After peeling a grapefruit and eating the pulp inside, what is the use of the remaining grapefruit peel?

It’s the season of eating grapefruit again. It’s sour and sweet and super delicious. Ever since I learned that eating grapefruit can relieve depression, I’ve fallen in love with grapefruit. If I eat too much, the grapefruit peel at home will be reduced. There are many, don’t underestimate the grapefruit peel, but it has great uses.

1. Make grapefruit tea for beauty.

Grapefruit is rich in nutrients. Pomelo peel can be made into honey grapefruit tea, which is not only delicious, but also has the effect of removing freckles and whitening. Drinking grapefruit tea in autumn and winter can also prevent colds. Women who love beauty can’t miss it. . Let’s take a look at how to make it.

Separate the grapefruit peel from the pulp, and remove the pulp as cleanly as possible. Just leave a thin peel, because the pulp will be bitter, and retaining too much will affect the taste. The skin of some grapefruits is relatively hard. You can use a peeling knife to scrape it off, just like scraping carrot skin. Scrape off a thin layer of skin. The thinner the skin, the better.

After scraping, cut the peel into shreds, soak it in water, then add some salt, and scrub the grapefruit peel repeatedly to remove the wax from the grapefruit peel. After scrubbing it clean, replace it with Soak the grapefruit peel in clean salt water for about half an hour to remove the bitter taste. After soaking, pick up the grapefruit peel and blanch it in water in a pot. This will also remove the bitterness. After blanching, drain the water and put it in a bowl for later use.

Add about 2-3 taels of rock sugar to one grapefruit peel. You can also add some pulp according to your preference. After adding the rock sugar, add water to cover the grapefruit peel, and then put it into the rice cooker. Press the cooking button in the middle. After cooking, put the grapefruit peel into the glass bottle, then add honey. The honey should cover the pulp, and the grapefruit honey tea is ready.

2. Grapefruit peel can remove odor.

Grapefruit peel itself has a very strong smell. In a newly renovated house, placing some grapefruit peel everywhere can remove the residual odor of the decoration and absorb harmful substances. There is also a refrigerator to remove odors, and you can also add grapefruit peels.

3. Grapefruit peel can repel insects.

Cabinets and other cabinets at home will inevitably attract insects and ants. Putting grapefruit peels in the cabinets can effectively repel insects. You can also put grapefruit peels in the wardrobe to repel cockroaches.