Always, the mandarin orange.

I'm hooked on fresh mandarin oranges. So nice to peel. And eat. One section at a time. Six oranges in a day. Makes me wonder. About the kinds of  fruit trees in the Garden of Eden. There must have been mandarins. And apples. Peaches and cherries, too. I could subsist all day and all week. On nothing but fruit. Including tomatoes. Which, I'm told, are sometimes mistaken for vegetable. In the beginning, I'm assuming that nobody ate meat. As for drink, I'm guessing mostly water and orange juice. No wine or beer. No restaurants, either. So many foods and styles of preparation. To come later. But always, there was the mandarin orange. Yes, one of the original fruits. --Jim Broede