"cybercat" > wrote in message
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>
> "Mordechai Housman" > wrote
>>
>> By the way, why does apple pie, which I like sweet, call for lemon
>> juice? Is it a contrast thing? Or is it some way that acids or
>> whatever
>> interact with each other to bring out the taste?
>>
>
> I think it is just to give it a little tang. There are soup recipes
> that
> call for
> the juice of one lemon for this reason. I often use a little tomato
> instead.

Ah, I see. I think.

And I assume you mean you prefer tomato in soup, and not in apple pie.