Florida Oranges vs California Oranges (place, best, state, people)

[dispo4]

Gotta give it to Florida, California oranges are too acidic.

[LordHomunculus]

I think I like Florida oranges more. But the reason why I say that "I think" is because:

1.) I don't really pay attention as to where my oranges or orange juice comes from.

2.) Since I live in Florida and I don't pay attention to my oranges, I believe that all the oranges and orange juice I consume comes from Florida. Therefore, I'm not sure if we even get California oranges.

[sabbat hunter]

I prefer California navels to florida. Easier to peel, meat of fruit is a little more tender. Florida navels tend to be thinner skinned, which makes them hard to peel.

As for those using them for juicing, you should really be using juice oranges, they are juicer and sweeter than either navel variety (although they do have seeds/pits)

[cacto]

Arizona oranges!

[CravingMountains]

California can grow oranges?? Where? Even central Florida has a hard time growing citrus fruits.

[saibot]

In my experience, it's not true that California oranges are always an even orange color. We had three Valencia (juice) orange trees at my childhood home in La Habra, CA which were left from one of the original orchards that gave Orange County its name.

When the color was evenly orange and the skin felt smooth, they were often not ripe. The ripe ones felt bumpy and the skin could have greenish patches. They didn't look pretty, but the juice was amazing.

Oranges grow fantastically well in Southern California. Up until about 20 years ago orange groves were a frequent sight in parts of southern Orange County. Certain times of the year, when you drove near them you could roll down your windows and smell the wonderful orange blossom smell. They're pretty much gone now, all developed. Lots of people still have backyard trees, though, and lemon trees as well. (Meyer lemons...they're the best).

To answer the question, I don't have much experience with Florida oranges because I get all the oranges I need, locally here in CA. But I do think Texas and Florida grapefruits are superior.

[Bluefox]

I vote that this thread gets transferred to the Food and Beverage forum.

[Hawaii4evr]

California oranges are better for eating. Florida oranges are better for juicing.

[Ron Derouen]

Wrong question. Texas has the best and sweetest oranges with #2 having stayed on the tree the longest. You can tell this orange by the brown splotches on the skin from the sun. I have not eaten California oranges for over 30 years and each year in December I buy Texas oranges by the ten pound bag. I just finished eating two. For the sweetest oranges go to an Asian food market because they like sweet oranges.

[RadicalAtheist]

"And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a ****ing swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a ****hole," we said, but you had to have your ****ing orange juice."