I love this video. Thank you for making it. My little girl and I are watching in Texas! I’m planning to try my hand at dehydrating orange slices for the first time today. I hope we use all the lovely ideas you’ve shared here.
I had no idea you're supposed to dry the balls! I just go out to my orange tree the week of Christmas, make these for the table, and toss them out after Christmas.
They get better year after year when dried as you add Christmas smelling oils that seep into them. Keep in a sealed container and they will be perfect each year.
Thank you so much for this lovely video. Informative and well presented. I had saved this video and have come back to it today to actually do it!! In these times we live in, I must admit, I treasure and place much value on the old traditions. Thanks again for sharing!
I wonder if you had sprinkled the dried ground spices over the sliced citrus before you dried it, that it would meld into the slices and stick better? Then you could always sprinkle the scented oils on the dried slices afterwards anyway.
i have tried this and it makes a brown coating on the oranges so losing the vibrant clear colour that shines through if you hang them in windows etc. It is in effect because you are in effect cooking spices . I've always found that applying after works very well. thanks for your comment and interest.
if you keep them in a dry box they will last years. If each year you get them out at yuletide and give them a top up sprinkle of scented oils it builds up and builds up over time as the scent becomes really soaked in. I have oranges that are ten years old and i call the Christmas in a Box because the scent when I get them out is so amzingly christmassy. I put them in a bowl with cones and fresh sprigs of evergreens each year. thanks for watching the video x
By far the best brand of Christmas oils if in Uk are M&S but otherwise Jormaepourri are good, good choice from sellers on Etsy too. Orange and clove base is what you are after for scenting the oranges initially. But over the years the oranges I’ve made have had a mix of Yuletide oils sprinkled on them and smell wonderful each year when they are brought out. Hope that helps.
To allow the orange to dry. The slits are a traditional way/look that was used to do this. It lets the moisture of the flesh of the orange out and the dry warm air in. It speeds up the drying process to stop the orange just going mouldy inside. Hope that helps x
Cinnamon and peppermint oils, scents, deterred mice from making a Winter nest in your home. With being inside, orange and clove pomanders were hung inside as early air fresheners. Scents of pine, rosemary, etc. were also thought to ward-off illness as well as cover body odors. :)
I love this video. Thank you for making it. My little girl and I are watching in Texas! I’m planning to try my hand at dehydrating orange slices for the first time today. I hope we use all the lovely ideas you’ve shared here.
Every year growing up I've always had an orange in my stalking! I'm 30 and I now do it with my own kids.😊
I had no idea you're supposed to dry the balls! I just go out to my orange tree the week of Christmas, make these for the table, and toss them out after Christmas.
They get better year after year when dried as you add Christmas smelling oils that seep into them. Keep in a sealed container and they will be perfect each year.
Thanks for the info.
thank you Anne Marie off to buy some oranges and looking forward to the lovely smells
Thank you so much for this lovely video. Informative and well presented. I had saved this video and have come back to it today to actually do it!! In these times we live in, I must admit, I treasure and place much value on the old traditions. Thanks again for sharing!
Lovely and smelly ideas😍
Great video!
Thanks for expanding how to dry them .
Absolutely charming and informative. Thank you.
I wonder if you had sprinkled the dried ground spices over the sliced citrus before you dried it, that it would meld into the slices and stick better?
Then you could always sprinkle the scented oils on the dried slices afterwards anyway.
i have tried this and it makes a brown coating on the oranges so losing the vibrant clear colour that shines through if you hang them in windows etc. It is in effect because you are in effect cooking spices . I've always found that applying after works very well. thanks for your comment and interest.
Wishing you a lovely Yuletide!
And to you too x enjoying the seasonal traditions seems even more important this year ! X
Thankyou.
Thank you so much!
How very lovely! Thank you for your suggestions!!
I mean aromatic ones!! The mix of oranges and the other ingredients is sweet
What heat temperature?
How long can you keep these?
if you keep them in a dry box they will last years. If each year you get them out at yuletide and give them a top up sprinkle of scented oils it builds up and builds up over time as the scent becomes really soaked in. I have oranges that are ten years old and i call the Christmas in a Box because the scent when I get them out is so amzingly christmassy. I put them in a bowl with cones and fresh sprigs of evergreens each year. thanks for watching the video x
What is the brand mane of the oil
By far the best brand of Christmas oils if in Uk are M&S but otherwise Jormaepourri are good, good choice from sellers on Etsy too. Orange and clove base is what you are after for scenting the oranges initially. But over the years the oranges I’ve made have had a mix of Yuletide oils sprinkled on them and smell wonderful each year when they are brought out. Hope that helps.
Why do you put the slits in the orange?
To allow the orange to dry. The slits are a traditional way/look that was used to do this. It lets the moisture of the flesh of the orange out and the dry warm air in. It speeds up the drying process to stop the orange just going mouldy inside. Hope that helps x
Ok but why? What are these for?
They were traditionally made for the seasonal scent and as a decoration.
Cinnamon and peppermint oils, scents, deterred mice from making a Winter nest in your home. With being inside, orange and clove pomanders were hung inside as early air fresheners. Scents of pine, rosemary, etc. were also thought to ward-off illness as well as cover body odors. :)
This video is nice to explain, but the background music is so distracting couldn't finish watching