Spanish Oranges

[sddsddean]

I didn't really know where to put this, but thought I'd try 'Travel'.

I just got back from holiday in Spain and noticed there were loads of trees in public parks etc with green oranges on them. I just wondered, when they ripen, is anyone allowed to pick them or do the local council pick them and sell them or something? Just curious; if anyone knows!

[Buenchico]

They're probably inedible!
http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2011/02/16/lesson-learned-dont-eat-sevillian-sidewalk-oranges/

[hc4361]

I can confirm they are inedible. Shame, really, they look so tempting

[woofgang]

They are mentioned in “What Katy Did Next” as growing along the roadsides in Italy but very sour.

[mikey4444]

You could make marmalade with them perhaps !

[mikey4444]

I can remember picking some oranges, in a public park, in Athens, in about 1973, putting them into my back pack and looking for to a feast back at the Youth Hostel. What a shock lay in wait for me !

[sddsddean]

Thats a pity that they're inedible, I agree, they do look tempting. Thanks guys.

[diddlydo]

They're marmalade oranges obviously so are inedible in their raw state.

[237SJ]

That`s why when you make marmalade with them, you use twice the sugar to the fruit (unlike other jam)