Anti- bc substance in tangerine peel

JoanofArdmore

Anti- bc substance in tangerine peel

JoanofArdmore

Shirley, I think, or Susie, posted an article about this finding a while ago.

I remember asking for ideas of how to use it, and someone mentioned a beef w/broccoli-type Asian dish that actually encorperates tangerine peel.

Too  lazy to cook w/it all the time, but NOT too lazy to, with my potato peeler, peel off lots of zest from tangerines, and add it to my triple-bag mug of green tea each morning.

It's delicious! I'm hooked!

beth1225

Hi Joanie!  I usually buy navels because I am lazy about the seeds, LOL.  Will it work with any kind of orange?  Sounds good in tea and you know I love to cook.  I have a recipe for beef with broccoli but it doesn't call for it but I will addd it anyway.  Bet it would be good with almost any dish.

Sending lots of cyber hugs to you and Woody!

Anonymous

Joan, now that's a great idea!  You may have talked me into it.

Give Woody a great big {{{hug}}} from me.

Shirley

JoanofArdmore

Thanks, Bethie!!I have delivered the hug(scared the hell out of sleeping Woody, who would NEVER look annoyed no matrter what)

No, Baby.The article said the chemical is ONLY in TANGERINE peel.

But Clemmies are tangerines, and have no pits......

And they DID say just the zest, no sour white pith..

It did say it is very anti bc which is definately grear, IMHO.

If you've patience--well NO ONE's 'puter is as slow as mine--you can go back until you find the thread.

(Or was it in Moving Beyond, Shirley?)

Shirley, please do try my new craze.It IS really delicious!!You can still sweeten your tea as you like.In fact (project time!) how about candying some tangerine zest just for tea? MMMMM!

JoanofArdmore

BTW-just went to google the finding, but became entranced with this folk remedy for flu and aching bones..

"A tea made from tangerine peels is excellent for relieving aching bones and sore muscles due to flu and fever. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil, adding chopped or coarsely shredded peel from 3 tangerines. Steep 1 hour, strain and drink 1 cup of warm tea every 5 hours sweetened with a little honey. "

This does use the whole peel and I can see why--the pith is the antioxident part of citrus peel.

But for the anti-bc thing the chemical is  in the zest.

Rosemary44

I can't be sure of this, but I think it's important to use tangerines that didn't get treated with pesticides.  Not just for the obvious reasons, but the ingredient you need shows up when no pesticides were used on the fruit, and then the tangerines will produce salvestrol Q40 to protect itself,  and us.

Same with wine grapes, the grapes have to get a mold to produce an antibacteria (resveratrol) which is the ingredient that fights diseases. 

Joan, your recipe sounds pretty good. 

Anonymous

I will try it when I get some tangerines.  I bet a little bit of juice added to the tea may sweeten it just a bit.  I'd like to try it without sweetener first.

The one about boiling the peel....that's not using tea, right?  Just the peels?  And they call it "tangerine peel tea?"  LOL  Of course I suppose one could add some green tea to it.

Joan, I'm going to buy me one of those BIG cups that look like a soup bowl and make me a bunch of green tea so I can drink it all at once.  You can buy the Christmas one's real cheap now.  Who cares if has Christmas stuff on it? LOL

Shirley

Anonymous

Rosemary, what's "wine grapes?"  I like the red seedless grapes.  I know concord grape juice is supposed to be good for us.  Hmmmm...wonder about using a bit of that in green tea to sweeten it because it IS so sweet?

Shirley

Rosemary44

Shirley,

In my youth, I got to taste a wine grape.  However they get wine to taste so good from them is beyond me.  Not from the grape I ate.  A lesson I learned from that experience, taste a grape first before pillaging and looting someone's grape arbor.

JoanofArdmore

YAY!Rosemary is here! You are like the CAM fairy!Showing up all twinkly with knowledge!

I thought about pesticides, just thinking "I dont want to drop peel that bears trace of pesticides in my lovely clean green tea"!So instead of the Darling Clementines, I've been buying sacks of organic tangerines.

(Although there werent any yesterday & I had to gt Clemmies, and they ARE much sweeter!)

If I do have to use conventional tangerine peels, I wash them w/soap  water.(This is how I treat anything unorganic which I'm eating raw).

But I was just thinking of ingesting pesticides.

Now this opens a whole new can of worms.

Which recipe, Rosemary?The tangerine peel tea?Because zesting green tea makes it simply LOVELY.Too.

Life is good!

saluki

Here Beth

Like this recipe because it does not call for velveting therefore there are only two tablespoons of oil in the whole dish 

Tangerine Stir-Fried Beef with Onions and Snow Peas
Serves 4

To make slicing the flank steak easier, freeze it for 20 to 30 minutes. If flank steak is unavailable, replace with sirloin tip steaks (also called flap meat) or blade steaks, trimming any excess fat and gristle before slicing thinly. If using blade steak start with a pound of meat in order to compensate for any loss during trimming. Serve this dish with rice. Orange can be used in place of tangerines. If available, substitute 1 teaspoon toasted and ground Sichuan peppercorns for the hot red pepper flakes.

4 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
12 ounces flank steak, cut into 2-inch-wide strips with the grain, then sliced across the grain into 1/8-inch-thick slices (see note above)
3/4 cup juice plus 1 teaspoon grated zest from 2 tangerines
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 medium garlic cloves, pressed through garlic press or minced (about 1 tablespoons)
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon Chinese black bean sauce
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, halved and cut pole-to-pole into 3/8 to 1/2-inch wedges
10 ounces snow peas, ends trimmed
2 tablespoons water

1. Combine 2 tablespoons soy sauce and 1 teaspoon sugar in medium bowl. Add beef, toss well and marinate at least 10 minutes or up to 1 hour, stirring once. Meanwhile, whisk remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, tangerine juice, sugar, sesame oil, and cornstarch in medium bowl. Combine tangerine zest, garlic, ginger, black bean sauce, red pepper flakes, and 1 teaspoon oil in small bowl.

2. Drain beef and discard liquid. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until just smoking. Add half of beef to skillet in single layer, breaking up any clumps. Cook, without stirring, for 1 minute, then stir and continue to cook until beef is browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer beef to medium bowl. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in skillet, and repeat with remaining beef. Wipe out skillet using paper towels.

3. Add remaining tablespoon oil to now-empty skillet and heat until just smoking. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently until beginning to brown and soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Add snow peas and continue to cook until spotty brown, about 2 minutes longer. Add water and cook until vegetables are tender but still crisp, about 1 minute. Push vegetables to sides of skillet to clear center; add zest/garlic mixture to clearing and cook, mashing with spatula, until fragrant, 15 to 20 seconds. Stir to combine zest/garlic mixture with vegetables. Return beef and any accumulated juices to skillet and stir to combine. Whisk sauce to recombine, then add to skillet; cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is thickened and evenly distributed, about 30 seconds. Transfer to serving platter and serve.

I have a Persian rice dish that uses candied tangerine or orange peel among other fruits---very nice as well if you don't mind nuts and fruit in your rice.

Rosemary44

Hi Joan,

Yes it does open a can of worms.  We want to use those sickly  tangerines that had to heal itself.  So they really need to be organic no matter what which I hope also means they weren't sprayed with a fungicide either.    

Yes, your idea about putting the tangerine peel into tea.  What a good idea.  I'll never find organic tangerines though.  Give it a few years and those Dr.s will have a product on the market, sold in every vitamin shop.  Extract of tangerine zest.  

JoanofArdmore

Right.Lovely capsules.

But , like a bulldog, I cant let go of the thought now!

saluki

Thought I saw organic Tangerines in TJ's a few weeks ago.