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NFT: You've Been Peeling your Orange Wrong...

BamaBlue : 10/21/2014 4:56 pm
It's a bye week and I thought I'd offer a break from the clap trap of two crushing losses...
How to Peel Your Orange - ( New Window )
in related fruit news  
YAJ2112 : 10/21/2014 4:58 pm : link
you've been coring your apples wrong as well
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So I should throw away 1/3 of the orange?  
rsjem1979 : 10/21/2014 5:05 pm : link
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RE: So I should throw away 1/3 of the orange?  
DanMetroMan : 10/21/2014 5:18 pm : link
In comment 11934475 rsjem1979 said:
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Why couldn't you just eat the remaining fruit off of the peel?
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Diver_Down : 10/21/2014 5:31 pm : link
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This technique works best with mandarin oranges


So after lopping off the the two ends of a mandarin orange, you are left with practically nothing.
"Lifehacks"  
phil in arizona : 10/21/2014 5:34 pm : link
are all retarded. See link.
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You've been eating spaghetti wrong (if you're like me).  
Marty in Albany : 10/21/2014 5:57 pm : link
Use only a fork. Don't use a table spoon to help. I thought using a spoon was the Italian way.
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I typically have the hired help peel my oranges  
ed90631 : 10/21/2014 5:58 pm : link
I'll pass your advice on to them.
RE: You've been eating spaghetti wrong (if you're like me).  
Gman11 : 10/22/2014 7:54 am : link
In comment 11934558 Marty in Albany said:
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Use only a fork. Don't use a table spoon to help. I thought using a spoon was the Italian way. Link - ( New Window )


No, I've always thought using the plate as the Italian way. Using the spoon was an American invention.

I've always twirled on the plate.
Here's how to eat rice...  
Milton : 10/22/2014 10:07 am : link
with chopsticks....
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Find me one that works with pomegranates  
jcn56 : 10/22/2014 10:21 am : link
my daughter loves the damn things, but I haven't found a trick to cleaning them quickly that doesn't involve me chasing those little red fuckers all over the kitchen floor.
anyone who's been to Japan knows that chopsticks aren't for  
Greg from LI : 10/22/2014 10:24 am : link
dainty tweezing motions. The Japanese get right up to that bowl and just shovel.
I recall seeing a video  
giantBCP : 10/22/2014 11:29 am : link
where a guy battered the outside of a pomegranate in a bowl of water with a wooden spoon and got all of the seeds out easily.
RE: I recall seeing a video  
jcn56 : 10/22/2014 11:42 am : link
In comment 11935489 giantBCP said:
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where a guy battered the outside of a pomegranate in a bowl of water with a wooden spoon and got all of the seeds out easily.


Saw that one too and tried it, no dice. Either with scoring the outside of the fruit with a knife first or without, the spoon just bruises the shit out of the seeds closest to the peel and you're still left clawing them out of there.

I wonder how it's done industrially, when they want to extract pomegranate seeds whole for use (not juice, which I assume they just slice up and mechanically separate after).
Here you go  
Motley Blue : 10/22/2014 12:15 pm : link

I'm getting the feeling this will be useful for some
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We hold bananas upside down too  
Giants2012 : 10/22/2014 12:20 pm : link
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LAXin : 10/22/2014 12:27 pm : link
Cutting the axial ends of citrus fruit is great for getting out  
BlueLou : 10/22/2014 3:44 pm : link
sections of grapefruit, pomela, pomelit or even lemons.

It's a lot more work than the above bit for oranges but you get only the flesh of the fruit without the nasty, hard to eat, bitter, "skin" of each section.

For very elegant presentation and flavor that's the best way by far to prepare any citrus for additions to salads or as a garnish for veal (picatta) or filleted fish dishes.

My kids love pomela and even grapefruit that way...
I like a lot of these life hacks  
Matt M. : 10/22/2014 4:41 pm : link
This one, though, seems to be a waste of perfectly good orange. How much time and effort is really involved with either peeling an orange or cutting it into "smiles"?
RE: Find me one that works with pomegranates  
gidiefor : Mod : 10/22/2014 4:50 pm : link
In comment 11935403 jcn56 said:
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my daughter loves the damn things, but I haven't found a trick to cleaning them quickly that doesn't involve me chasing those little red fuckers all over the kitchen floor.


jcn - just for you my friend - how to deseed a pomegranate
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Useful thread  
Rocky Thompson : 10/22/2014 5:36 pm : link

Orange advice was cool, kids love it, wanted to do it. What do I do with Ryan Bear's finger, keep it wrapped in ice on the way to the hospital? That should be the next helpful video...

Peeling a persimmon  
Rocky Thompson : 10/22/2014 5:46 pm : link
Must be Annie, no mention of Brooks Robinson but can peel a persimmon in one long strip...
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