Old cookbook (?) with best ways to eat an orange

[Jamie]

I was eating an orange today and had a memory flash to a book I'd read when I was younger that discussed, among other things, the best ways to eat an orange. My impression was that this was either an older book or quoted from an older book. I can't remember if it was a cookbook, an etiquette book, or just a totally unrelated book that happened to include a very detailed description of how to eat an orange. I don't remember anything at all about the book itself.

For some reason....my mind is drawing connections to Roald Dahl? Like, sometimes his books would include an overly detailed description of eating something in a unique/old fashioned way, so I don't know if what I'm remembering was FROM a Roald Dahl book, or just reminded me of one.

The part I most distinctly remember was discussing that certain metals were best for cutting citrus (silver was mentioned, though I don't remember if it was good or bad). Then it mentioned the usual ways to eat an orange (peeling, slicing, etc) before saying that THIS was the best way to eat an orange: firmly skewer a fork into the blossom end of the orange, then use a knife to carefully cut a wide circle in the peel around the fork, then hold the fork upright with the orange up, and push the circle of peel down the tines of the fork to make a sort of bowl at the base of the fork. Then, using a silver(?) knife and still holding the orange upright, cut the rest of the peel off of the orange, deliberately taking the pith so that the juicy flesh of the orange was sliced open and exposed. Once the whole orange was bare, you could take bites out of the orange (still holding it aloft), and as the juice ran down, it would pool in the bowl made by the peel on the fork tines, and then you could sip the juice.

I remember this description so vividly, and the feeling that I would want to try it someday (though it sounds pretty tricky to accomplish). But I'm just curious.....what book was this from??

[Kate]

Jamie ~~
Wow! You really described it in a lucious way, with excellent detail. I hope this triggers someone's memory.

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