SC - What would you do?

[Olwen the Odd]

Hi there.  In response to the problems you mentioned, let me give you my two 
cents.

In our Barony, I am always asked to make candied peel.  There is no way I 
can eat all that fruit and also I am allergic to limes.  There are a couple 
of different things I do.
1.  I ask folks at work to save their peels.  I have baggies at my desk if 
anyone brings fruit in for lunch, etc.

2.  I buy a bag of oranges, some grapefruit, lemons and limes, etc. and peel 
them with a sharp potato peeler.  Since I can't eat all the fruit myself, I 
use the fruit another way; I slice and dry it.  Then I dip the dried rounds 
in white or dark chocolate.  I have found limes dipped in white chocolate 
are more popular than you would think.  Grapefruits too.  Oranges and 
tangerines are better in chocolate.

3.  I also have stored fruit peels in the refridge or freezer.  Just leave 
the pith scraping till you need to use them.  Scrape with the edge of a 
spoon, like you suggested, to remove the white pith.  It's actually easier 
to do it after they have been off the fruit for a while.

The artist in me drove me to making a wire tree which I "planted" in a 
florists green styrofoam covered roughly with green tissue with roots dug 
deep in and some small ones knarly showing on the surface of the "earth" and 
placed in a basket.  Then I hang bits of candied peel and cranberry on the 
tree and scatter the rest in the basket.  Very charming display.  It works 
for sugarpaste too!

If you have anymore questions about peel, just ask!


Lady Olwen the Odd
Clan of Odds
House Blackstar
Bright Hills Cooks Guild
Barony of Bright Hills
Kingdom of Atlantia!

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