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My Limoncello
Zeppo wrote:
>>> I think its a 'tradition' thing. I had a discussion about that with our
>>> hosts in Tuscany and he made it a point to say the zest should be peeled
>>> and not planed.
>>>
>>> Jon
>> Ok, I can dig that. I love traditional slow methods too. As long as the
>> planer doesn't alter the results in any fashion I can live with it though.
>>  I just never made limoncello without the planer, so it strikes me as
>> being so efficient.
>>
> When we were discussing how to make limoncello the host was translating our
> discussion to his mother, who did all the cooking. She would interject once
> in a while and her son would translate back. When I suggested that a
> microplaner would make short work of zesting the lemons, and he translated
> that, she responded with a long agitated monologue that pretty much ended
> that conversation.
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> Her son was reluctant to translate :-)
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> Jon
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>
Way funny!
-Tracy
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