Peel, Petals and Pomanders

When we went away to Cornerstones, I thought I had put all our remaining fresh food into the coolbox to take with us. But I had overlooked a few ‘sweet and juicy easy peelers’ on a plate on the sideboard. I’d bought them to take to school with me, but they were neither sweet, nor easy to peel. On our return, they looked very sad

They were rather dry and shrivelled. I really didn’t want to throw them away. I selected the best looking one, and wrapped it with some ribbon, and then studded it with cloves [these were languishing in my spice drawer, and rather old, so I decided I would rather do this than cook with them] That’s made a traditional ‘Pomander’

I sliced the remaining fruit and left them to dry out in the oven.

I’d saved the petals from the red roses Bob bought me the other week and put them in a pretty bowl.

So that’s three different natural air fresheners – much nicer than a chemical spray.