At times merely peeling an orange is not enough. The holy grail in orange peeling style is to peel an orange in one. Just think how impressed your friends will be when they see how you can peel an orange in one go, they will be jealous, oh yes.
How to peel an orange in one (With a knife)
- Select an orange and briskly roll it around on a flat surface to loosen the skin and make it easier to peel.
- Find a sharp knife, with a pointy end (not a butter knife). – You might want to ask a grown-up for help with this.
- Hold the orange with one hand and the knife with the other. Insert the pointy edge of the knife into the top of the orange peel, around where the navel is.
- Rotate the orange with one hand while holding the knife steady with the other, pulling the knife gently towards your body in order to create a spiralled, curling orange peel.
- Keep the width of the orange peel large enough, so that your peel will remain in one piece.
- Eat orange.
Yes, I know you aren’t supposed to cut towards yourself. Attempt this method at your own risk.
Source: wikiHow – How to peel an orange in one peel
How to peel an orange in one (With only the power of your bare hands)
- Select an orange and briskly roll it around on a flat surface to loosen the skin and make it easier to peel.
- Dig your thumb about an inch below the little button where the stalk used to be. When your thumb has penetrated beneath the peel, rotate your thumb in a counterclockwise downward spiral.
- Don’t rush, or you’ll botch it.
- Think of your thumb as a crank-operated potato peeler.
- Continue until the bottom of the orange then pop the flesh out from the peel.
- Eat orange.
Source: Times Online – The lost art of eating an orange.
Watch other people peel an orange in one
This guy is clearly an expert at peeling an orange in one. Just look at him go, ninja stylee!