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Default Substituting Lime Juice for Lemon Juice

On 8/10/2010 1:15 AM, Marilyn wrote:
> "Melba's > wrote in message
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>> In >,
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>>> different so I was thinking of making the blueberry-spice jam he
>>> http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_07/...spice_jam.html.
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>>> It calls for 1 tbsp of lemon juice. Could I substitute lime juice?

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>> I'd do it without thinking twice. Lime is about acidic as fruit gets.
>> I love it.

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> And that's why I asked you, oh, mother of all things jammy. One batch
> yielded 5 12-oz. jars. My daughter comes into the kitchen and does a
> double-take because I've never used that size before. She's used to 4-oz.,
> 8 oz. and pints for jam. I think I like this size, though.
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> I didn't taste the jam because it all went into the jars with no excess.
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Send sample, I will let you know how it tastes, going to bake biscuits now.