The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-09-07
EATING ORANGES.

A Young Man should Never DO 1t In tho
Presence of His Sweetheart.
A young lady said that she hated
oranges because one had come between
her and her lover He had called on
her one evening, and, after sitting
awhile, had produced couple of bright
Florida oranges out OF his pocket and
suggested that each eat one. She now
says that she can not drive out of her
mind the sight of his nose, cheeks and
chin dripping with juice, and he has
been whispering something horribly
similar about her Evidently you can
not love girl and citrus aurantium
at the same time.
One of the best remedies for an
orange-a sort of whipping the devil
around a stump-is to use a spoon. The
directions advise you to cut the orange
carefully into halves, taking care to do
so across the grain, so that spoon can
slip in readily.
A gentleman who has lived for years
in the American countries in which the
orange grows, is waging war against
the slovenly manner of cutting the
orange up and serving it on the table.
In such case he recommends that a
very sharp knife, one as keen as a
razor, be used, and the fruit cut into
slices enthusiastically thin, and built,
layer about, with pulverized sugar.
Since the spoon has been relegated out
of modern dinner civilization almost a
fork is used to eat it with. In southern
Europe the peasants always eat fruit
in Its natural shape, and never think
of treating it to doses of sugar, salt, or
other seasoning. Around Naples and
in Malaga the people bite hole in the
orange, suck out the juice and throw
the orange away. South American
people often do the same, but of
course the American must try his hand
at improving nature, so he puts lump
of sugar in it. An orange planter
thinks such thing Dissertation.
On board ship unique way is al
waysa popular way to do anything.
There they take an orange, and, with a
very sharp knife, cut off slice of skin
ncross the top This is placed below
the orange and skewered by fork into
position. Holding the fork in the left
hand, the knife cuts down the peeling,
which indifferently falls off or hangs
down. Then the same knife cuts the
juicy meat thus left exposed into small
portions, which are conveyed on the
point of the blade to the mouth--one OF
che cases on record where the knife
enters the mouth by common consent
of the fashionable world. The small
quantity of juice that flows down falls
into the false bottom of the orange, and
thus the hand is protected. The orange
never eats better than in this way, and
it is also, as may be observed, freed
from all untidiness
me trick with the orange called the
''sea sick passengefp is played the first
thing on the voyaaer whose stomach is
suspected Of uncs|taipty. The eyes,
nose and mouth man are cut on
the side Of ne o{angs. the eyes and
-rnose being NM "a slight removal Of
the skin. while the mouth is deep in.
cision The orange'is then put on tor
of strong tumbler, and pressing on It's
edge is rolled about to initiate the heav-
ing of vessel The juice is thus forced
out of the mouth incision and a very
miserable passenger portrayed. If this
sight doesn't at the same time force a
good many people to seek their cabins
hurriedly the result is considered to be
very disappointing. - Pittsburgh Dis
patch.