Wednesday, March 9, 2011

by clementine candlelight

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!

12 comments:

  1. Deanna, it just makes me think of all kinds of possibilities -- other citrus fruits, place-settings, and on and on!

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  2. I especially like this because you get to eat the fruit! Not like "wasting" an apple to make it into a candle holder.

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  3. Jo -- exactly. You can eat it by candlelight!

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  4. Suzanna, me too -- it's just so sweet.

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  5. And the citrus essential oil is in the peel so did it smell like oranges, when the heat hit the peel?

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  6. Helen -- 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!

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  7. What a fun idea! There have been times that I ran out of candles and this would have been a good option
    :) (assuming I had and orange or clementine (smiles)<3
    Thank you.

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  8. Marie, you're welcome -- and hey, if your power goes out regularly, just keep a bag of cuties on hand! Ha.

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  9. That's fantastic Peggy. I will try it soon. Looks very romantic - Hugs Nat

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  10. Thanks, Nat! I suppose it could've been romantic but we were more into watching the candle than anything else -- ha!

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