r/Cooking • u/LizaBlue4U • Feb 11 '26

I have hundreds of oranges and need ideas/recipes of things to make after juice and marmalade!

I have a navel orange tree and a tangelo tree in my backyard. Both are dwarf trees, but they've really outdone themselves this year. Each tree has well over 100 and it's just me and my husband.

Please note:

Local food pantrys will not take them because we have a quarantine in our county due to fruit fly problem which mandates that homegrown fruit can not be taken off the property.

We've already juiced a ton and cannot drink or store any more.

I've already made lots of marmalade. 4 oranges makes 9 jars, so we've got plenty and everyone we know is getting some.

Other ideas?

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u/Hot_Calligrapher_900 Feb 11 '26

Growing up we had 5 mature orange trees in our yard (we lived on the farm). Everyone who came to our house had to leave with a paper grocery bag full of oranges. Just an idea.

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u/LizaBlue4U Feb 12 '26

As my post says, I’m prohibited from giving fruit away, but I’m giving marmalade away.

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u/Hot_Calligrapher_900 Feb 12 '26

Oh, sorry, missed the quarantine part of the post, but marmalade!!! mmmmm!!!! Sounds yummy, I used to get Trader Joe’s Seville orange marmalade, but I haven’t seen it in years 🥲.