Can you peel an orange without breaking the skin?

[Ian]

Obviously you need to break the skin in order to start peeling, but can you peel off all the skin in one go?

Just like this chap can...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_t4ar5fKU[/youtube]

I can't but I'm certainly going to practise on the remaining delicious oranges I have left in this bag.

 

[furie]

I've never tried it, but I shall tonight!

 

[Ben]

I cannn. I have like, serious OCD tendancies for things like that, and always have, so over my childhood I developed the technique. It doesn't ALWAYS work because the peel just sometimes spites and splits, and then I cry, but, I get it about 50% of the time.

 

[Nic]

I can with smaller stuff like satsumas, but don't think I'd manage it with a whole big orange

 

[Screaming Coasters]

I have a Blood Orange the other day and it was pure red inside. Shouldn't they have just called it Reds?

Ian, thats a new topic for you.

 

[Snoo]

No.. because I'm not Jesus.

 

[Dave]

I can do it with satsuma's, not oranges though.

 

[tomahawk]

I can with an orange peeler. Great invention, but not as good as the apple corer.

 

[furie]

Tried it last night, did it first go. It wasn't much of a challenge and it's not something I'm in a rush to do again for a "buzz".

 

[Ian]

it's not something I'm in a rush to do again for a "buzz".

Unlike wearing an orange net on your head?

 

[Jer]

**** that, oranges are quite nasty.

 

[furie]

it's not something I'm in a rush to do again for a "buzz".

Unlike wearing an orange net on your head?

I wouldn't know. I've never done it and have no plans to do it.

 

[Pierre]

Yes but you have to peel a thin strip all away round leaving a small part of the skin intact, then peel away the two half moons at the top and bottom of the orange.

The result is a juicy orange and some orange skin which looks like two ginormous testicles and a long skinny penis. ha.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Yep I can, as long as the room is room temperature.

+1

 

[Hixee]

^Technically the room you're in can't be anything but room temperature.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

^ Ha, I meant if the orange is room temperature. If it has come fresh out of the fridge, I find it a bit more difficult to peel.

 

[bazpa]

I'll usually try to peel the whole lot off in one go, about 80% success rate. I don't bother with Oranges much though, can never eat a full one and always end up needing a bath afterwards as I'm covered in juice. I much prefer the small ones like Satsumas or Clementines, just enough for me in one of those and if the skin is loose then it's perfect.

 

[F.A.S.T.]

I have about 90% success rate, using a different method.

The far superior method I use:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCYWPcrrWc[/youtube] :wink: