Florida Orange Style Juice

Can you remember the "rolls" of Florida Orange juice that you used to buy from the shops from the freezer.   I think initially the Birds Eye company sold this but then other companies bought out their own.   I used to love that juice, especially as it was lovely and chilled and slipped down a dry throat a treat.  I have not seen anything like that recently.  I wonder if you can still get it.  

In preparation for Christmas we must not forget our drinks.  A lot of us do not want to go OTT on the alcohol front but because of all the rich food want something to freshen up our palate and soothe our throats.

So why not squeeze your own juice and store it in ice cream boxes in the freezer.  It will take a little work, but at least if you prepare it before you are going to get all the clutter and the debris from the oranges all sorted  out.  You can make your own mixed peel with this, but I will cover that on another post.  I am very lucky in that the veg shop often has reduced oranges for £1 a bowl.  The skins may not always be pretty but as long as they make great tasting juice that's all I am really interested in and this time it will be something for the freezer rather than pantry.

There is a link here as to how to freeze your home-made fruit juice.

https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-freeze-orange-juice/

Once the juice is made, and has been frozen bring out the frozen juice on Christmas Eve and let it defrost in the fridge.  Especially if you start your day off with a Bucks Fizz which is the tradition here and because it is pure orange juice it will be good for the kidlets too. This will be a tidier and simpler option on the drinks front over Christmas as by dealing with it this way you have got rid of all of the clutter and the kitchen is not becoming untidy.  My kitchen is very small and space is at a premium so clutter would just cause a major problem.

It depends on how many are going to be with you for Christmas as to how much orange juice you can make; but if there are going to be loads of you get the kids involved in processing the juice as well.  The beauty of juice prepared like this means that you will be able to start Christmas breakfast off well and even have a Bucks Fizz to start the celebrations off with proper pure juice and no nasties.  Just a little planning and preparation is needed beforehand which will save you time over Christmas in the long run and may require an accumulation of several batches of juice processing and some space in the freezer. 

I shall look out at the veggie shop for when they have an offer on oranges and take advantage of that.  I also intend to blend several varieties of oranges, tangerines, clementines etc together for a smoother and flavour filled blend as well as some individual blends.  

Right better get a wriggle on.

Catch up later on.

Pattypan

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