On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:37:26 -0500, Isabella Woodhouse
> wrote:

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>I found these two recipes, for preserving lemons, in Gourmet.
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><http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/1990s/1999/12/preservedmeyerlemons>
><http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2008/05/preservedlemons>
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>They are different than other recipes I have seen... like the one in the
>Ball Complete book for instance. These call for some oil to be added
>after the jars have stood for 5 days. Has anyone done lemons like this?
>Is it safe? I don't understand the process.
>
>Isabella

i've done preserved lemons several times, and always stored them in
the fridge. never used oil, just salt and lemons.