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Save the Oranges!

Remember when I wrote a post about two months ago on our orange tree that had started to have some orange oranges? If you don't remember this, take a look here. Well, my family started recently to eat the fruit off the tree, but I am here to tell you: save the fruit!
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Haha. I in particular do not like oranges. They are usually too stringy or seedy for me,  so we came up with a solution to get some vitamin C in me! We started
gathering some of fruit the up and made some orange juice. Yum! Well, I did not help actually. Mom did all the work and even took the photos for me. ( I think I was taking some tests that day, but I wanted to do a blog post to finish up the oranges.) Thanks, Momma! She brought out the fruit juicer we got a few years ago and started juicing.
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 In all, she used 36 oranges. This is all that was left after she finished juicing them. ( The juicer has a strainer so the pulp and seeds were caught.)
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These 36 oranges gave us a grand total of 1/2 gallon of orange juice! It was delicious, but ran out fast.
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A lot of work for so little juice, but it was worth it to me. ;)

Comments

  1. Melissa A. FreemanFebruary 29, 2016 at 1:32 PM

    Of course, "it was worth it" to you! ;)

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  2. Dad!February 29, 2016 at 6:05 PM

    Definitely a lot of work, but quite the sweet treat! And every year that tree produces more and more fruit, so next year should be even better!

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