Nutritional Information:
Excellent source of vitamin C and a good source of fiber and folate.

What to Look For:
Pick ones that are heavy for their size. Its nickname is "Emerald Green" because of its greenish-orange color.

Easy Storage and Preparation:
They will keep at room temperature for several days and a week or more if refrigerated.

Best Uses:
Loose skin allows them to be peeled easily. Sweet and seedless, they're great in fruit and green salads and good with poultry.

Sample Recipe:
Allen Susser's Orange-Mango Salsa

Tangerine

Nutritional Information:
Excellent source of vitamin C and a good source of fiber and folate.

What to Look For:
Select ones that are heavy for their size, free of bruises and brown spots. Color is not always an indicator, since some dark areas can be a sign of good, strong flavor.

Easy Storage and Preparation:
They will keep at room temperature for several days and a week or more if refrigerated.

Best Uses:
Loose skin allows tangerines to be peeled easily. Their tart flesh adds flavor to fruit or green salads but watch out for seeds. Good with poultry.

Sample Recipe:
Alice Waters' Orange Juice

NOTE: An excellent source contains more than 20 percent of the Daily Value for that nutrient. A good source contains between 10 and 19 percent of the Daily Value.

Source: Copyright © 2000 by Ellen Haas.
From the book "Great Adventures in Food" By Ellen Haas.
Used with permission of St. Martin's Press, LLC.