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Peter Aitken
 
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Default Preserved Lemon Uses/Ideas?

"ant" > wrote in message
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> See if you can find any North African cookbooks...Moroccan, Algerian etc.
> Best writer I know of is Paula Wolfert, who writes wonderful moroccan
> cookbooks. Preserved lemons are a very important ingredient in many

Moroccan
> Tagines and Couscouses. I tended to rinse them and use the LOT in my

stuff,
> didn't want to waste any of them. They last forever too, if you keep

adding
> a bit of salt to the surface before re-sealing the container.
>
> When you make a tagine or couscous, you chop up your lemon and add it near
> the end of cooking. They add an aromatic aspect to the dish.
>
> ant
>
>


I heartily second this recommendation. Moroccan cooking does some wonderful
things with preserved lemons.


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