fruit:
1. I have to peel it.
2. After peeling, it still has some of that white stringy stuff on it. YUCK.
3. Tangerines have seeds. At least 2 seeds per slice. Seeds that I have to spit out.
It's too much work to eat tangerines. Or oranges. This is why I never buy them. I should not have to work for my fruit.
So now, I have a peeled tangerine sitting on my desk, staring at me. I've eaten a few slices and have to keep spitting the seeds out (not exactly what one wants to be doing in her office at work).
I don't think I can bring myself to eat the rest of it.
Plus they feel like you haven't eaten anything. So to me, its just extra calories. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree regarding the tangerines. I would eat a good, ripe sunkist orange. It's more substantial. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love to eat seedless oranges but you are right, it is annoying at work. Plus, I don't know about you, but I squirt juices everywhere...no matter how hard I try to stop it. Then everything is a bit sticky. boo
ReplyDeleteHey Traci! Happy New Year! I'm with you on the citrus - I hate getting my hands dirty. But, you should try clementines. They are super easy to peel (the skin is soft) AND, no seeds! You can eat about 4 of them for a serving, they're so small. And they burst with flavor. Yum. Clementines.
ReplyDeletei know, i might have to buy some tonight at the store. but they're only seasonal for us.
ReplyDeleteOK...i bought some clementines. they're from spain. how odd.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to eating some.