• @ArbitraryValue
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    6924 days ago

    When I was in California, I saw perfectly peeled lemons lying under a friend’s lemon tree. He told me the rats did it - they ate the peel but were very careful not to bite into the sour inside.

    • CaptainBlagbird
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      24 days ago

      How very nice and thoughtful of them 💛

      And they say Ratatouille is fiction…

    • @[email protected]
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      324 days ago

      There’s bound to be a market for that. I’d love to buy peeled lemons if the peeling came at little to no additional cost.

    • @[email protected]
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      224 days ago

      That’s interesting. Zested lemon (finely grated lemon peel) has a pretty strong flavor too. I guess it’s not as intensely sour though.

    • @[email protected]
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      4324 days ago

      If you have access to litmus paper you can do a fun experiment- test your saliva PH, then think about biting into a lemon and test again. It will go from roughly neutral to very basic in preparation for the incoming acid.

    • DarkThoughts
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      1824 days ago

      Yeah. As someone who loves lemons I think this looks tasty as fuck. I’m pretty sure peeling lemons is leaving most of that white layer though. Also, I keep wanting to write melons for some reason.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        224 days ago

        I like lemons a lot (we have a huge tree), but don’t think I’d eat one like that. But looking at the picture really makes my mouth water because my brain knows how sour biting into that would be.

      • @[email protected]
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        124 days ago

        There are actually some lemon varieties with a thinner grind that are meant to be peeled; cant say what the name of a specific species though; also depending on where you live limes with a tinner grind may be easier to find.

        • DarkThoughts
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          024 days ago

          Limes are terribly bitter though. Not really comparable to lemons in regards to their flavor.

  • @[email protected]
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    2924 days ago

    I did this recently, peeled a bunch of lemons in a fermentation experiment. The ones I peeled were extremely difficult to peel relative to oranges and tangerines. The tendency of peeling to cause a minor hangnail was particularly painful after around half a mason jar full.

    The worst part was that the batch got mold contamination after the first 2 weeks and totally ruined all the effort.

    • AnIndefiniteArticle
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      1424 days ago

      Both of these problems you had are why you should wear gloves and sterilize all equipment before fermentation experiments.

      • @Timecircleline
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        224 days ago

        I think it would be extremely difficult to peel a lemon while wearing gloves

        • AnIndefiniteArticle
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          324 days ago

          Fair, nails are extremely useful. They also contain a lot of bacteria that can ruin fermentation experiments. Other tools exist.

    • @[email protected]
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      424 days ago

      Salt? I’ve never tried that, but it sounds like it would put my teeth on edge. I’ve taken the wedges and dipped them in sugar. Not good for you, but it’s lemonade-like.

  • @[email protected]
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    24 days ago

    is this ironic have yall genuinely never peeled a lemon or orange before?

    edit, ty for the downvotes in response to a genuine question

    edit 2 okay sounds like i am one of few who had done this thanks to those who answered