I’ve always been a brown bag lunch (tote, lunch box, insulated bag, etc.) carrier. In high school, I prided myself on never even stepping food in the cafeteria (smelling of cleaner, old milk and generally unappetizing). In my lunch bag, I had an orange peeler, which I needed since I bite bit my nails.
The little pointy part scores the orange to make it easier to peel. Apparently I was obsessed enough with my little peeler that a few of my friends kidnapped my orange peeler and held it for ransom, note with the cut out magazine letters and all. I never said I was cool.
I still think about my little orange peeler when I am buying those adorable clementines at the store. The wooden crate gets me every time. So dang cute. The $8.99 price tag is not cute. Nor is it cute when 50% of the fruit is rotten. However, the non-rotten ones are so amazing: sweet with a hint of tart and summer and so easy to peel, no orange peeler needed.
I wanted to make something special for my sweet clementine and settled on Orange and Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Scones by Joy the Baker. As any quick bread, they come together in a flash. They aren’t too sweet and as you munch, you run into great reservoirs of dark chocolate. Savor with a cuppa coffee or tea with your sweetie.
I have a duplicate orange peeler – but the ransom is very high….
Love,
Mom