Looking for freshly squeezed orange juice (Tampa, Frostproof: hotels, store, move to)

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by Logane

In France, I had some of the best oranges ever, sweet, juicy, fragrant. I found out they were actually from Spain.

Perhaps Spain produces more oranges than Florida????? Doubt it.

[kmarc]

Originally Posted by Logane

In France, I had some of the best oranges ever, sweet, juicy, fragrant. I found out they were actually from Spain.

Indeed. Oranges were originally from China, cultivated later in Spain, and the Spanish brought the fruit to Florida (first to St. Augustine), and later California and Arizona.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(fruit)

[hokiepoke]

Originally Posted by bobandsherry

What's bizarre is when you shop in a grocery store and they are selling California oranges, like it's really cheaper to ship oranges across the country than to sell something local?

I find this odd too with stores selling strawberry from CA during strawberry season when we have Plant City nearby.

[BucFan]

if you did a blindfold test: not sure 9 out 10 could tell the difference.......



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[saibot]

Are you kidding?!? I don't even like orange juice, but freshly squeezed orange juice tastes very very different from the kind you buy in a carton.

[Roscoe Conkling]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Europeans do a lot of things better than we do.

Cheese,for one thing.
And bread.
And portion sizes.
I find a US hors d'oeuvre about the size of a European main course.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by Roscoe Conkling

Cheese,for one thing.
And bread.
And portion sizes.
I find a US hors d'oeuvre about the size of a European main course.

Beer, usually.

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by BucFan

if you did a blindfold test: not sure 9 out 10 could tell the difference.......

According to this you'd be wrong.

The Orange Juice Taste Test: We Tried 6 Brands and Ranked Them

1. Fresh-Squeezed OJ - $6.15
As I expected, this juice stood out as the clear-cut winner for just about everyone. It had a hearty, natural flavor, with a texture that was a tiny bit thicker than the rest, and a good balance between sweet and acidic.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by bobandsherry

According to this you'd be wrong.

The Orange Juice Taste Test: We Tried 6 Brands and Ranked Them

Okay. I don't drink the stuff.

thanks for doing the research.

Why do you think quality American restaurants don't offer it? Too much waste? Too much effort? Too expensive to provide?

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Perhaps Spain produces more oranges than Florida????? Doubt it.

At the rate greening sickness is going almost any place will have more fruit than FL. It's history here and getting worse by the year. Greening can't be stopped and is killing more and more tree's dee. It has killed every tree in my hood starting with my tree in 2005. There is no cure for it.