like oranges, mandarins have to be refrigerated

[taxico]

so i have a whole bunch of mandarins given to me by various people and i kept them out.

i have no idea why i didn't refrigerate them, but i tried eating two today and both tasted bad despite smelling okay and looking perfect.

i think i'd have to throw all of them out.

yes, i always refrigerate my regular oranges...

you've been warned.

[the lynx]

I noticed that no fruit can last without refrigeration in tropical countries, unlike in temperate countries. So the rule of thumb is to refrigerate all fruit.

[JR8]

Except bananas, which emit Nitrogen Dioxide which also serves to ripen them.

Want to ripen some bananas?; stick them in a sealed plastic bag for a day or two.

[nutnut]

I didn't think you were supposed to eat them, I heard you just leave them until the 15th day and they go mouldy then you chuck them away?

[JR8]

p.s. you can use bananas to ripen other fruit too, just stick them in the same sealed container.

[BedokAmerican]

If those oranges you mentioned came from those traditional "Chinese New Year" trees sold in large potted containers, they probably would have tasted horrid no matter what. I tried one after picking one last month. It was ripe, looked good, smelled good but tasted awful. I read that these "trees" are planted with high amounts of something in the fertilizer to make them grow fast, but the stuff in the fertilizer makes them taste awful.