Using expired lemon juice on my turkey
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Comments (4)Nice pile! Maybe if you add these things as they come up, you wouldn't have such a quantity of something that it concerns you. Sounds kind of icky & should be rotting in the pile, not somewhere else, IMO. Juice is just the moisture from fruit with all of those "good for you" things in it. Why wouldn't it be great for compost? I don't compost dairy, but that's a personal preference in regard to our dog, not because I think it would harm the compost. The past few years I've read a lot of sources that say this "let your water sit for the chlorine to evaporate" thing is an old wives' tale at this point in time because hardly any municipalites still use the old system of water chlorination, which did evaporate. The methods currently in use by almost all tap water producers does not evaporate. Just outdated info that is still distributed out of habit....See MoreNo bottled lemon juice ?
Comments (50)The type of lemon juice in jam is not an issue because jams are already acid products and the lemon juice serves other purposes (acid for pectin formation, flavor). So you can use fresh or bottled, whatever suits. The exception would be pepper jellies, which generally call for vinegar as the acid; there it's needed to compensate for the low-acid peppers in the mixture. Bottled lemon juice is standardized, so yes, in that way it's comparable to commercial vinegars. Fresh lemon juice, on the other hand, will vary considerably in acidity depending upon variety, season, growing conditions, degree of ripeness when picked, etc. That's why bottled lemon juice is specified in recipes like marinated peppers. For consistently safe results it's important to have assurance of sufficient acidity. Bottled lemon juice (and bottled lime juice) are more acid than vinegar. Therefore, whenever a canning recipe calls for vinegar, you could safely replace it with bottled lemon or lime juice. However, if a recipe specifically calls for bottled lemon juice don't substitute vinegar, as it's a weaker acid. Carol...See MoreNo lemon juice in apple juice? - 2nd post
Comments (5)This previous discussion linked below on the Ball recommendation explains why it is in that particular book (Canadian publication) and why it is not required by any other source. As the book says: Lemon juice is added to help preserve the apples natural color and to assure the acidity of the finished product since different varieties and harvesting conditions can produce apples of lower acidity. If it is not just a cover their a** inclusion and a color preservative additive as I suspect then only Ball can explain why they included it when no other approved source does. The link below also includes some info from Dr. Andress from NCHFP. As to why not in the apple juice? I would assume it is the very different density aspect. Juice is easily heat processed safely while sauce, given its density (many make it way too thick), MAY be considered "safer" with the lemon added. Windfall apples being the exception since it is required by all when using windfalls. Bottom line - its your choice. Since I never use windfalls and I don't make really thick sauce I never add lemon to either. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Acid for applesauce?...See Morevinegar, baking soda and lemon juice in soil and plants
Comments (1)Both the vinegar and lemon juice would be weak bacteriacides when used to wash produce, the vinegar (usually for salad dressing) would be about 5 percent Acetic Acid straight out of the bottle. If added to a gallon of water it would be quite a bit weaker yet. The lemon juice the same. Some sites suggesting using vinegar as a weed killer suggest using undiluted vinegar and adding things such as salt, lemon juice, a detergent or soap to make the vinegar more effective. So while that would kill unwanted, as well as wanted, plants it is also harmful to the Soil Food Web in that undiluted form. Your produce wash will be well diluted when you pour it on the compost or garden soil so it would not have much, if any, adverse affect on the Soil Food Web there....See MoreOlychick
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