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Freezing citrus zest? and butter stick wrappers!
On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:15:51 -0400, Brooklyn1
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>On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 21:25:17 -0500, Sky > wrote:
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>>On 7/9/2016 7:39 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:16:18 -0500, Sky > wrote:
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>>>> Rarely do I use citrus zest of any sort, and I'm curious. Before
>>>> slicing the citrus fruits, perhaps it'd be a good idea to first zest the
>>>> critter <G> and save the zest for later use if it's not immediately
>>>> needed. Then it occurred to me the zest might be freezable?? Does
>>>> anyone freeze the zest? This is something I've never seen referenced
>>>> before.
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>>> I haven't frozen zest but don't see why it wouldn't work.
>>> Another option would be to preserve the zest, very easy (and tasty):
>>> http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/preserved-lemons
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>>That's what I thought too, i.e., freezing zest should work well for
>>later use. Thank you for the link you shared. I've never "preserved"
>>any sort of citrus, so I have no experience. I've heard/read about
>>preserved lemons, but what about limes, grapefruits, kumquats, etc. and
>>more?
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>Why bother freezing citrus zest, how difficult is it to keep a few
>citrus fruits in the fridge. . . I often shave the zest from citrus, a
>few days later the fruit is still just fine. Right now I have five
>lemons, four limes, and a ten pound bag of navels, I can always
>harvest fresh zest... why would any sane person want to freeze citrus
>zest... just tells ne peeps have their freezer filled with GAR-BAGE.
That's so idiotic, there's little point explaining why.
Little wonder you don't know how to use roundup correctly.
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