The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

Could this be a healthier alternative to Kakigori ?

Satsuma has been around since the end of June, but tastes not so nice particularly after the long-lasting rain. So I said no to a street vegetable vendor when he was throwing them to my bag as a freebie. But he took my refusal as a kind of courtesy, and handed me a bagful of satsumas with my shopping (cucumber or something) saying that they were not so nice, which should also be interpreted as a modest attitude in this country (how complicated it is to socialise with other people!) .

At home, I tasted the fruit to see to what extent the vendor was modest, and find he was very honest; the satsuma had no taste.

I got a dilemma:  I knew they were not so nice, but somehow I have to eat them up. Then here came my husband with a solution (ta-dah): freeze them so that they can last longer and taste like a sorbet. Yes! I remember frozen satsumas sold on trains or in stations before Häagen-Dazs or other decadent sweets took over the service trolleys.

Frozen Satsuma became a nice mid-night snack, at least much healthier than midnight ice-creams and feels like more food than plain ice.