Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-02
HOW TO EAT AN ORANGE.
Problem Solved Various Ways In
- G NY Various Lands,

How Is an orange to BIO eaten7 Ia;
the problem that Berlin writer tries
70 solve by describing tho customs
or various countries. A grumnyl did
naval; officer Is quoted as saving. az
prefer to eat mine in bathtiib." He
undoubtedly. indicated tho difficulty
which restraints many persons from
attaching the luscious fruit In public.
The Italian takes his orange In the.
most matter of fact way OF any ma.
t'onallty. To him II, is fruit, not n
problem He Is, not the victim OF
sell-consciousness, and dripping fling
ers or lips or even golden stain OF,
MS shirt bosom does not embarrass
him. '' ZOO
So he simply breaks the skin, peels
back an area OF It and bites into the.
delicious pulp with simple sincerity.
Bpt, he does not Swallow the flesh or
tne orange; only the juice. No con.
sioeration OF table manners would In
auce MIN to tax his stomach with the
Iiore after he had pressed out the
sweetness between his teeth
The tropical countries of Span,sh
America are credited ySth n manner
/; all their, own Of solving the orange
proposition. Their fruit Is of the
cies. sps.
An equatorial circle is drawn abo,N
the yellow globe with teftness of
touch that avoids all the fruity parts.
Inc skin is then turned back toward
the polar regions with silver knife
the orange Is cut through.
Each half stays balanced on the
cup OF skin by which the operator
hoids 1t as he bites away the loosely
clinging segments one by one-first
having removed the seeds with his
silver knife.
In North America the German au.
thority says, the majority of people
simply cut the orange amidsbins
with n knife specially prepared with
saw, edge" Next layer OF sugar
Is plastered over It. Then the pulp
and Juice are dug out Of the peel, sec.
ton by section, with silver or gold
spoons specially fabricated for the
purpose and nown as orange spoons,
The United States Is further credit
cd with way of dealing with the or.
ange In combination which atones for
the wlckedness OF eating II with sug.
ar. This dish is prepared by skinning
the orange thoroughly. every particle
OF the white lining Of the skin Icing
removed. Then 1t Is cut up and mix
ed with slices Of banana and some
times strips OF sweet apples Sugar
may be used on this, anh the dish is
laid on Ice until 1t is very cold.
1T may be favored with glass OF
sherry orla little rum or with dash
OF maraschino, The fragrance and
taste Of, these mingled fruits are a
JOY to the soul In the summer.
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placed on the table whole. No man
is ever known to tackle one. But
some woman will often take pity on
| ner side partner cxtricate the fruit
from the skin and share 1t with him.
! me German way is to pass the fruit
knife around the orange from ono
pole tosnear the other several times.
!, dividing the skin Into eight or ten
/ sections. These ARE then stripped
back like the petals OF the orange are
/ freed from each other and spread out
In the hollow OF the skin.
/ They can then he detached without
n struggle and eaten without the
shedding of drop of juice.
/ In England only the juice Is used
IN polite society The orange is cut
In two and the attack is made on 1t
with a spoon.
/ France has no canon OF orange
eating, but 1t has a specially In the
consumption of orangeade. This ia
made by squeezing the Juice from the
| orange with little of the aromatic
essence from the peel, This is mix
ed with water, cooled and sweetened
ana Ia said to be, quite as refreshing
and far more healthful than lemon
4 ade. rs
1t is a beverage particularly relish
ed by the German Emperor William
III is said to drink goblet of pnre
Juice of sweet oranges every night
before going to bed, especially when
he Is on his yacht.