His eyes opened wide with child-like exuberance as he explained the process to me. I sort-of giggled inside as he spoke, but I was curious enough to try it out for myself.
On your way to the shower, grab an orange and take it with you. Set it on the side of the tub as you lather, rinse, repeat. When you are nearly done with your shower and the steam has filled the bathroom, the time has come. Enter, Orange!
When you break open the peel, the heat of the shower releases the natural oils in the rind and the entire bathroom is filled with the scent of fresh orange. While rinsing all the suds out of your hair and off of your body, you begin to peel the orange. The peel can be thrown on the floor of the bathtub – making a mess is part of the fun!
When you first bite into the first crescent, the refreshing contrast between your body heat and the cold juice of the orange delights the tongue. In the shower, the flavor and juiciness of the orange is full and satisfying in a way that one cannot compare when eating an orange in any other place. According to Gregory, “A bad orange is a good orange in the shower, and a good orange is phenomenal!”
I have started eating an orange in the shower every few days, and, I must say, it has made showering even better! I think that everyone should try it at least once.
A few things I have learned about oranges in the shower:
1. Small bathrooms with low ceilings (like the one in my apartment) are most hospitable to oranges in the shower because they corral the steam into a close space.
2. Small oranges work best because otherwise one stands in the shower for a bit too long peeling and eating.
3. If one forgets to clean the peel from the shower immediately afterward, the bathroom begins to smell like a compost pile.
4. Stocking oranges in one’s shower seems good in theory, but is bad in practice. A bad orange is a good orange in the shower, but a moldy orange is still disgusting and should not be eaten. Eeeew!
