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Peeling Oranges
This morning as I put oranges in the lunch sacks, I was reminded of one of our "not to be missed" Christmas traditions which is to wake up on Christmas morning and find an orange in the toe of every stocking. Since I figured that might be a common tradition, I thought I'd share something I learned from my mom years ago on a different way to cut oranges. (And that reminds me that when the kids were little their favorite way was as "wheels" - just make a bunch of 3/8" horizontal slices. That seemed to work better than the 1/4 wedges that I grew up. And, of course, there's the traditional way of just peeling it, and I've even heard of sticking a straw through the rind and drinking the orange!)
But, to get back on topic. Here's a way to cut an orange that eliminates all the rind and membrane, so that it looks all pretty in an ambrosia salad. You start by using a serrated knife to cut away the peel, getting all the way to the juicy segments.
Then you cut each segment away from the membrane.
And eventually you have a pretty bowl of fruit.
If you want more step-by-step pictures, go here. And if you want to see others' ideas, go here.
Have a wonderful December!
Peeling Oranges
This morning as I put oranges in the lunch sacks, I was reminded of one of our "not to be missed" Christmas traditions which is to wake up on Christmas morning and find an orange in the toe of every stocking. Since I figured that might be a common tradition, I thought I'd share something I learned from my mom years ago on a different way to cut oranges. (And that reminds me that when the kids were little their favorite way was as "wheels" - just make a bunch of 3/8" horizontal slices. That seemed to work better than the 1/4 wedges that I grew up. And, of course, there's the traditional way of just peeling it, and I've even heard of sticking a straw through the rind and drinking the orange!)
But, to get back on topic. Here's a way to cut an orange that eliminates all the rind and membrane, so that it looks all pretty in an ambrosia salad. You start by using a serrated knife to cut away the peel, getting all the way to the juicy segments.
Then you cut each segment away from the membrane.And eventually you have a pretty bowl of fruit.If you want more step-by-step pictures, go here. And if you want to see others' ideas, go here.Have a wonderful December!
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