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[arkster]

Hey friendslist, few questions.

One, sparked by the same grandma who eats potato skins: do you eat the orange peel? 'Cuz I tried the potato skin after about a dozen of you told me how awesome it was, but orange peels strike me as marginally less likely to be good eatin'.

Two, I should totally not be feeling anything after a single glass of wine with dinner, right? Not that I'm feeling much, and what little disorientation there is is easy to compensate for, but the fact that I'm compensating at all is what startled me.

Three, is wine supposed to cure headaches? 'Cause I've had a whopper of a Sunday afternoon headache the likes of which would make Murakami Haruki wince (my grandma watches 60 Minutes without her hearing aid, turning it up to a volume audible down the street, and the kitchen sink in this house emits a high-pitched whine that is apparently inaudible to everyone here but me. That, and there is so much flower perfume in the air I can almost feel it sticking to my skin.) That glass of wine, aside from the slight destabilization, actually made me feel a bit better. Coincidence? I ask you.

Comments

[rachelthedemon.livejournal.com]

The only way I've ever eaten orange peel is in orange marmalade, so I'm the wrong person to ask.

[anniefelis.livejournal.com]

Orange peels are good for cooking and baking, if you grate them down. Y'know, orange zest. It gives the flavor. Otherwise the flavor is too strong and the texture is rather crappy, so I wouldn't recommend eating them

As for the wine, I think it more or less relaxed you. You might have had a tension headache, and relaxing fixed that.

[miss-padfoot.livejournal.com]

I don't really like orange peels, except in marmalade. They're a bit bitter. But potato skins are wonderful. :D

I hope your headache goes away. Soon. I think our TV was emitting a high-pitched sound at one point, and my parents couldn't hear it because they're old fogies whose hearing range has totally gone. And it was tremendously annoying - made all the worse so because TEH ADULTS COULDN'T HEAR IT. D:

[alekmarokov.livejournal.com]

Wine doesn't cure headaches. But malt liquor does.

Actually, it just makes you forget about your headache. But that's pretty much the same thing.

[tr2a.livejournal.com]

you know, i could say things.

i could say that i find the orange peel completely gross, too strong, and as soon as i bite into it to start peeling the orange, i have to spit out all traces of that awful taste because i find it repulsive. i hate marmalade with inordinate passion.
i could relate to you how i was completely aghast when i found my gf admit that she eats the orange peel because as a child it was the only logical thing to do after having eaten the skin on apples as well.

but i can't since i eat the paper that comes with muffins. it's so delicious. so it would make me a hypocrite (maybe)

for the second bit, i would go with the tension headache relaxant. i dunno about you, but i can enjoy a basement gig from a shitty band thats far too loud and talentless much more when i'm punch-silly off of whiskey.

[el-regrs.livejournal.com]

I'm thinkin' wine usually adds to headaches. At least, red wine usually does for me. Also, alcohol in general dries you out, adds to hangover effect, etc.

Odd about your situation, though. Maybe it served as a relaxant as others said.

[bethama.livejournal.com]

Um... I'm having trouble equating "orange peel" with "potato skin." Although orange peel is often used (grated) in cooking, and I think it can be eaten candied, in general it's pretty much inedible.

[deadshrimpblues.livejournal.com]

well, you'll notice that the only way potato skins are any good for eating is when they're fried, covered with cheese and bacon bits, then served right before a good meal of potato soup at Bennigans. Otherwise they're pretty nasty (unless they're sweet potatoes, anyway) ... Erm, what was I talking about?

And I get wobbly-headed and sleepy after two - yes, TWO - glasses of cheap Sangria wine, so you're not alone in that aspect. Some of us are just more lightweight than others, is all. Welcome to the club. It's good stuff if you need a nap.

[golden-silence.livejournal.com]

I know that the pectin of an orange is healthy (but I still hate eating it) and have heard of candied and chocolate-covered orange peels, but I don't think I could ever eat one. XP (For the record, I eat potato skins)
As for the wine - how often do you have wine, or any type of alcohol? Some people feel the effects of wine quickly, some don't. At least the headache is better! =) The sulfites in most wines usually give me a headache. Perhaps you have hidden relaxation powers which only wine can bring forth? =)

[the-rpgenius.livejournal.com]

What you do with orange peel is grate it down and cook it into magnificent spongy cookies whose name I can't remember. Orange Zest Sponge Fingers or something. My aunt makes'em. Good eating.

[cadet-mcnally.livejournal.com]

In addition to what everyone else has said, orange peel, to my understanding, can be made into some kind of candy. I saw it on a cooking show once.

[notsteven.livejournal.com]

I also never eat orange peel, but potato skins are tasty. The thing is that potato skins still taste a lot like potato, but orange peels are bitter and not very orange-y.

[jibb.livejournal.com]

Orange peel in marmalade is good, as is candied orange peel. I think you boil the orange peel for a while, then scrape off the white stuff on the inside, then boil it in sugar for quite a while. Oh so tasty.