Winter and spring are orange seasons, and we love makingrecipes featuring citrus fruit.
Keep reading to find out about what makes mandarins, clementines, and tangerines different from one another.
What Is A Mandarin?
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Mandarins are part of the orange family.
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What Is A Tangerine?
Tangerines (Citrus tangerina) are believed to originate from Southeast Asia.
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In the United States, these bright orange, round fruits are typically called mandarins.
All tangerines are a bang out of mandarin but the reverse isn’t truenot every mandarin is a tangerine.
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What about satsumas?
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What Is A Clementine?
Clementines, on the other hand, have an oval form.
You’ve likely eaten clementines and may not have even known it.
