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What's the most efficient way to juice halved lemons and limes?
Between squeezers, reamers, and juicers, what's the fastest way to juice small citruses?
Limes are cheap in my area, so I'm willing to sacrifice juice per fruit if I can get the same volume faster ...
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Does wax on citrus fruit make the zest unsafe to eat or compromise its flavor?
A number of (chiefly British) recipes specify unwaxed lemons for zesting. Unwaxed citrus fruit are not widely available here in Sweden, so I have to make do by attempting to remove the wax before ...
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How can I tell when the wax has been removed from citrus fruit?
This evening I tried different ways (taken from other cooking forums) of removing the wax coating from lemons.
Pouring boiling water over
In a bowl with (initially) boiling water for five minutes
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What should I do with candied citron?
My inlaws just gave me a gift of candied whole citron (not just the peel) that they picked up from southern Italy. It was very thoughtful and just in time for Sukkot!
However, I'm just not sure ...
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What's an efficient way of removing seeds from citrus fruits?
My application is for juicing but I guess it would apply to fruit salads as well.
I have an auger-style crushing juicer and roughly remove seeds I see before ramming the orange/lemon/... pieces down ...
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What nutrients are concentrated in citrus peels (not juice)?
I just bought my first juicer today and I'm having a blast experimenting with the different favors.
I'm looking at all these juice recipes and they all say to peel the rind off of the citrus fruits ...
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Can you preserve zest?
If a recipe asks for zest, I always use fresh fruit.
I'm wondering if you can preserve it nicely.
I put some in the fridge, but there was some mold after quite a while. I wanted to get rid of the ...
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What's the least messy way to prepare grapefruit?
I usually cut it in half (through the equator) and eat it with a spoon but the juices tend to spray everywhere. Is there a better way?
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What is seeping out of my key lime pie?
For Valentine's Day this year I attempted to make my wife a Key Lime Pie. I followed Emeril's recipe, with one small modification: I replaced the granulated sugar in the crust with a 1:1 ratio of ...
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Are ripe meyer lemons supposed to be soft?
At the grocery store they were selling meyer lemons in mesh bags, they all seemed to be much softer than an ordinary lemon. Are meyer lemons supposed to be a very soft fruit? just touching them ...
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What are the fundamental differences between citrus fruits that necessitate different cooking techniques?
I used to cook pastries and tarts quite a bit, and one thing that always intrigued me was how recipes vary in their treatment of citrus. For instance, if you make a lemon tart, you can generally do ...
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How to make a sauce using sugared citrus rinds?
I finally separated the citrus rinds (orange and lemon) from the citrus sugar. All the bits of rind are small. With them I was planning on making a citrus sauce to go on top of my brownies and was ...
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Is there a use for the rind after making Citrus Sugar?
I have made Citrus Sugar and am now separating the lemon (and/or orange) rind from the sugar. Now I am wondering is there any use for the leftover citrus rind?
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What's the black thing at the bottom of navel oranges?
Sometimes I'll cut into a navel orange and notice something black inside which originates at the bottom of the orange, where the navel is. What is it?
I have seen it get pretty far into the fruit ...
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What is “Zest” - In particular: lime/lemon zest?
I saw a recipe that asked for Lime Zest and was wondering what it was?
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How can I add a strong orange flavor to my dishes?
I love the taste of oranges, and I'm looking for ways to introduce that flavor into some of my cooking.
I've tried adding orange juice and pieces of orange when frying or baking, but I find that ...
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How do I remove bitter flavor from lime rind in soup?
I just made a large pot of soup. It's a Mexican Caldo de Res. I added a bunch of lime juice, and thought, hey, maybe i'll throw the lime rinds in there too for a bit. This was a huge mistake. Now the ...
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How do I ripen unripe oranges and grapefruits?
Sometimes when I buy oranges or grapefruits I find out that they are rather unripe when I get them home. How do I ripen them?
