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

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

Ah yes!  Pomanders!  I love these, and no, they *do not* rot.  I have
recipes for their medieval and renaissance predecessors.  These
scented balls go way back.

Sydney

On 12/5/08, Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net> 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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