[Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas crafts - Clove covered orange

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sounds like it would smell like a dentist's office...*smile*
Oil of cloves is used to numb nerves and pack root canals. Think the cloves 
would act as a preservative and not let the thing rot.
It's amazing what appropriate use of herbs and spices will do. This has 
nothing to do with crafting, but when I was in college I shared an apartment 
with some girls and used to like to make weight watcher pizzas by toasting a 
slice of bread with tomato paste mixed with spice and garlic and sprinkling 
cheese and other toppings over the sauce.
I discovered that when I would open one of those little cans of tomato paste 
and use a tablespoon and put the rest in the fridge, the stuff in the fridge 
would get moldy in just 2 days -- i mean white and green so I could even see 
it...
I then decided to mix the garlic and oregano into the tomato paste, mostly 
to save time making my pizzas. And I discovered that not only did it not get 
moldy in 2 days, but it would last up to a month or more without any 
infestation.
I never did figure out if it was the garlic or the oregano that did the 
trick.
Well, happy crafting...
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas crafts - Clove covered orange


I have always wanted to try this. But never got to it.
HenriettaAt 07:26 PM 12/5/2008, you wrote:

>I remember as a kid covering an orange with cloves to make a scented thing
>to hang in the closet.  When I brought it home from residential school my
>mother would not let me put it in anyone's closet as she said it would rot.
>The teacher said that it would not, but I do not have proof one way or the
>other.  If anyone has experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.
>
>Push the pointed ends of whole cloves into the skin of an orange.
>
>Continue doing this until the entire orange is covered.
>
>Lay the orange in the center of a piece of cloth.
>
>Brings the corners of the cloth up so that they all meet together and the
>orange is entirely covered.
>
>Tie a ribbon or yarn around the gathered ends of the cloth to keep it
>gathered tightly around the clove covered orange.  Either leave a long
>enough tail on the ribbon or yarn or add another piece so that the 
>completed
>item can be hung on the rod of a closet  Tie a loop in the end of this long
>ribbon or yarn so that the orange can pass through it to make a sort of 
>slip
>knot for hanging.
>
>
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