How to tell if oranges are bad?

Meractik

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The orange looks okay its a nice deep orange color but when peeling it its all mushy and not firm (I thought it was because it was not in the fridge for the past 3 hours *i brought them from home to work..*) does this mean its bad?
 

ni4ni

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Originally posted by: Meractik
...I thought it was because it was not in the fridge for the past 3 years...



:disgust: are you kidding me?
 

Meractik

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i dunno it was pretty sour, like i never ate an orange that was so sour. lol, naturally ive never really ate one that wasn't refridgerated either, is this why its sour because it wasn't in the fridge and it getting room temp kinda amplifies the taste?
 

StrangerGuy

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Originally posted by: ni4ni
Originally posted by: Meractik
...I thought it was because it was not in the fridge for the past 3 years...



:disgust: are you kidding me?

I didn't knew an orange can last for three years! He must have painted it.
 

sao123

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Originally posted by: Meractik
The orange looks okay its a nice deep orange color but when peeling it its all mushy and not firm (I thought it was because it was not in the fridge for the past 3 hours *i brought them from home to work..*) does this mean its bad?


maybe its daddy was a lemon tree.
 

Meractik

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starting on the second of the 4 oranges, and yes i do believe something was wrong with that first one, i didn't finish it.. it tasted SOooo Sour :(
 

tfinch2

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It lasted for 3 years in the fridge? Geez sometimes I find em that have been in there for about a month or two and they have huge black spots and are really soft.
 

Continuity28

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
It lasted for 3 years in the fridge? Geez sometimes I find em that have been in there for about a month or two and they have huge black spots and are really soft.

Nah he meant hours. :)
 

Meractik

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its funny they where all in the same little bag so they all came at the same time... and for some reason this one orange was way sour and all the others so far are fine.. it was mushy too :/ oh well.
 

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Originally posted by: Meractik
starting on the second of the 4 oranges, and yes i do believe something was wrong with that first one, i didn't finish it.. it tasted SOooo Sour :(

there are 2 ways an orange can go bad (short term).

1 mold growing on it, this wasn't what you had it sounds like.

2 it can ferment, this could have happened.

so if you get a bit tipsy, it might be from the orange. ;)