Nicky wrote:
> "ankalime" > wrote in message
> What is preserved lemon?
>
>
> It's a Moroccan idea - you can make them yourself by packing lemons and salt
> in a jar, leaving it a few weeks, then rinsing the brine off before you use
> it. It makes the lemons less astringent and a little bit spicy, somehow -
> and has big advantages nutritionally, because you eat the rind and all. I
> use it often, for a little bit of lemon in all kinds of savoury dishes.
>
> Nicky.
>

I do it to limes as well as lemons. Nothing better in guacamole than
preserved lime.

Flora