# So...how many Clementines can you eat in one day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468 "2007-12-28T14:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/1 "2007-12-28T14:40:57Z")
This time of year I seem to have an over abundance of clementines in the house. You know those small wooden boxes filled with 30-40 [Clementines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine). I usually eat 2 or 3 a day. Lately I have been eating like 4 or 5 a day. How about you? Do you partake of the clementines in your house? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/2 "2007-12-28T14:48:01Z")
I’m eating 2-3 a day right now. I like them, but I’m sick of the Clementine Cabal only selling them by the crate. I wonder why you can’t buy them singly? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/3 "2007-12-28T14:51:20Z")
Oh, my darlin’, Oh, my darlin’, Oh, my dar-lin’ … ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/4 "2007-12-28T14:54:05Z")
What’s the difference between a tangerine and a clementine, taste-wise? I’ve never felt like buying a crate of clementines just to find out it has that blah tangerine taste. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/5 "2007-12-28T15:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=Student Driver] What’s the difference between a tangerine and a clementine, taste-wise? I’ve never felt like buying a crate of clementines just to find out it has that blah tangerine taste. [/QUOTE] They are more tart then tangerines and the dictionary [merriam webster] say’s: they are _ **probably** _ between an orange and a tangerine. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/6 "2007-12-28T15:15:16Z")
I’ve got a 3 a day habit. I’ll probably get the shakes once clementine season is over. I really do wish I didn’t have to buy a giant crate of the things, though, because even at the rate I’m going at, I suspect that a few will still end up going bad before I can eat them. Boo on the crate conspiracy! ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/7 "2007-12-28T15:17:32Z")
I can eat about 7 in a sitting if the mood strikes and my wife eats 4. We used to buy two boxes at a time but have cut back to one. I have seen them in smaller bags once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/8 "2007-12-28T15:32:03Z")
Your poll has missing critical information. How many are available, and is the supply replenished daily? Tris ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/9 "2007-12-28T16:00:44Z")
I used to eat them non-stop, back in Seoul. Like, seriously, I think I ate at least ten a day. Those things are everywhere in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/10 "2007-12-28T16:04:04Z")
I buy a box every couple weeks, because I love them, but I can’t seem to get through all of them before some go bad. So I’m resolved to finish the box I bought yesterday – 28 clementines in it. I ate 2 last night, and I’m aiming for between 5 and 7 a day so that I can finish them before they go bad. Hey, everyone needs a hobby, right? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/11 "2007-12-28T16:05:01Z")
Quite a few too many, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/12 "2007-12-28T16:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] They are more tart then tangerines and the dictionary [merriam webster] say’s: they are _ **probably** _ between an orange and a tangerine. [/QUOTE] Thanks; for once, Wikipedia hadn’t been too helpful for me on this question. Tart is good-- I might have to buy a crate the next time I see them. I wouldn’t have balked at trying them before if they’d been available in smaller amounts. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/13 "2007-12-28T16:12:56Z")
I’ve managed a crate in a day. So that would be somewhere around 30 or so. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/14 "2007-12-28T18:17:52Z")
Oh, God, I love those things. Plus, they’re incredibly easy to peel, so very easy to eat. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/15 "2007-12-28T18:21:59Z")
Many. And the peels have to come off as one piece, or they do not count. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/16 "2007-12-28T19:37:29Z")
My sister-in-law peeled one last year at Christmas so that the peel looked like a snake. The next meal, everyone else tried to do the same. Some were more successful than others–my nieces, aged not quite 2 and almost 4 were particularily unsuccessful. Sister-in-law wasn’t sure whether to be amused at us imitating her, or irked by it. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468/17 "2007-12-28T21:23:18Z")
I eat no less than 5-7 in a sitting.