How to serve oranges so it is easy for guests to enjoy them?
Usually I just cut them into 6 pieces (see image), but it's kind of messy to eat them this way.
Is there a better way?
Best Answer
For special guests you can 'segment' citrus, but I've always found it a thankless chore that wastes a lot of fruit, so I don't undertake the process lightly. This process is especially nice if you are using the citrus in something like a dessert or salad where the texture of the tough membrane can throw off the dish. However, as is the case with a citrus salad, the time adds up. To do it easily, it helps to have a really good paring knife, and a nice piece of fruit.
Start by cutting the top and the bottom off, just enough to expose the familiar star pattern of the segments. Then, cut down the orange from top to bottom, removing the entire rind by section. Leave none of the white stuff, it only gets in the way. The smaller you make each strip, the more fruit you can conserve. You should be left with a bald, juicy looking thing.
Now the membrane, which separates each segment, is exposed. To dislodge the first piece (always the hardest), slide the knife just membrane on either side. Once the first piece is freed, you have the room to peel back each membrane in turn. You be left with the essence of orange on one hand, and the deflated (and nutritious) husk of membrane on the other.
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When you serve oranges as fruit after a meal or as a snack, serve them whole. Peel and slice oranges if you use them in a salad, fruit salad, or dessert. If you serve orange juice, squeeze the oranges in the kitchen. Do not squeeze them in front of your guests.How do you make oranges easier to eat?
Begin by slicing it in half, straight down. Then, angling your knife towards the middle of the orange, make two slashes on either side. Eat the orange straight from the peel. Put the flesh of the orange in your mouth and the peel between your lips to form a broad, orange smile.How do you serve orange fruit?
Cut each half into three wedges Turn those two half-spheres into wedges by angling your knife into the center of the fruit and making three even cuts on each orange half. This should leave you with six perfect wedges for each orange. Slices are simple\u2014unless you lack a sharp knife.How do you eat an orange elegant?
Cut an orange into a strip. Next, cut a slit into the side of the orange, all the way down to the core. The slit should go from one cut end to the other. Finally, use your fingers to pry open the orange, like a book, into a long strip. Use your fingers to pull the orange segments off of the peel, and eat them.Orange Garnish Ideas. How to Serve Oranges Fancy Way.
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Answer 2
I usually cut all of the rind off. Then quarter the orange, cut out the seeds by cutting the inner corner out of the quarters. Then slice into as many pieces as desired. This leaves a little bit of the fiber on the orange, but nothing you have to remove before eating. It's slow the first time, but with practice, it can be done very quickly.
Answer 3
It seems to me that you are complicating something which is inherently quite simple. Oranges come prepackaged in bite-sized chunks.
Peel the orange by cutting the top off (about 1/8th of an inch, no more), scoring the sides with a knife (no deep cuts) and removing the peel and rind. Once the orange is peeled, you can open it from the middle into two parts, using your fingers. There's a strip of pith in the middle that should be discarded. Then you separate each segment and serve as-is.
The segment membrane of oranges is edible and pleasant, there's no need to remove it. This is not true of grapefruit/pomelos/sweeties though, where the membrane is much tougher and very bitter.
Answer 4
I like serving them as half moons. I first wash them and then cut the 2 ends off. Make slices as thick or thin as you like, then stack the slices and make one slice down the middle making half circles. They are very easy to eat out of hand as you pull the slice open, all the litter segments pop up into little triangles that are very easy to eat with no mess. This only works well with Navel Oranges as they have no seeds.
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