Do you love tangerines? Then enjoy them and use the peels for practical things in your home. Here is the inspiration…
Tangerine season is coming! These fragrant, sweet fruits will give you a dose of refreshment, as well as vitamins. Tangerines are full of “Zečka”, so they work as a natural immune booster. In addition, they help digestion, which is more than useful now, at the time of Christmas and New Year’s Eve overeating. And what’s more – if you “bite” a tangerine instead of a sweet candy, you’ll get a sweet with far fewer calories…
Fruit consumption
In short, the tangerine is a treasure that you can use in its entirety. Mandarin can be eaten “just like that” at a sitting, but it is also excellent in fruit salads, muesli, cakes, juices or cocktails. The individual pieces are eaten with the white skin (called albedo), which, unlike, for example, grapefruit, is not bitter at all and also contains enough fiber. “Mandarins will be easier to eat and peel if you roll them lightly on the table beforehand. It will release more juice and the peel will go down easily,” advises chef Wilfrid Hocquet. By the way, never throw away tangerine peels. Here’s how you can use them…
Headache medicine
You can make a natural headache remedy from tangerine peels. How to do it: Wrap the tangerine peels in a cloth (or cotton cloth) and inhale carefully. Their scent has a sedative effect. According to folk healers, it reduces stress, anxiety and even headaches. So take advantage of it.
Natural mandarin rinse
Tangerines are known to promote hair growth and prevent excessive greasiness. So if you have a “mandarin party” at home, put the peels aside. When you have time, you can boil them in water for 30 minutes and then let them soak for about 1 hour. Use the resulting liquid as a hair rinse. You will see that they will be shiny, nourished and healthier.
Lighter (not only) for the cottage
Do you go to a cottage where it’s usually very cold? If you don’t have a pepo or other lighter on hand, you can use dried tangerine peel. Its advantage is that the wood “grips well” with it and, thanks to the essential oils, the room will smell beautifully with a pleasant citrus scent. Therefore, do not hesitate and enjoy beautiful, “tangerine” evenings…
