Dried Orange Peel for Firestarters

Dried orange peel can be used as a firestarter in your fireplace. Save your peel and let it dry out, then burn it in the fireplace. It's so much nicer than paper... smokes less, pops more. What fun!

We did this for the first time last night, and oh, what a show! It burned and sputtered for a long time, and it was amazing to watch. I suppose the oils in the orange act as fuel. It was well worth the effort. In fact, I plan to save ALL of my orange peel from now on, just so I can do this.