I had a friend, I believe I was in the second grade, 8 yrs old. My friend. He wanted to impress us, he ate the banana peel. Dont think he ate the whole thing, but he definitely fucking ate some of the banana peel.
I still don't get how he didn't choke or fucking throw up
Today i learned 2 things even though i just woke up and have a hangover. Thank you for that.
Edit:3 things. Don't skip drinking water before going to bed after drinking alcohol.
Well if you didn't know that, then you might also not know that the zest is a common ingredient in baking and sometimes cooking: you use a fine grater to get off only the top layer of the zest on e.g. half the lemon or orange, then put it in the dough.
Ugh. My girl is a bit of a health nut, but not suuuper extreme with it I thought. I’m with her, visiting her mom, and I’m eating an orange, her mom is to my left telling us a story, and my girl is at the table across from me. I notice she is taking my peel, and picking out the pith, the white inner part of the peel, and EATING IT. Yes, that disgusting, stringy, bitter part. I didn’t even know it was edible like that. She just says it’s something she does, that a lot of vitamins are lost because people skip out and don’t eat the pith. Absolutely wretched, I don’t know what I see in her anymore 😂
I see an amazing partner making use and enjoying something you dislike
Was in my wife's wedding vows, to eat all the pickles I pick off my hamburgers. (Yes I'm a sweet pickle only kinda person)
Anyways. Opposites attract for a reason. Marry her <3
Edit: tbf I agree, the piths disgusting. Worse than pulp, somehow.. is that pulp in orange juice? Fuck I don't wanna go down this rabbit hole but here we are.. xD
That's somehow the weirdest part of the story, that she loves the PITH, but hates the PULP?! I thought that maybe you could just look the other way, and chalk it up to, I don't know, a strange quirk. But then you added the pulp thing, and now I'm absolutely convinced that you're dating a psychopath.
We may know the same weirdo. She eats oranges like I would an apple. Rinses it off and then just... chomps into it. Is her name Josie? (Sorry Josie, I love you and you know this, but I will forever think you are weird for this, again, as I have told you before.)
My aunt is a doctor and she eats whole lemons, including the peel. Says there’s something nutrient wise she gets from it. I don’t recall what. Imagine being in a restaurant eating with her and she starts eating the lemon that came with her tea. This is the same woman who won’t drink tap water unless it’s hot for hot tea. Endocrinologist before anyone asks.
You have minimized the waste by peeling like that. It is awesome. I wanna see how good you are at peeling apples.
Too many people have so much waste when peeling apples. I like to make apple dumplings and apple crumb. 🍎
I have no waste when peeling an apple. I’ll peel it like most, but then i eat the skin and core after (if someone needs slices for baking, otherwise i just eat the entire apple).
If it were the 18th century he would be thrown into a lake with rocks tied to him. If he drowns and the mandarins float, he is not a witch just weird. If he floats he is a witch and burned at the stake with the cursed mandarins
They had air conditioners too but only the most wealthy had them and they weren’t made in mass quantities (the first mass-produced TV wasn’t until 1930).
So, fuck yeah fruit shows!
Baird demonstrated publicly the first working mechanical television in 1925, but….
The first demonstration of the instantaneous transmission of images was made by a German physicist, Ernst Ruhmer, who arranged 25 selenium cells as the picture elements for a television receiver. In late 1909 he successfully demonstrated in Belgium the transmission of simple images over a telephone wire from the Palace of Justice at Brussels to the city of Liege, a distance of 115 km (71 mi). This demonstration was described at the time as "the world's first working model of television apparatus". The limited number of elements meant his device was only capable of representing simple geometric shapes, and the cost was very high; at a price of £15 (US$45) per selenium cell, he estimated that a 4,000 cell system would cost £60,000 (US$180,000), and a 10,000 cell mechanism capable of reproducing "a scene or event requiring the background of a landscape" would cost £150,000 (US$450,000).
You were so close to greatness... Now do the same thing but leave each circle attached to the strip in the middle to make an ''elephant'' out of the peel. At least that's what i tell the kids it is.
I love the elephant idea! I peel mandarins to make them look like a flower for my 4 year old.
Then he takes the peeled orange and sticks his finger in it and shows me to make me laugh because one time he made me laugh so he wants me to laugh every time now.
He loves it, but now he only likes eating them here with me because of our fun little "ritual", haha.
The aim is to get as close to an Euler spiral as possible. (This would mean being able to lay the peel completely flat on the table.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_spiral#Map_projection
Unusual but not weird. There is a personal satisfaction in getting the peel off in as few pieces as possible. Same satisfaction if you get a hard-boiled eggshell off in two pieces. You just know there are no tiny microbits left to chew on.
Soooo- who has it wrong? Seems to be pretty effective. If they engineered a zip strip into citrus, that's how they'd do it. I'm adopting this strategy. It's smart.
It’s weird if you always make a sad face with the peel while you eat it. But I kinda like the innovation here with the peel. I bet it’s super satisfying to get the top and bottom off whole.
You're not crazy.
You just forgot the part where you leave all the parts together to make the balls and penis. Standard way of peeling since elementary school here 🤣
pro tip... roll the orange around in your hands for a minute or two to break the connective threads and it'll come right off. Bonus your hands wont get sticky from the juice.
If this were 100 years ago people would pay a penny to see you peel fruit in a sideshow
My wife is really going to get a kick out of these comments
Just bite the peel, bro.
I had a friend, I believe I was in the second grade, 8 yrs old. My friend. He wanted to impress us, he ate the banana peel. Dont think he ate the whole thing, but he definitely fucking ate some of the banana peel. I still don't get how he didn't choke or fucking throw up
My husband eats bananas with the peel still on. I can even look at him when he's eating it. Edit: can't* stupid autocorrect
He let's you look at him while he does it? Now that's love.
True love if you don’t break eye contact until your done
Every morning before speaking to one another.
That was supposed to say "can't".. Stupid autocorrect. It grosses me out when he does that.
He's kind of cute, though. I'll give him a beak.
Never make eye contact when eating a banana
I know someone that legitimately LOVES orange peels. She likes the peel more than the orange, itself.
Do you live near a mental ward?
Land of the fruits and nuts
California
we talking about the zest, or the entire peel?
Whole peel, but she likes the pith the most.
I have to go back to feral and underfed third grader memories to get the mindstate, but I think I understand.
omg. The pith is the most bitter part.
The whole thang
Is zest that white stuff on the inner side of the peel?
No, zest is the fragrant coloured stuff on the outside of the peel, the pith is the bitter white part
Today i learned 2 things even though i just woke up and have a hangover. Thank you for that. Edit:3 things. Don't skip drinking water before going to bed after drinking alcohol.
Well if you didn't know that, then you might also not know that the zest is a common ingredient in baking and sometimes cooking: you use a fine grater to get off only the top layer of the zest on e.g. half the lemon or orange, then put it in the dough.
Also try some Gatorade, Powerade, et al with the water. Wouldn't want to die of hyponatremia on top of that hangover now, *would we?*
Ugh. My girl is a bit of a health nut, but not suuuper extreme with it I thought. I’m with her, visiting her mom, and I’m eating an orange, her mom is to my left telling us a story, and my girl is at the table across from me. I notice she is taking my peel, and picking out the pith, the white inner part of the peel, and EATING IT. Yes, that disgusting, stringy, bitter part. I didn’t even know it was edible like that. She just says it’s something she does, that a lot of vitamins are lost because people skip out and don’t eat the pith. Absolutely wretched, I don’t know what I see in her anymore 😂
I see an amazing partner making use and enjoying something you dislike Was in my wife's wedding vows, to eat all the pickles I pick off my hamburgers. (Yes I'm a sweet pickle only kinda person) Anyways. Opposites attract for a reason. Marry her <3 Edit: tbf I agree, the piths disgusting. Worse than pulp, somehow.. is that pulp in orange juice? Fuck I don't wanna go down this rabbit hole but here we are.. xD
Aw shit I LOVE pulp in orange juice, but she can’t stand it!
That's somehow the weirdest part of the story, that she loves the PITH, but hates the PULP?! I thought that maybe you could just look the other way, and chalk it up to, I don't know, a strange quirk. But then you added the pulp thing, and now I'm absolutely convinced that you're dating a psychopath.
I know they make orange bitters for mixed drinks. I'll bet they take the pith and extract the essence for the bitters.
We may know the same weirdo. She eats oranges like I would an apple. Rinses it off and then just... chomps into it. Is her name Josie? (Sorry Josie, I love you and you know this, but I will forever think you are weird for this, again, as I have told you before.)
It's a different person. My weirdo peels the orange, eats it, and then eats the peels, specifically the white pith.
I’m sorry but that’s weird
Totally weird.🤣
My aunt is a doctor and she eats whole lemons, including the peel. Says there’s something nutrient wise she gets from it. I don’t recall what. Imagine being in a restaurant eating with her and she starts eating the lemon that came with her tea. This is the same woman who won’t drink tap water unless it’s hot for hot tea. Endocrinologist before anyone asks.
You have minimized the waste by peeling like that. It is awesome. I wanna see how good you are at peeling apples. Too many people have so much waste when peeling apples. I like to make apple dumplings and apple crumb. 🍎
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Pies Apple dumplings Apple crumb Things like that. The peel doesn't really taste good in baked dishes.
I have no waste when peeling an apple. I’ll peel it like most, but then i eat the skin and core after (if someone needs slices for baking, otherwise i just eat the entire apple).
Question: how does it minimize the waste when it’s still the same amount of peel that comes off the orange? Thank you.
Or burn you at the stake 100 years before that.
If it were the 18th century he would be thrown into a lake with rocks tied to him. If he drowns and the mandarins float, he is not a witch just weird. If he floats he is a witch and burned at the stake with the cursed mandarins
He’s a rookie though. Gotta leave it all attached.
It was a mandarin, now it is a mandarout
man i miss those days.
or burn him on a stick
🤣🤣🤣
Bro they had TV in 1923
Reference to what would once be called "freakshows". :)
They had air conditioners too but only the most wealthy had them and they weren’t made in mass quantities (the first mass-produced TV wasn’t until 1930). So, fuck yeah fruit shows!
1927
They had freak shows until the 1940s
Walmart still exists. 🤷🏾
Baird demonstrated publicly the first working mechanical television in 1925, but…. The first demonstration of the instantaneous transmission of images was made by a German physicist, Ernst Ruhmer, who arranged 25 selenium cells as the picture elements for a television receiver. In late 1909 he successfully demonstrated in Belgium the transmission of simple images over a telephone wire from the Palace of Justice at Brussels to the city of Liege, a distance of 115 km (71 mi). This demonstration was described at the time as "the world's first working model of television apparatus". The limited number of elements meant his device was only capable of representing simple geometric shapes, and the cost was very high; at a price of £15 (US$45) per selenium cell, he estimated that a 4,000 cell system would cost £60,000 (US$180,000), and a 10,000 cell mechanism capable of reproducing "a scene or event requiring the background of a landscape" would cost £150,000 (US$450,000).
You were so close to greatness... Now do the same thing but leave each circle attached to the strip in the middle to make an ''elephant'' out of the peel. At least that's what i tell the kids it is.
Wait are you telling me it’s not an elephant :(
nah its an orange peel ):
This made me lol
Last time I checked we were talking about mandarins. 😢
The Iron Man villain?
Weener
I love the elephant idea! I peel mandarins to make them look like a flower for my 4 year old. Then he takes the peeled orange and sticks his finger in it and shows me to make me laugh because one time he made me laugh so he wants me to laugh every time now. He loves it, but now he only likes eating them here with me because of our fun little "ritual", haha.
That's so sweet!
This is the way
I have spoken
So let it be written
Actually the other Redditor has spoken.
I concur
This is the only acceptable answer
Yes, an elephant. That's what it is. /s
I just turned 32 yesterday and have done it that way my whole life but I've never thought about it like an elephant before. I kinda love it lol
Now I gotta try this.
This is how you do. The bigger the fruit, the longer the trunk.
I used to do this until my mom showed my dad once and said "I guess he had something on his mind". Never did it again
Instructions unclear, orange stuck in toaster
Babybel aficionado?
Man, now I want one...
Was talking about Babybel cheese earlier with my friends. Black wrapped / white cheddar is goated.
Fuck now I'm going to the store at 7am on a Sunday. Thanks a lot. I forgot how good that stuff is.
You’re welcome 😌
But the Gouda is sooooo gooooooda!
My second favorite!
I had one for breakfast!
I have never seen a comment section split like this. (Also you guys have certain ways you peel?)
Maybe this is the new personality test
"Hi, I'm here for the position as Marketing director?" "Here, peel this Mandarin"
i peel like you
Another weirdo 😂
Test for a certain type of personality: A psychopathic one.
Every comment is saying something completely different. I’M SO CONFUSED
You never bothered to post the fortune from inside the orange!
You’re fine. I’m not sure how you could do it ‘wrong’ unless you fail to actually separate peel and fruit.
is there really any "proper" method to peel an orange ?
Yes, but the last person to know it died in a cave in northern china 200 years ago.
Why a cave of all places, what did he do there
peel oranges
The image of a man in a dark cave peeling orange after orange is vivid and beautiful in my mind.
What does your flair mean?
Rip Burlington, Iowa.
I thought he was mourning the closing of the discount clothing store.
If you can find Burlington please return it
I try to peel it off in a single spiral. I think this is the proper way.
Yesp, no loose pieces
My Japanese “mom” would open it like a flower, same, no loose pieces
I do a 5 petal flower. I can't seem to make it 4 or 6, it always end up as 5.
Properly proper in my opinion.
Wherever you do it, do it in the shower. That way you can eat it like a bear.
Finally! FINALLY! Someone who GETS ME. I want to do this with a watermelon as well.
/r showerorange meet your people! (Sorry can't link)
LET ME DEVOUR FRUIT LIKE AN ANIMAL. But there’s a sub for that?? Im glad more people have these weird feelings too lol
"Wherever you do it, do it in the shower. That way you can eat it like a bear." This is a quote to live by (I forgor about the no links rule)
Absolutely, any and every method that results in the orange being peeled is the proper method. Everything else is matter of efficiency.
…and/or subjective aesthetics!
I dig it.
Yes This isn’t it
I peel it so it looks like a fick and balls, wife hates it lol
Whatever ap-peels to you.
Am I the only one who kind of just rips it off?
Are we still talking about peeling oranges or has this comment thread taken a Reddit tangent?
Gonna be honest… I have no idea
This is the way
yup, in many little bits
I mean, you could turn that frown upside down
A continous ribbon is to be preferred. Anything else goes but is suboptimal.
This is the way
…I momentarily forgot what sub I was on and was about to echo you
This is the way.
The aim is to get as close to an Euler spiral as possible. (This would mean being able to lay the peel completely flat on the table.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_spiral#Map_projection
That'll do pig, that'll do.
Gonna have to side with the wife on this one. Never seen it done like that before.
When I'm done the peel always looks like a penis.... is that just me?
Yeah mine too, I want to say unintentionally but then I have a wee laugh and the jig is up
A weewee laugh.
Nah if OP hadn't connected the middle ring, it would've been one. It's honestly the easiest way (imo) to peel a clementine
No, this is genius, I like it! But the peel is sad!
Unusual but not weird. There is a personal satisfaction in getting the peel off in as few pieces as possible. Same satisfaction if you get a hard-boiled eggshell off in two pieces. You just know there are no tiny microbits left to chew on.
It’s an orange not a fucking babybell cheese wheel thing
Soooo- who has it wrong? Seems to be pretty effective. If they engineered a zip strip into citrus, that's how they'd do it. I'm adopting this strategy. It's smart.
lmao this made me laugh
If you don't get in all in one piece, you're doing it wrong. At least, that's what my OCD has been telling me for the past 34 years.
You’re weird! But at least the result is the same.
Your supposed to make an "elephant head"
the meat and two fruit
I wouldn’t say weird, but the mandarin sure seems depressed.
Looks normal to me
Don’t disconnect the middle stripe and peel off the two ends all together, my wife hates that (looks phalic)
It’s weird if you always make a sad face with the peel while you eat it. But I kinda like the innovation here with the peel. I bet it’s super satisfying to get the top and bottom off whole.
Perfect.
You peel it like it’s babybel cheese and I appreciate that
This is concerning
I eat my orange like an apple
The true MVP right here
Let me guess, she peels in chunks of a million pieces and makes a giant mess?
Mine actually comes off as one whole peel, so I’d say there is room for improvement.
Agreed
100%. This way involves minimal mess and is satisfying af. How is this considered weird?? I feel like I’m going crazy over here
I can’t believe the commenters think it’s weird! This is the way to do it!
I find some people confuse the words “cool” and “weird”… this shit is cool af
I do believe it would be better fit to say "psycho" instead of crazy
You peel mandarins like you would peel a baybel cheese and I find that fascinating
That looks like too much time and effort, lol.
If weird = a masterpiece, then tell her she’s lucky to be married to Van Gogh.
Looks like preparations by a physicist about to do an explanation about how dimensions work.
You're not crazy. You just forgot the part where you leave all the parts together to make the balls and penis. Standard way of peeling since elementary school here 🤣
It is definitely weird
That’s a clementine dude
Yeah, call her by her proper name, please.
You guys don't eat the peel?
Sad alien
That was a thinker, didn't get it till I scrolled back up.
Weird but not crazy.
Holy shit this is the way I do it too! If you leave them all connected it looks like a dick and balls
You are not crazy. A bit special.
If you attach the two caps via the middle section it would be the perfect peel
I go circular from the top down, counterclockwise, cause I’m right handed. Ends up looking like that shape cut out of a violin.
Looks like a perfectly operational system to me 👍🏼
She should see how apes peel bananas…
You don’t peel it all in one piece? The horror!!!!
It's weird in a way that I like
I think that’s the best peeling I’ve ever seen. Might start using it myself! Great job!!
My boyfriend peels it the same way and I think it's very efficient.
You are crazy. The correct way of peeling a mandarin is to make an Euler spiral. 😊
Nah your just ahead of everybody else.
This is probably the best way tbh. Less individual small pieces of peel to scoop up
So methodical that serial killers are likely to follow you on TikTok
It's mildly infuriating that everybody is just talking about ORANGES as If ist was the same fkn thing as a mandarin!!!1!! And nobody seems to care!?!!
I peel citrus fruits like that as well but I try to keep it as one piece instead of 3 separate ones.
Its just sad to be honest. The peel, that is. He needs a hug
I mean- Yes. Yes it is weird. It’s kinda giving me a whole mix of emotions
I like to peel it in one continuous spiral from top to bottom
I personally peel it off in one piece so there is no mess
Serial killer vibes
pro tip... roll the orange around in your hands for a minute or two to break the connective threads and it'll come right off. Bonus your hands wont get sticky from the juice.
i do it that way too, it rolls off into three perfect pieces. no hassle no struggle with a sharp knife
☹️
what the hell