Thumbs, a paring knife and a party trick involving an egg.
Christmas has been and
gone and my black 'Bah Humbug' Santa hat has been put away for
another year. Now we are in that short lull in festivities before New
Year. Time I think to reflect on what Christmas means.
Apart from the obvious
celebration and accompanying feasting it is the time for good will to
all men and a time for the giving and receiving of gifts. For me it
is also the time for oranges. Not those large citrus big boys that
refuse you access to their juicy flesh until you go for it with a
knife, slicing off the skin and pith and leaving you no option but to
cut out each fleshy wedge grapefruit segmenting style. No we are
talking Mandarins and the like. The ones you can stick your thumb in
and peel almost in one go leaving an intact globe of segments that
can easily be pulled apart and popped straight into the mouth.
It was this seasonal
fruit peeling that got me thinking about what else has peel appeal.
