[Question] What can I do with several pounds of oranges?
I've just received a couple cases of clementines which are approaching the end of their life.
I've never cooked with them, normally I just peel and eat them. I'm not sure if I'm up to the task of eating all these in the next few days. So if you've got some tips on something I could do to make them last longer I'm all ears
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If you are adventurous.
Can personally confirm that this will not taste great lol oranges are notorious
I think it isn't a problem. https://lemmy.world/post/20855825
Yes, you can ferment orange juice, but the end product does not taste good.
While it’s technically possible to ferment orange juice, the resulting drink is likely to be very sour, with off-flavors and a less-than-pleasant aroma.
Random website from a quick search that backs up my experience https://expertbrewing.com/can-you-ferment-orange-juice/
It’s always worth a shot. Every piece of research I did on watermelon wine said it’ll taste like cucumber at best and rotten carrot at worst. I can happily confirm that it didn’t deter me and I gave it a shot, it ended up being one of my favorite things I fermented and tasted like candied watermelon that wasn’t artificial
Love your posts, and I have taken the shot with fermenting OJ, myself! It was fun, but turned out horrid. I kinda doubt OP shares this interest and is probably looking for more practical suggestions
Only motivates me more to try it out! Worst case scenario it can always be distilled to pure ethanol lol. And yeah, probably not but hey you never know
Best I can do is freeze distilling ☹️ makes some good applejack though 🙂 (I mean with apples, not oranges lol)
I'm just saying that there are weirder things people tried (I'm looking at you @poleslav@lemmy.world )
I was going to do a lemon wine and now I might do orange brandy as well just to give it a shot lol
Homebrewing is one of those things that I'm equal parts interested and intimidated.
It definitely has some appeal, I'm just worried about creating a hazard. Every know and then you hear about a moonshine still around here exploding - and while I'm sure that's not the risk with all liquors I do worry about fermenting "wrong" somehow and making poison
But hell, I do want to try it sometime. I'm just also worried about investing in some equipment and then never using it twice. My kitchen used to be something of a gadget graveyard 😅
To be fair I suggested it as a joke.
As for creating poison, it is hard to make something poisonous and at the same time good tasting. Stilling moonshine is on another level (and you have to be pretty reckless to poison yourself with methanol).
Loads of equipment is only "quality of life" improvement. So if you don't mind to repurpose something you already have, spending more time on it and it may be little harder, you can do it without selling your kidney.
You can look at the sidebar of our community, there are starter guides to give you some ideas. I think that least gear intensive is mead or cider/wine from store bought juice.