Wondering just how many oranges it takes to power an iPhone? (I bet you weren’t.)

No matter, because you’ll still want to see this well produced and interesting short video featuring delicious Jaffa oranges as an alternative power source for one of Apple’s most popular products.

(See apples and oranges really do go together!)

Kind of takes green -er, orange energy to a whole new level don’cha think?

Enjoy!

Obviously, using 2,380 orange slices to charge an iPhone battery isn’t practical at all. Still, the video is a fun geeky way to see the scientific principal in action.

If you’re a teacher or parent who wants to try your hand at powering things using various fruits and vegetables to help make science come alive for your children (or you’re curious about the method yourself), then you won’t want to miss this helpful link.

Veggie power indeed.

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We’ve all heard the fruitcake jokes and many of us have believed them. For many of us, fruitcakes are on par with something as culinarily frightening as the episode where the kids on The Little Rascals came across some Limburger cheese.

In the popular culture, fruitcakes are often depicted as the scary, unwanted Christmas gift you get from the strange lady down the street who knits booties for her goldfish. But done right, a proper fruitcake is a pleasure to eat; a delicious traditional food that expresses the spirit of the holiday…a spirit which is all about preserving the flavor of the season with friends and family.

Below is a fruitcake recipe video which combines the best notes of the traditional fruitcake with some delicious modern twists.

Since this is a preserved fruit cake, ideally you’ll want to make it a couple of weeks before you plan to enjoy it or give it as a gift. This fruitcake recipe can be made with liquor, or for those who wish to avoid using liquor, you can use orange, cranberry, or apple juice instead of bourbon or rum.

As the video points out, despite fruitcake’s bad reputation, in 17th century England, singles used to put a slice of fruitcake under their pillows to help them dream of the person they would marry…a surprisingly romantic history for such an unfairly maligned cake!

Enjoy!

Curious where many of the commercial fruitcakes you see come from? Claxton, Georgia, home of the Old Fashion Claxton Fruit Cake Co. and Georgia fruitcake Co. holds that honor.

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More than 50 million pumpkin pies are baked and consumed each year, according to the folks at Libby’s who annually turn 5,000 acres of field pumpkins into canned pumpkin puree and pie filling each year.

Pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread are probably the most popular dishes made with pumpkin in America and it can be easy to forget that there are many wonderful uses for pumpkin that make the most of its highly versatile sweet and savory qualities.

Below are 20 tasty pumpkin recipes that will help you do just that, whether you prefer to use fresh pumpkin or canned.

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• Pumpkin Bread Pudding With Warm Caramel Sauce Recipe from Diet, Dessert, and Dogs

• Pumpkin Pie Wontons Recipe from Vegetarian Times

• Pumpkin Bread with Dried Cranberries, Toasted Pecans and White Chocolate Chips Recipe from Closet Cooking

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• Pumpkin Hummus Recipe from Appetite For China

• Pumpkin Fudge Recipe from Pumpkin Recipes

• Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles Recipe from Whole Foods

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(Photo Credit: Pumpkin Pi by JPStanley.)