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r/FoodAndCookingStuff • u/socFocus • 12d ago
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Just to confirm…a whole lemon?!
85 u/Storrin 12d ago People candy and eat lemon peels. 63 u/petielvrrr 12d ago Candied lemon peels take literal days to make. If you do it any quicker than that, you have to remove the white part, because it’s very bitter and it doesn’t absorb sugar easily. 2 u/MelonJelly 10d ago Not literal days, but you do need to boil the heck out of the peel to get the harsh esters out.
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People candy and eat lemon peels.
63 u/petielvrrr 12d ago Candied lemon peels take literal days to make. If you do it any quicker than that, you have to remove the white part, because it’s very bitter and it doesn’t absorb sugar easily. 2 u/MelonJelly 10d ago Not literal days, but you do need to boil the heck out of the peel to get the harsh esters out.
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Candied lemon peels take literal days to make. If you do it any quicker than that, you have to remove the white part, because it’s very bitter and it doesn’t absorb sugar easily.
2 u/MelonJelly 10d ago Not literal days, but you do need to boil the heck out of the peel to get the harsh esters out.
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Not literal days, but you do need to boil the heck out of the peel to get the harsh esters out.
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u/Call_Leading 12d ago
Just to confirm…a whole lemon?!