Mandarin trick to peeling in seconds without having to take off the entire skin

How to REALLY peel a mandarin: Easy food hack allows you to prepare the fruit in seconds – without removing all of the skin

  • A simple trick to peeling mandarins within seconds has resurfaced online 
  • The video suggests you have probably been doing it wrong all along
  • It shows how you can get mandarin segments laid out perfectly along skin

Everyone has their own technique of peeling a mandarin – but there’s a simple ‘hack’ that is wowing thousands online.

The easy-to-follow trick resurfaced on social media this week, with many praising the idea because you don’t need to remove all of the skin. 

The video demonstration shows how you can roll the segments out into one straight line, allowing you to simply pick off pieces as you want them. 

Start by peeling both ends of the mandarin, before ripping a line on the side.

Next, spread the mandarin on the line, making cuts in between sections carefully with your fingers.

Unroll the fruit so the individual sections separate into a perfectly lined strip – now you can enjoy each segment without having to peel the entire mandarin.

The video demonstration shows an easy way of splitting the skin swiftly into segments without having to peel the entire mandarin

Start by peeling both ends of the mandarin, before ripping a line on the side

Next, spread the mandarin on the line, making cuts in between sections carefully with your fingers

Start by peeling both ends of the mandarin, before unrolling the fruit so the individual sections separate into a perfectly lined strip 

The trick is said to make eating and sharing ‘easier’. 

The ‘food hack’ – dubbed the ‘caterpillar mandarin’ – has been around for years but was recently doing the rounds on social media.

‘I’ve never peeled it this way, less messy way and I love it,’ one said. 



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