Last night we had dinner by candlelight. Clementine candlelight, that is.
I saw a video yesterday over at Apartment Therapy . . . basically you score around the middle of the clementine peel, loosen and gently remove the sections, leaving the core intact. The core is the wick. Pour a little olive oil in and light the core/wick. It doesn't need to dry out or anything, just hold a match to it until it lights. Carve a little opening in the other half if you want a lid on it.
We liked it better with the lid off so we could watch it burn. It lasted for 1 ½ hours!
A lot of mileage out of one cutie!
wow. what a nice idea.
ReplyDeleteDeanna, it just makes me think of all kinds of possibilities -- other citrus fruits, place-settings, and on and on!
ReplyDeleteI especially like this because you get to eat the fruit! Not like "wasting" an apple to make it into a candle holder.
ReplyDeleteJo -- exactly. You can eat it by candlelight!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea...
ReplyDeleteSuzanna, me too -- it's just so sweet.
ReplyDeleteAnd the citrus essential oil is in the peel so did it smell like oranges, when the heat hit the peel?
ReplyDeleteHelen -- no, not really, but we left the lid off most of the time; maybe with the lid on, it would build up more heat and release a scent? And it didn't smell like olive oil either. Of course, it was during dinner so maybe that's why I didn't notice any orange smell!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea! There have been times that I ran out of candles and this would have been a good option
ReplyDelete:) (assuming I had and orange or clementine (smiles)<3
Thank you.
Marie, you're welcome -- and hey, if your power goes out regularly, just keep a bag of cuties on hand! Ha.
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic Peggy. I will try it soon. Looks very romantic - Hugs Nat
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nat! I suppose it could've been romantic but we were more into watching the candle than anything else -- ha!
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