I buy a box of clementines the other day from the supermarket. Mmm decent seedless things from Spain, maybe California {same thing right?} Well tonight Iam cooking dinner for me and the kids and Iam getting dizzy and smell a weird uh smell... I sniff the stove, nothing.
I check my furnace, nothing, washer and dryer nothing. I check them little FUCKING CLEMENTINES, 2 of them were fuzzy and moldy and emanating a black oooze, THE CLEMENTINES SMELL LIKE TOXIC GAS or something..
ANYONE know WTF is coming from my clementines??? this is not a test this is a real issue...Iam freakin dizzy
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If they're really moldy (and it sounds like they are), they will begin to emit a terrible, strong odor, which is common for all citrus fruits. I don't believe it's toxic, but it does smell like some kind of gas. FYI, I think that citrus fruits can produce small amounts of CO2 but I'm not sure if CO2 is what causes that odor or not. Most if not all of the clementines are imported, and when you buy them, you should store them in the refrigerator but don't allow them to freeze.
Also, a hazard of buying them in those cute little boxes is that you can't see all of them - so until you get home and take them out you don't know if you have any moldy ones.
The best thing to do is buy them in bulk, or if you do buy the box, take them all out as soon as you get home and discard any that appear to be moldy, damaged, or have brown spots.
-- Edited by Buttercup at 18:13, 2006-12-08
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. Strong and Beautiful smells like a monkey
If you store them in a paper bag, it will accelerate the production of CO2 and therefore cause them to continue to ripen. Apples, peaches, nectarines, and I think avocados...yes, if you need to ripen them quickly that's the way to do it, but you shouldn't need to do that with clementines.
Store them in the refrigerator, or if you plan on eating them in a couple of days it's okay to leave them at room temperature.
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. Strong and Beautiful smells like a monkey
If you store them in a paper bag, it will accelerate the production of CO2 and therefore cause them to continue to ripen. Apples, peaches, nectarines, and I think avocados...yes, if you need to ripen them quickly that's the way to do it, but you shouldn't need to do that with clementines.
Store them in the refrigerator, or if you plan on eating them in a couple of days it's okay to leave them at room temperature.
Wow, smart and beautiful
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. 
thanks. So buy them and store them in fridger? paper bag maybe? But definitely NOT the box from Espana...
