10 things you can do with an orange peel
Why would you ever throw away (organic) orange peel? Children recycle them as fake dentures, but we don’t mean that. You make them happy when you throw them into the fire, creating a kind of miniature fireworks. The ancient Chinese dried and powdered orange peels as a medicine. In cakes and stews, they taste delicious, a sunbeam on your tongue. We looked into the art of recycling orange peel and uncovered the most unlikely ways of recycling. Here’s ten of them:
1. Skincare
This gives you shiny, clean skin with fewer pimples and dark spots. You will only use the outer thin orange peel, then rub this over your skin until the orange color of the shell changes into black. Let it soak in for 15-20 minutes, then wash off with cold water. Do not use soap or skin cleanser. Do this after dark because it makes your skin temporarily dry and much more sensitive to sunlight. In the morning, you can walk in the sun again.
2. Oil
Extracting oil from orange peel is simple but laborious. Dry the peels, grind them, put the powder in a sterile glass jar, add clear vodka or gin until it’s just about covered. Make sure the jar is airtight. Put it away in the sunlight or another hot spot so that the mixture stays lukewarm, this will produce more oil. Shake it regularly. After two days, run the mixture through a coffee filter. Let the liquid evaporate in a loosely covered dish until the alcohol is gone. What remains is the orange oil. Add a spoonful to bath or shampoo … fresh and delicious for your skin. Powdered dried orange peel is also a delicious bath powder, if you do not feel like extracting oil.
3. Potpourri
Stuffy dusty odors go away if you add orange peel to a herb bowl or potpourri, and simmer it on a stove or gentle fire. It works wonders for the smell at home! Remove the outer orange layer with a thin knife. Allow it to dry for two to three days, for example, on the heater so that it is really dry. Add dried flowers, fragrant seeds and for example dry pineapple, as well as nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon and a few drops of essential oil of orange blossom. Mix well and keep in a sealed bag or pot for two weeks. Shake occasionally to mix the scents.
4.Culinary
Grated orange peels have been used in the kitchen for as long as oranges have been eaten. The most well-known is the use in pastries, but there are countless other applications, for example to keep brown sugar loose. Brown and other sugars will clot if you keep them a long time. Sprinkle dry orange peel on them, since this will absorb excess moisture and keep your sugar dry and spreadable. Throw them into your olive oil for extra aroma; they’re also delicious in your salads, pastas, and so on. Candy: bake dry orange peel into hot melted sugar and let cool. Success guaranteed for children! You can also put it in hot chocolate before you let it cool… irresistible!
5. Medicinal
Lowering blood pressure. Orange peel is an effective blood pressure reliever. In China it has been used for thousands of years for this purse. In aroma and blossom therapies, the orange juice is used to relieve symptoms of depression and excessive anxiety.
6.Torch
The oil in orange peels is flammable. Just squeeze your orange peel with one hand while a candle burns. Caution, because this will cause fire! Also some oil will remain. The peels last longer than twigs, so you can use them as kindling. And it smells good too. You can also wipe a strip of paper with the moisture from fresh orange peel and dry it – this also makes excellent kindling!
7.Against pests
*Cats. Sprinkle shredded orange peel throughout your garden, or along the edges, and the cats will stay away; they do not like this kind of strong smell. Rub fresh orange peel over the leaves of your houseplants, and cats won’t touch them.
*Slugs. These animals hate orange peel. Just sprinkle some pieces of orange peel in all the places where they bother you, and you will not see them anymore.
*Ants. Bothered by these tiny animals? Sprinkle orange peel wherever you spot them. Ants hate that. Also something to remember if you go for a picnic or camping and the place is full of ants. Keep a big pot of ground peel handy. Success guaranteed.
*Mosquitos. Rub fresh orange peel over your skin, keep mosquitoes away and prevent them from stinging you.
8. Against smelly bins
Throw orange peel at the bottom, which prevents bad smells and keeps large insects away. If the skin is still wet, use it as an effective sponge on greasy surfaces such as dining tables and countertops. They absorb a lot of fat.
9. Bioplastic
Scientists have found a way to make plastic from a combination of carbon dioxide and orange peel.
10. Cellulose ethanol for new energy
Scientists study the processing of tons of orange peels into a new green energy source. Cellulose ethanol is a form of alcohol you can extract from them.
This gives you shiny, clean skin with fewer pimples and dark spots. You will only use the outer thin orange peel, then rub this over your skin until the orange color of the shell changes into black. Let it soak in for 15-20 minutes, then wash off with cold water. Do not use soap or skin cleanser. Do this after dark because it makes your skin temporarily dry and much more sensitive to sunlight. In the morning, you can walk in the sun again.
2. Oil
Extracting oil from orange peel is simple but laborious. Dry the peels, grind them, put the powder in a sterile glass jar, add clear vodka or gin until it’s just about covered. Make sure the jar is airtight. Put it away in the sunlight or another hot spot so that the mixture stays lukewarm, this will produce more oil. Shake it regularly. After two days, run the mixture through a coffee filter. Let the liquid evaporate in a loosely covered dish until the alcohol is gone. What remains is the orange oil. Add a spoonful to bath or shampoo … fresh and delicious for your skin. Powdered dried orange peel is also a delicious bath powder, if you do not feel like extracting oil.
3. Potpourri
Stuffy dusty odors go away if you add orange peel to a herb bowl or potpourri, and simmer it on a stove or gentle fire. It works wonders for the smell at home! Remove the outer orange layer with a thin knife. Allow it to dry for two to three days, for example, on the heater so that it is really dry. Add dried flowers, fragrant seeds and for example dry pineapple, as well as nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon and a few drops of essential oil of orange blossom. Mix well and keep in a sealed bag or pot for two weeks. Shake occasionally to mix the scents.
4.Culinary
Grated orange peels have been used in the kitchen for as long as oranges have been eaten. The most well-known is the use in pastries, but there are countless other applications, for example to keep brown sugar loose. Brown and other sugars will clot if you keep them a long time. Sprinkle dry orange peel on them, since this will absorb excess moisture and keep your sugar dry and spreadable. Throw them into your olive oil for extra aroma; they’re also delicious in your salads, pastas, and so on. Candy: bake dry orange peel into hot melted sugar and let cool. Success guaranteed for children! You can also put it in hot chocolate before you let it cool… irresistible!
5. Medicinal
Lowering blood pressure. Orange peel is an effective blood pressure reliever. In China it has been used for thousands of years for this purse. In aroma and blossom therapies, the orange juice is used to relieve symptoms of depression and excessive anxiety.
6.Torch
The oil in orange peels is flammable. Just squeeze your orange peel with one hand while a candle burns. Caution, because this will cause fire! Also some oil will remain. The peels last longer than twigs, so you can use them as kindling. And it smells good too. You can also wipe a strip of paper with the moisture from fresh orange peel and dry it – this also makes excellent kindling!
7.Against pests
*Cats. Sprinkle shredded orange peel throughout your garden, or along the edges, and the cats will stay away; they do not like this kind of strong smell. Rub fresh orange peel over the leaves of your houseplants, and cats won’t touch them.
*Slugs. These animals hate orange peel. Just sprinkle some pieces of orange peel in all the places where they bother you, and you will not see them anymore.
*Ants. Bothered by these tiny animals? Sprinkle orange peel wherever you spot them. Ants hate that. Also something to remember if you go for a picnic or camping and the place is full of ants. Keep a big pot of ground peel handy. Success guaranteed.
*Mosquitos. Rub fresh orange peel over your skin, keep mosquitoes away and prevent them from stinging you.
8. Against smelly bins
Throw orange peel at the bottom, which prevents bad smells and keeps large insects away. If the skin is still wet, use it as an effective sponge on greasy surfaces such as dining tables and countertops. They absorb a lot of fat.
9. Bioplastic
Scientists have found a way to make plastic from a combination of carbon dioxide and orange peel.
10. Cellulose ethanol for new energy
Scientists study the processing of tons of orange peels into a new green energy source. Cellulose ethanol is a form of alcohol you can extract from them.
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