blog birthday
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lemon juice
A few days ago a friend of mine returned from a trip to south Florida.  He was staying with another (mutual) friend who has a plethora of citrus trees on his property – everything from oranges to grapefruit to lemons.  Being the kind of guy he is (and also in hopes that I’d make lemon curd for the holidays), my local friend brought me two large boxes of lemons. Needless to say, my evenings have been spent zesting and juicing lemons like crazy.  But what do you do with nearly 30 lbs of lemon?  Well, make lemon tart, make preserved lemons, make the aforementioned lemon curd, make limoncello, and just pl