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Default Substitutiion for orange zest - clementines or tangerines zest

<q> wrote in message ...
> Dee.Dee said...
>
>> Does substituing clementine or tangerine rind/zest for orange zest taste
>> totally different or unacceptable in most recipes calling for orange

> zest?
>>
>> Has anyone substituted either clementine or tangerine?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Dee Dee

>
>
> Dee Dee,
>
> I always wonder about using fruit zest. If it's not organic, it's probably
> the most pesticided part of the fruit you could add to a dish. Sure it
> adds
> an interesting visual but wouldn't some squeezed juice make more sense?
>
> Andy
> Who doesn't eat apple or cucumber peals.



Nobody eats the peals from those fruits. Why? Because they have no peal.