Thread: Ideas needed involving oranges

In article <[email protected]>, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
wrote:

> Have far too many oranges
>
> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
> on the front veranda (NOT)
>
> Any ideas on how to use them up
> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>
> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
> and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
> so cant give them away even .
>
>
> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>
> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
> that no one has actually used .

Orange sherbet and fruit salad come to mind.

On Jun 28, 5:50*pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> Have *far too many oranges
>
> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
> on the front veranda (NOT)
>
> Any ideas *on how to use them up
> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>
> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
> and hate to waste them *and neighbours also have surplus *this season
> so cant give them away even *.
>
> Also considering *trying to make own cointreau
>
> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
> that no one has actually used .

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...6a4c3ab9ac71a/

Be sure to cut-and-paste the entire thing when the above link breaks.

The Ranger

Phil-c wrote:
> Have far too many oranges
>
> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
> on the front veranda (NOT)
>
> Any ideas on how to use them up
> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>
> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
> and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
> so cant give them away even .
>
>
> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>
> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
> that no one has actually used .

Orange ice cream? orange marmalade? the extra work of the marmalade
would be worth it in the amount of marmalade you would be able to keep
indefinitely.

My recipe is only for batches of 1 pound of orange pulp, after cooking
the oranges, with about 220 (!?!) pounds of oranges that would be a lot
of work.
--
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
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On Jun 28, 8:50*pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> Have *far too many oranges
>
> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
> on the front veranda (NOT)
>
> Any ideas *on how to use them up
> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>
> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
> and hate to waste them *and neighbours also have surplus *this season
> so cant give them away even *.
>
> Also considering *trying to make own cointreau
>
> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
> that no one has actually used .

I've got a recipe for an orange cake that starts with boiling the
whole oranges for about 40 minutes. Only uses a couple of oranges
tho.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), The Ranger
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Jun 28, 5:50*pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>> Have *far too many oranges
>>
>> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
>> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
>> on the front veranda (NOT)
>>
>> Any ideas *on how to use them up
>> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>>
>> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
>> and hate to waste them *and neighbours also have surplus *this season
>> so cant give them away even *.
>>
>> Also considering *trying to make own cointreau
>>
>> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
>> that no one has actually used .
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...6a4c3ab9ac71a/
>
>Be sure to cut-and-paste the entire thing when the above link breaks.
>
>The Ranger


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), The Ranger
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Jun 28, 5:50*pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>> Have *far too many oranges

A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
with cinnamon. Done.

Eat with your fingers, good after a heavy meal like enchiladas.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:26:10 -0700, sf <[email protected]> wrote:


>A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
>flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
>with cinnamon. Done.
>
>Eat with your fingers, good after a heavy meal like enchiladas.

Oh, that sounds good..and right up my alley these days.. Thanks!!

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), The Ranger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 28, 5:50 pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>> Have far too many oranges
>
> A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
> flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
> with cinnamon. Done.
>
> Eat with your fingers, good after a heavy meal like enchiladas.
>

sf - Have you ever candied the orange peels? If you haven't I suggest
you get into a citric mood, buy some oranges to eat, than candy the
peels. Definitely one of my favorite candies, and the sad thing is the
modern woman has no clue what I'm talking about.

Bob

Phil-c wrote:
> Have far too many oranges
>
>
>
> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>
> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
> that no one has actually used .

It's not Cointreau and it doesn't take a huge amount, but try this
recipe with orange instead of the lemon. I made it with clementines
a few months ago and we loved it.


Limoncello de Capri

Take the grated zest (NO white pith!) from ~8 lemons and soak in 1 liter
Everclear for 4 days at room temp. A microplane grater works well for
this. (I think I used 15 clementines.)

On the 4th day, mix 1 kg sugar with 1 liter water, simmer till
dissolved, then cool. Once sugar mixture is cool, combine with
Everclear/lemon mixture and mix well.

Let sit 5 minutes, then strain out the lemon zest. Keep refrigerated or
frozen, serve cold. Other citrus fruits may be substituted for lemons.
Clementines are wonderful! I bet grapefruit would be delicious, too.

Recipe may be easily scaled up or down as desired.

Note: If you make this with vodka instead of Everclear, it will be
slightly bitter, perhaps because some of the bitter compounds in the
rind may be water soluble in the lower proof vodka.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:12:37 -0700, "Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq."
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>Phil-c wrote:
>> Have far too many oranges
>>
>> Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
>> Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
>> on the front veranda (NOT)
>>
>> Any ideas on how to use them up
>> NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>>
>> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
>> and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
>> so cant give them away even .
>>
>>
>> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>>
>> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
>> that no one has actually used .
>
>Orange ice cream? orange marmalade? the extra work of the marmalade
>would be worth it in the amount of marmalade you would be able to keep
>indefinitely.
>
>My recipe is only for batches of 1 pound of orange pulp, after cooking
>the oranges, with about 220 (!?!) pounds of oranges that would be a lot
>of work.
>--
I'd suggest an orange cake, which I *have* made... but I didn't like
it.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:01:42 -0400, Bob Muncie <[email protected]>
wrote:

>sf - Have you ever candied the orange peels? If you haven't I suggest
>you get into a citric mood, buy some oranges to eat, than candy the
>peels. Definitely one of my favorite candies, and the sad thing is the
>modern woman has no clue what I'm talking about.

I've done it many, many times Bob! I've also candied grapefruit and
lemon peels. Orange is my favorite though. Have you ever dipped them
in chocolate?


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:24:57 -0600, "gloria.p" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>It's not Cointreau

How about making orange flavored vodka?
http://www.recipezaar.com/Orange-Vodka-55993

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Bob Muncie wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), The Ranger
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 28, 5:50 pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>> Have far too many oranges
>>
>> A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
>> flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
>> with cinnamon. Done.
>> Eat with your fingers, good after a heavy meal like enchiladas.
>>
>
> sf - Have you ever candied the orange peels? If you haven't I suggest
> you get into a citric mood, buy some oranges to eat, than candy the
> peels. Definitely one of my favorite candies, and the sad thing is the
> modern woman has no clue what I'm talking about.
>
> Bob
do you have any specifics Bob . After all there are a 100KG of the
things

Thanks Gloria will try as now lemons are also falling off the trees
and buckets arriving as well as oranges (another 8 when I arrived home )
Sheesh talk about being bitten by the barter bug

gloria.p wrote:
> Phil-c wrote:
>> Have far too many oranges
>>
>>
>>
>> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>>
>> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
>> that no one has actually used .
>
> It's not Cointreau and it doesn't take a huge amount, but try this
> recipe with orange instead of the lemon. I made it with clementines
> a few months ago and we loved it.
>
>
> Limoncello de Capri
>
> Take the grated zest (NO white pith!) from ~8 lemons and soak in 1 liter
> Everclear for 4 days at room temp. A microplane grater works well for
> this. (I think I used 15 clementines.)
>
> On the 4th day, mix 1 kg sugar with 1 liter water, simmer till
> dissolved, then cool. Once sugar mixture is cool, combine with
> Everclear/lemon mixture and mix well.
>
> Let sit 5 minutes, then strain out the lemon zest. Keep refrigerated or
> frozen, serve cold. Other citrus fruits may be substituted for lemons.
> Clementines are wonderful! I bet grapefruit would be delicious, too.
>
> Recipe may be easily scaled up or down as desired.
>
> Note: If you make this with vodka instead of Everclear, it will be
> slightly bitter, perhaps because some of the bitter compounds in the
> rind may be water soluble in the lower proof vodka.

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:00 +0800, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:

>Have far too many oranges
>
>Over 100 KG ( appears every ones trees are performing well )
>Like I needed some one to leave 6 more buckets of the things
>on the front veranda (NOT)
>
>Any ideas on how to use them up
>NOT involving jams and related type methods ?
>
>Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
>and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
>so cant give them away even .
>
>
>Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>
>Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
>that no one has actually used .


Freeze them. Wash them and put them in a baggie in the freezer. Works
for all citrus.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Phil-c wrote:
> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
> and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
> so cant give them away even .

Plenty of people are offering recipes, but whatever oranges you can not
use, please take them to the food bank. The homeless and the hungry
would love to have them.


Becca

Becca wrote:
> Phil-c wrote:
>> Other than squeezing and freezing the juice as sweet and tasty crop
>> and hate to waste them and neighbours also have surplus this season
>> so cant give them away even .
>
> Plenty of people are offering recipes, but whatever oranges you can not
> use, please take them to the food bank. The homeless and the hungry
> would love to have them.
>
>
> Becca
Becca I agree
Nearest food bank is 250 Km Away
we ALREADY have given given first pick to Food Bank
Salvoś and Saint Vinnies

But you are correct and we bushies give heaps away
and what goes around comes around is our our way out here .

Actually the salvoes are on the way down next week for a community
very understated and QUIET sort of bbq with some city folk who may
enjoy a bit of the bush

FWIW your post is *Very* appropriate .


One never knows the other persons pain has been my experience

Cheers & thanks for your post

The message <[email protected]>
from sf <[email protected]> contains these words:

> >On Jun 28, 5:50*pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> >> Have *far too many oranges

I feel your pain. Be brave.

> A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
> flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
> with cinnamon. Done.

Or dip the round slices in batter and fry them in butter. serve with
a dusting of sugar. Orange fritters.

Janet in Scotland.

Bob Muncie wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), The Ranger
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 28, 5:50 pm, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>> Have far too many oranges
>>
>> A simple dessert is to cut the peel of an orange so you're down to the
>> flesh and slice horizontally into thickish rounds. Sprinkle lightly
>> with cinnamon. Done.
>> Eat with your fingers, good after a heavy meal like enchiladas.
>>
>
> sf - Have you ever candied the orange peels? If you haven't I suggest
> you get into a citric mood, buy some oranges to eat, than candy the
> peels. Definitely one of my favorite candies, and the sad thing is the
> modern woman has no clue what I'm talking about.
>
> Bob

I would use organic oranges for that.

--
Jean B.