[Jamestown1630]

Slice the whole orange, and throw it into water with cloves, cinnamon sticks. You can have it simmering for several days, just adding a little water now and then, before you dump it and start over. Probably works in a crock pot, too. I usually have a little pot going on the stovetop all winter; it just makes things nice.

I started doing this after reading about Lady Ottoline Morrell and her orange pomander balls - the scent of those is fantastic, but unless you have ideal conditions to dry them, they may go moldy and not turn out well; and the simmering way smells almost the same.



These instructions for the orange balls have the drying part at the very end - you really need to dry them, to make them keep a while; and I usually cover the whole orange with cloves, and dust it with cinnamon before hanging to dry:

http://www.simplebites.net/how-to-make-spiced-orange-pomander-balls/

[Viking2002]

Yes, we have an herb/flower drying rack from Burpee’s hanging in the kitchen. Nothing like smelling fresh-cut basil, dill, and oregano hanging from the hooks. Sprigs of them tied with twine and hanging overhead. My God, it makes a house smell like a home. We are of one mind, methinks. Never left my pot simmering that long. Maybe it’s my sense of smell. I rotate it out after 24 hours and start a fresh simmer pot. I actually have one dedicated to it, and nothing else gets cooked in it. We also have a wood stove, and that makes for a nice source of simmering heat once the wood coals are a low, simmering red.

[Yaelle]

Thanks, saving it. We are going to eye for sure this winter. Mom and the little one can do this. And they smell so good. And they could even be gifts for people.

[thesearethetimes...]

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