>there are "mandarin oranges" ordinarily available only
canned, small segments in sweet liquid.


"Ordinarily available only canned" - not here matey. I hadn't even heard of canned mandarins until I read your post, but that had not stopped me picking and eating the mandarins growing on the tree in my back yard. The statement "Ordinarily available only canned" is just another example of the old truism: All generalisations are dangerous.