Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

[Taskmage]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

I don't suppose anyone has any cooking suggestions for what to do with about a dozen oranges I'm afraid will go bad in the next few days? >_>

[Armando]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Well, there's always orange juice. You'll probably go through all of them trying to make a pitcher.

Also:
Orange Smoothie
Orange Bowl Oranges (OBOs)
How to make Orange Julius

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Funny you should bring that up. The other day, someone brought in a batch of cupcakes with oranges sliced up in them. They were very good.

[Armando]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Funny you should bring that up. The other day, someone brought in a batch of cupcakes with oranges sliced up in them. They were very good.

Speaking of which:
Orange Dreamcicle Cupcakes
ORANGE CAKE RECIPE SEARCH: Mom made a from-scratch orange cake that tasted like fresh oranges, had orange zest in it .
An Easy Orange Liqueur

Just Google
site:instructables.com orange (+ extra words like cake, bread, whatever)

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

It's not cooking, but it's hard to go wrong with a fresh squeezed Orange Crush.

[Taskmage]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Darn these recipes calling for orange juice and orange peel but not actual oranges. Squeezing and/or pureeing the plain old oranges you get from the store does not result in anything resembling the orange juice that comes in a bottle, btw (I just tried it <_<). Maybe I can sneak this puree into a cake and make it work, though. Hmm ...

[Armando]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Are you squeezing them with your hand or with one of those orange squeezing contraptions?

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Please say your hands...

[Taskmage]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

My hands. Although now that I think on it for half a second, I think I do have one of those old-fashioned juicers around here somewhere. I managed to make something drinkable in the blender with some milk, greek yogurt, honey and vanilla, but it needs a lot more tuning before I'd hand it to someone else to try. I'm also coming to the conclusion that this was a second rate bag of oranges in the first place.

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One of these juicers, not one of those overwrought infomercial devices.

[Armando]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Yeah, that's what I meant by an orange squeezing contraption. What's second-rate juice taste like?

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

blender with some milk, greek yogurt, honey and vanilla, but it needs a lot more tuning before I'd hand it to someone else to try

Missing the key ingredient...vodka. Drop the yogurt though.

[Taskmage]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

What's second-rate juice taste like?

Thin, and a little bit like a misplayed chord.

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Missing the key ingredient...vodka. Drop the yogurt though.

!! I have no vodka but some tequila and triple sec. Brb with orange margarita!

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Now we're talking.

[Taskmage]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Markedly inferior to the original article, but I'm sure the next one will be better.

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Prediction: When my wife gets home I will be sloshed with a cake and she will not ask questions.

[Squiggs]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

It's been my experience that you can get away with a lot as long as you present a cake to your wife.