GIANT MANDARIN - Tasting The Ponkan Tangerine - Weird Fruit Explorer in Malaysia - Ep. 96

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    Ponkan (Citrus poonensis)
    Origin: Probably China, India or Taiwan

Комментарии • 57

  • @jerrywang7795
    @jerrywang7795 3 года назад +12

    I remember when i was a kid back in taiwan, people would buy these giant tangerines as table decorations for the Chinese New Year. We never ate them because the taste was very sour and I am not sure if those were the same as this one in the film.

  • @Animaniafreak
    @Animaniafreak 9 лет назад +19

    I burst out of laughter when I saw you holding up the giant citrus! I had Ponkan before, but not as huge! I like mandarin but not the tangerine/hybrid variety, because the segments are harder to separate and usually lots of seeds.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад +4

      Animania freak that thing was a beast!

  • @frank_lotion_
    @frank_lotion_ Год назад +2

    Ponkan in Brazil is incredibly sweet. Easy to peel, easy to eat. Best fruit

  • @HaHaBIah
    @HaHaBIah 3 года назад +6

    We call these "kan" or "kam" over here (depending on which dialect/language of Chinese you use) "kan" is more for Mandarin speakers. "kam" is either Hokkien or Cantonese I forgot.

  • @foxtrot260
    @foxtrot260 5 лет назад +18

    From what variety of ponkan is this? I am a producer of ponkan in Brazil and I have never seen one of this size, I would like to know to get change of this variety.Thank you

    • @simona.4673
      @simona.4673 4 года назад +1

      caramba mas, nunca tinha visto ponkan desse tamanho, elas são gigantes. as que eu compravam normalmente tinham o tamanho de uma laranja comum.

  • @djoulliegeraldizo3578
    @djoulliegeraldizo3578 9 лет назад +4

    Wow looks delicious, I've never seen such a huge ponkan.

  • @sarahmo9708
    @sarahmo9708 3 года назад +3

    Yay old school Jared

    • @hot_wheelz
      @hot_wheelz 3 года назад

      Dude, it's old school because it was uploaded 5 years ago.

  • @SereVie
    @SereVie 9 лет назад +5

    Tangerine in Chinese sounds like the word for 'gold'

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад +5

      mystery solved, thank you!

    • @FollyChang
      @FollyChang 5 лет назад

      Really? … Oh yeah i got that sound when i spoke Cantonese but not mandarin or Taiwanese though

  • @izonker
    @izonker 9 лет назад +6

    Well....it didn't end up tasting like either dish-soap nor diesel. so you gotta call it a success based on that at least :) They sell a "Honey Tangerine" at the local grocery stores here, however, they have much thinner rind than that thing..it honestly looked more like a cross between an orange and pumelo (sp?) - (note, later looked this up, they are, in fact a Mandarin/Pumelo hybrid.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponkan ). ,, I wonder if something maybe was lost in translation (blurred distinction between varieties of sweet citrus?) I about fell out of my chair at the end from laughing at the near Buster Keaton-esque expression on your face as you realized you had NO way of turning off the camera and panic momentarily set in. Hopefully it doesn't end up edited out.. I needed the laughs this morning!

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад +1

      izonker Honey Tangerine at your store may just be a sweeter cultivar of tangerine and not a true ponkan. I'm not sure exactly how the hybridization of the fruits works to create a ponkan exactly. Oranges are also a natural hybrid of mandarins and pomelos, but are very different than ponkans. And true tangerines are a hybrid between a bitter orange and a mandarin, so it technically shouldn't be a tangerine at all, right? I'd love to ask a botanist about this some day.
      I made this video explaining the cross pollination of some of the common citruses. But I'm sure its actually more complex: ruclips.net/video/GgZ6H5yvp-k/видео.html

    • @izonker
      @izonker 9 лет назад +1

      I probably didn't explain myself clearly at all ( note to self, early morning RUclips comments, nearly as dangerous as early morning facebook commenting) I meant to say that the Honey tangerines found here are not the same (and I would trust your sourcing far more than Jimmy the local 17 year old wage slave working in the Produce section at SaveMart :P .. I am sure the difference is that the "Honey Tangerine" here has more to do with a marketing name than an actual cultivar name.

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад

      Good chance thats true. Haha, poor Jimmy doesn't know any better.

  • @FishareFriendsNotFood972
    @FishareFriendsNotFood972 9 дней назад

    That looks delicious! Happy Chinese New Year

  • @etymos6644
    @etymos6644 3 года назад +1

    It may not have had chemicals, but it had audio altering magic.

  • @kdonsky6
    @kdonsky6 Год назад

    I just had one of these yesterday and I think that they are legit the best citrus I have ever tasted.

  • @hibaby9379
    @hibaby9379 6 лет назад +2

    I'd love to see the trees they come off of..

  • @gekolvr0734
    @gekolvr0734 4 года назад +3

    A honkin' ponkan

  • @BetaCuckAlpha
    @BetaCuckAlpha 3 года назад +2

    I had a honey tangerine from a Vietnamese market. It just kind of tasted like flavored water. It was pretty disappointing.

  • @AlexGargilisChannel
    @AlexGargilisChannel 9 лет назад +5

    I'm not an expert but I think fruits get fertilizers but not growth hormones... I think those are reserved for animals... but I also imagine if you did ingest growth hormones that would be effective on fruit then they wouldn't have an effect on human growth. They might cause cancer but you wouldnt grow taller for example which is what growth hormones in cows cause via drinking their milk

    • @kir2847
      @kir2847 6 лет назад +2

      Although plant hormones are obviously not the same as animal ones, we sure do use them. Those are present in plants anyway, but artificial application of them can promote the processes we need - growth of certain part - roots\leaves\flower buds or delay\provoke flowering\dormancy, increasy fertility etc.

  • @balqis23977
    @balqis23977 9 лет назад +3

    limau jared ..limau :D

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад

      ***** what about them?

    • @balqis23977
      @balqis23977 9 лет назад +3

      Jared Rydelek in malaysia we call all citruses limau .. like the one with you now we just call it limau Ponkan :D
      just like your previous clip Limau hantu the second name is the name of it.. :D

  • @foxtrot260
    @foxtrot260 6 лет назад +1

    do you need to try the mandarin dekopon. ponka family fruit

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  6 лет назад +1

      I reviewed it in my orange comparison video

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  6 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/ItlDWH0ovuw/видео.html&lc=Ugxnp6AIxrzYiZabZRl4AaABAg

    • @foxtrot260
      @foxtrot260 6 лет назад

      I saw the video BUT THE TANGERINA DEKOPON DOES NOT LOOK AT NOTHING SO MUCH IN SIZE AS IN FLAVOR, IN THE USA THE CALL OF SUMO CITRUS IF I DO NOT BURY.
      I do not speak English so I'm sorry for some mistake

  • @joeyjaime3746
    @joeyjaime3746 4 года назад +2

    HGH Tangerine

    • @Diseaseisreversible
      @Diseaseisreversible 3 года назад

      It's PGR. Plant growth regulator or plant growth hormones.

  • @THECREATOR1099
    @THECREATOR1099 3 года назад

    Nice hiss

  • @dreaminbunny
    @dreaminbunny 9 лет назад +3

    Lol, it tickles me to see a western guy holding a tangerine saying e traditional auspicious Chinese quotes of wat tis fruit symbolize. If u hv a Chinese gal friend n u say these wishes to her parents they'll be vy pleased! Btw, hv u tried Lychees b4? They R my fav fruits! ^^

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад +2

      dreaminbunny I had a Chinese girlfriend once. I'm pretty sure her mother just thought I was a bum because I'm a professional entertainer. I don't think talking about tangerines would have helped. Haha. Lychees are great, I prefer Rambutans and Longans though. Here's my review of it: ruclips.net/video/6sY86nveaOY/видео.html

    • @dreaminbunny
      @dreaminbunny 9 лет назад

      Im Chinese n 40. Ur an artist n a fruit loving one, it'll be so much fun to hv a son in law like u! I juz googled Weird Fruits n saw a pict of a yellow fruit wif soft thorns n green flesh. Wonder wat is called? Hv u tried it b4?

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад

      thanks :) That sounds like a horn mellon. They are pretty good, not too flavorful though

    • @bradsuarez2683
      @bradsuarez2683 9 лет назад +1

      Jared Rydelek I'm interested to know what kind of entertainer you are!! And how come we've never seen clips of this lol??

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  9 лет назад

      I'm a contortionist and sideshow performer. It has nothing to do with fruit, so I don't bring it up. I do talk about it in this other travel series I have on this channel: ruclips.net/video/AredD74gEco/видео.html

  • @darkjanic6668
    @darkjanic6668 8 лет назад

    Yo try blood orange abd it can be made into marmalade jam

    • @WeirdExplorer
      @WeirdExplorer  8 лет назад +2

      Its a bit too common for its own video, but might do a comparison in the future with it.

  • @devianreyes2428
    @devianreyes2428 4 года назад +1

    Malaysia

  • @THECREATOR1099
    @THECREATOR1099 3 года назад

    Can you talk about your contortionist training in China again please
    Ps nice hiss

  • @JohanaAngeli
    @JohanaAngeli Год назад

    Ponkan

  • @boi2153
    @boi2153 3 года назад

    The subtitle say it's a Pumpkin

  • @adarat522
    @adarat522 2 года назад

    Ponkan like fruos

  • @michaelteel4917
    @michaelteel4917 Год назад

    You , with a cut on your hand , who'd of ever guessed THAT would happen, to the worst person to ever handle a knife? Hee hee 😜.

  • @aminecraftaddiction
    @aminecraftaddiction 3 года назад +1

    This audio is so cursed

  • @miriam_etc.9655
    @miriam_etc.9655 2 года назад

    Most of those decorative trees are naturally awful in taste. They are there more for looking nice.