ellie925
The citrus scent is one of my favorite scents, and a symbol of the winter for me. Whenever I eat an orange, I always keep the peel for a few hours and use it as a natural air freshener. A trick to make it more fragrant is to make cuts in the orange side or just tear it into small pieces. Some people even boil it to get the maximum of the scent, but I like shortcuts, and I also think the aroma lasts longer my way. Here are a few more ways to use orange peel:
1. Make candied citrus peel or jam, or just use the zest in other dishes;
2. Mix it with vinegar to make an all-purpose cleaner;
3. Place it on places from which you want to repel insects;
4. Use it in a drink – hot tea or mulled wine;
5. Deodorize your shoes, trash can or anything you want.
Bonus tip: If you are going to consume the peel, wash the orange thoroughly before that. You can soak it for a while in water with some baking soda in it. What other uses of orange peel can you think of?
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Question of
Do you like the aroma of oranges?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
What is your favorite citrus fruit?
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Orange
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Lemon
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Lime
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Grapefruit
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Mandarin orange
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Other (tell me in the comments)
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Adore mandarin oranges, they symbolize the New Year for me!!!
For me too, as well as Christmas and winter in general.
I used so much oranges during the holiday season that I made a small jar of marmalade. We also dry the peels and use it with coffee powder as a body scrub. I love the smell of both coffee and oranges.
I love orange marmalade; and the body scrub is a great idea! Ground coffee has a very nice effect on the skin.
We have a navel orange tree. I chop up some skin and add to my salad with tomatoes, purple onion, baby spinach, and home-made olives preserves in first cold pressed olive oil. I eat the salad with my lamb or beef steaks.
This is making me very hungry.
Thank you for your great orange ideas!
You are making me hungry too, this sonds absolutely delicios!
I use the peels when making orange cranberry bread.
Orange cranberry bread sounds delicious! Thanks for stopping by!
I bury some in the soil as fertiliser.
I love orange the most!
This is a very good idea! Does it work on indoor flower pots too? I am a bit worried that they may catch mold.
So far so good for my indoors pots …
no smell or mold sop far.
That’s great to know, thank you!
I like oranges but do not eat enough of them. Instead I buy orange juice at the store and drink that. Sometimes I buy oranges and use my juicer and make my own orange juice.
Freshly squeezed orange juice at home is always wonderful, and the kitchen keeps the aroma all day.
Orange is my favorite flavor. If I drank soda I would drink the Sunkist one.
I love orange as a flavor too, but when it comes to te actual fruit I prefer mandarins.
My late husband used citrus peels. He especially liked oranges and lemons.
Lemons are really refreshing too.
I dont throw peel I make it as a fertilizer
This is a very smart idea!
I think you and I had this conversation on Niume many moons ago!
I keep the peels and dry them. When they are dry to the touch, i add them to the pot on the woodstove and they become orange potpourri!!!
That’s really a great idea, I should try it sometime. Have you tried turning other things into potpourri?
in fact i have. my favorite mix is taking vanilla beans and cutting them into small pieces and mixing that with water. once you fire up the woodstove, the house smells like vanilla!
Oh, that sounds awesome! Unfortunately, it’s very hard to find real vanilla beans here.
it is here as well you have to grab them when they are in the store!!
I love grapefruit juice and also mandarin orange juice. They are great
I almost love all juices
It’s awesome that you are not picky
I never learnt to enjoy grapefruits, but I really love mandarins.
Grapefruit juice is really great for our health. Give it a try
Interesting information, dear Ellie … I love citrus fruits … I prefer mandarins and peels and I never throw them away immediately … I leave them for a while because they smell nice but I don’t eat them because of pesticides … it says on the shop floor that the peel is not edible
Mandarines are my favorite too. It’s scary how much pesticides are used nowadays.
Good information here
Thank you very much!
I buy oranges for serving at every Christmas party just because of their aroma
The aroma is the best part since here you can rarely find really sweet ones.
I Love the scent of oranges. Thank you for the information.
Thank you for stopping by!
I love the candied orange rind especially when it is included in the fruit cake.
Me too, they go so well in baking
Thanks for sharing interesting info. I love the citrus scent, but most of all I use lemon
I love lemon too, it’s very refreshing. 🙂
I do not use orange peel because of the pesticides it contains.
Pesticides are a huge concern indeed. There are ways to minimize them, or you can just use the peel for non-consumption purposes.
Love the citrus scent. So fresh. My sister always put the peelings in her garden mulch as well as the bird suet. Some birds like the orange taste.
Great ideas! I didn’t know birds would enjoy it too. The ones around us prefer seeds and ignore the fruit that’s left in the garden.
Some birds love them. And some will eat the entire orange if you cut it in cubes.
Thank you, that’s good to know!