I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:

"Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"

Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
great in a cold drink as well.

On May 20, 8:43*pm, (z z) wrote:
>
> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>
> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>
> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
> great in a cold drink as well.
>
>
How old are you, 10? Has mommy always cooked for you? For grated
lemon you'll get better results with a microplane grater or a box
grater, but you don't own either of these. It will take a while
before you get completely away from everything you eat coming from a
mix or fast food.

Next week we'll cover 'how to boil water.'

z z wrote:
> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>
> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>
> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
> great in a cold drink as well.
>

You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
LIVE without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of
course, I ask this from the POV of a person who is extremely
partial to lemons.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
>z z wrote:
>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>
>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel" Three blade choices-regular,
>> softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>> great in a cold drink as well.
>
> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one LIVE
> without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of course, I ask
> this from the POV of a person who is extremely partial to lemons.


I have never bought a lemon either. We had a lemon tree when we were
growing up, and first thing I planted one when I bought my house.

Pico Rico wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> z z wrote:
>>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>>
>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel" Three blade choices-regular,
>>> softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>>> great in a cold drink as well.
>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one LIVE
>> without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of course, I ask
>> this from the POV of a person who is extremely partial to lemons.
>
>
> I have never bought a lemon either. We had a lemon tree when we were
> growing up, and first thing I planted one when I bought my house.
>
>
Ah, but that did not seem to be the case for the OP, since he/she
acts like lemons are a new thing.
--
Jean B.

On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>z z wrote:
>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>
>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>
>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>> great in a cold drink as well.
>>
>
>You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>LIVE without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of
>course, I ask this from the POV of a person who is extremely
>partial to lemons.

You'd be amazed, *most* folks never buy lemons, they use bottled lemon
juice. I buy lemons only when specifically needed for a recipe but I
always have limes on hand.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> z z wrote:
>>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>>
>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>
>>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>>> great in a cold drink as well.
>>>
>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>> LIVE without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of
>> course, I ask this from the POV of a person who is extremely
>> partial to lemons.
>
> You'd be amazed, *most* folks never buy lemons, they use bottled lemon
> juice. I buy lemons only when specifically needed for a recipe but I
> always have limes on hand.

I outgrew bottled lemon juice a very long time ago. I really
don't like it. (Have there been advances in their flavor over the
years>)

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 22 May 2012 23:34:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> z z wrote:
>>>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>>>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>>>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>>>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>>>
>>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>>
>>>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>>>> great in a cold drink as well.
>>>>
>>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>>> LIVE without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of
>>> course, I ask this from the POV of a person who is extremely
>>> partial to lemons.
>>
>> You'd be amazed, *most* folks never buy lemons, they use bottled lemon
>> juice. I buy lemons only when specifically needed for a recipe but I
>> always have limes on hand.
>
>I outgrew bottled lemon juice a very long time ago. I really
>don't like it. (Have there been advances in their flavor over the
>years>)

Probably not. I bought a bottle of Real Lemon to try it maybe 50
years ago, it was so awful I poured it down the drain. I don't even
like Crystal Light and its ilk lemon drink powders because it tastes
like Real Lemon. I do like the cherry flavored powders, because I
don't expect it to taste like real cherries, tastes closer to
marachinno. I'm not a fan of 7-Up and other lemon flavored carbonated
beverages, to me they all taste medicinal.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2012 23:34:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> z z wrote:
>>>>> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
>>>>> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
>>>>> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
>>>>> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>>>
>>>>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
>>>>> great in a cold drink as well.
>>>>>
>>>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>>>> LIVE without buying a lemon (unless one can afford NOTHING)? Of
>>>> course, I ask this from the POV of a person who is extremely
>>>> partial to lemons.
>>> You'd be amazed, *most* folks never buy lemons, they use bottled lemon
>>> juice. I buy lemons only when specifically needed for a recipe but I
>>> always have limes on hand.
>> I outgrew bottled lemon juice a very long time ago. I really
>> don't like it. (Have there been advances in their flavor over the
>> years>)
>
> Probably not. I bought a bottle of Real Lemon to try it maybe 50
> years ago, it was so awful I poured it down the drain. I don't even
> like Crystal Light and its ilk lemon drink powders because it tastes
> like Real Lemon. I do like the cherry flavored powders, because I
> don't expect it to taste like real cherries, tastes closer to
> marachinno. I'm not a fan of 7-Up and other lemon flavored carbonated
> beverages, to me they all taste medicinal.

Ah, but maraschino cherries are generally junk. I am wondering
whether that started during Prohibition.

I don't like soft drinks. I almost ever drink them, and if I do,
I usually am reminded after I take one sip. I do make ice cream
soda-type things, but I start at the point that the beverage is
somewhat diluted with melted ice cream.

--
Jean B.

On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "Jean B."
> wrote,
>You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>LIVE without buying a lemon

Sometimes a good producing lemon tree can provide enough for the entire
neighborhood.

David Harmon wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "Jean B."
> > wrote,
>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>> LIVE without buying a lemon
>
> Sometimes a good producing lemon tree can provide enough for the entire
> neighborhood.

Yes, but... see previous response.

--
Jean B.

On 22/05/2012 2:40 AM, David Harmon wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:48 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "Jean B."
> > wrote,
>> You have never bought a lemon? How old are you? How does one
>> LIVE without buying a lemon
>
> Sometimes a good producing lemon tree can provide enough for the entire
> neighborhood.

We have two lemon trees. Only problem is, they are in the backyards of
two of our neighbours. They don't use them at all so we get them any
time we need them. Very handy now since my wife is into Thai cooking as
she uses them a lot more now than she once did.

--

Krypsis

On Sun, 20 May 2012 20:43:12 -0500, (z z) wrote:

> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>
> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah!

I'm interested! Any idea where it came from? I googled Sur la Table
and Amazon, but neither one seems to carry it.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:35 -0500, Pleasure Boat
> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 May 2012 22:27:11 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 20 May 2012 20:43:12 -0500, (z z) wrote:
> >
> >> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
> >>
> >> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> >> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> >> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah!
> >
> > I'm interested! Any idea where it came from? I googled Sur la Table
> > and Amazon, but neither one seems to carry it.
>
> But did you Google Google? Because it's all over the place INCLUDING
> Amazon. See he
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Google-For-Dum.../dp/0764544209
>
> "Woe is Me. I can't Google. I need other people to look this stuff
> up for me!"
>
> -sw

Did I ASK you to do it for me? Once again, you proved yourself to be
an idiot and a bald faced liar. If you had kill filed me as you've
LOUDLY proclaimed in the past - you would never have to Google
anything I say I can't find. You're such a STUPID putz. LOLOLOL!

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Playtex Playpen wrote:
>

Playtex Playpen? hahaha good one!

On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:23:43 -0700, Me-an Hugh >
wrote:

>On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:35 -0500, Pleasure Boat > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 20 May 2012 22:27:11 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 20:43:12 -0500, (z z) wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>>
>>>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah!
>>>
>>> I'm interested! Any idea where it came from? I googled Sur la Table
>>> and Amazon, but neither one seems to carry it.
>>
>>But did you Google Google? Because it's all over the place INCLUDING
>>Amazon. See he
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/Google-For-Dum.../dp/0764544209
>>
>>"Woe is Me. I can't Google. I need other people to look this stuff
>>up for me!"
>
>So, WHAT is harder.
>
>Offering a link to it, or explaining WHY you won't do that, and offering some
>other useless and demeaning info that makes you look like a total asshole??

You obviously have an entitlement mentality... teaching someone to
catch fish is better then their hoping for handouts... what happens to
the useless know nothing parasites when the entitlements dry up...
thankfully they drop dead.

On 5/21/12 3:26 AM, Me-an Hugh wrote:

>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>
> http://www.organize.com/select-a-pee...le-peeler.html

Kitchen Kapers in Philadelphia and NJ carries it. I held one in my hand
this weekend -- it's bulky, with that large head, and would be awkward
to use and to see what you're doing, IMO. We didn't buy one -- the are
better and cheaper alternatives.

-- Larry

On Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20:23 -0400, pltrgyst >
wrote:

> We didn't buy one -- the are better and cheaper alternatives.

The part I was interested in was the peeler, because my vegetable
peelers do not cut off citrus zest "like buttah".

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Mon, 21 May 2012 08:50:52 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>> On 5/21/12 3:26 AM, Me-an Hugh wrote:
>>
>>>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>
>>> http://www.organize.com/select-a-pee...le-peeler.html
>>
>> Kitchen Kapers in Philadelphia and NJ carries it. I held one in my hand
>> this weekend -- it's bulky, with that large head, and would be awkward
>> to use and to see what you're doing, IMO. We didn't buy one -- the are
>> better and cheaper alternatives.
>>
>> -- Larry
>
>
>Yeah, a tad over-engineered!
>
>I have the old-fashioned flimsy spindled peeler/corer The pointed end, I
>recently discovered, works wonders for neatly "deflowering" strawberries,
>insert and twist. No more "off with it's head" slicing.

I used the tip of the peeler like removing tater eyes for years but a
Chef'n strawberry huller is better.

http://www.amazon.com/Chefn-StemGem-...ref=pd_sim_k_1

On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:26:10 -0700, Me-an Hugh >
wrote:

>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 20:43:12 -0500, (z z) wrote:
>>
>>> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>>>
>>> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
>>> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
>>> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah!
>>
>> I'm interested! Any idea where it came from? I googled Sur la Table
>> and Amazon, but neither one seems to carry it.
>
>http://www.organize.com/select-a-pee...le-peeler.html

Overly expensive, especially for something that will rarely see use...
and you still need to mince those strips... I can do the same with my
fifty year old veggie peeler that one can still buy for about a buck.

On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:26:10 -0700, Me-an Hugh >
wrote:

> > On Sun, 20 May 2012 20:43:12 -0500, (z z) wrote:
> >
> >> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
> >>
> >> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> >> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> >> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah!
> >
> > I'm interested! Any idea where it came from? I googled Sur la Table
> > and Amazon, but neither one seems to carry it.
>
> http://www.organize.com/select-a-pee...le-peeler.html
>
Thank you.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On May 20, 6:43*pm, (z z) wrote:
> I dont own a rasp/grater and I am in the middle of making lemon bars :-)
> I have never bought a lemon before lol and need fresh grated lemon. Mom
> gave this to me for a Christmas gift after reading about it in a
> products review site. Embarassed to admit I just now opened it:
>
> "Endurance stainless steel Select-A-Peel"
>
> Three blade choices-regular, softskin, julienne. I used softskin on my
> lemon. With no pressure it peeled long extremely thin slices from the
> yellow of the lemon. LIke buttah! Smells divine and this stuff will be
> great in a cold drink as well.

Now that everyone has made fun of you....hopefully they are done......
how did the lemon bars come out?
Which recipe did you use.
Did you find them easy to make?
Were they nice and 'lemony'??

Thanks for asking. The lemon bars were good. Fresh grated lemon rind is
awesome-who knew?! ;-)

Geography and cultural background has a lot to do with what one is
familiar with. I grew up on an orchard-no lemons or oranges or limes
though...

I have large hands, maybe that's why I liked this gadget? I sat in the
recliner and peeled that entire lemon in seconds into the bowl in my
lap. Then I spent 15 minutes just enjoying the scent-memories of Jean
Nate lol

I was very pleased by substituting 1 cup Stevia for 1 cup powdered
sugar. Stevia in no way threw off the chemical process the way Splenda
does-it will be my sugar of choice from now on.

I followed my coworkers recipe but had a problem with the crust. Recipe
said to press the dough into the pan and then pour the cheesecake
topping over. Well, I must have pressed too hard because I ended up with
two very distinct layers whereas hers merged during the baking. Next
time I would leave the crust loose and crumbly. And you were right, it
was more like shortcake than pie crust.

To enhance the sweet lemon of it even more I frosted them with lemon
curd which is something I could just spoon up like pudding its so
perfect.