On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:30:24 -0500, Julia Altshuler
> wrote:

>Clean glass jar- check
>Kosher salt- check
>Several lemons- check
>Dark cool place for storing for 3 weeks- check
>Instructions- all except one thing
>
>
>I know I'm supposed to use unwaxed lemons since the point of the recipe
>is to use the peel of the lemon. The trouble is that I've bought lemons
>from the supermarket. I don't know if they're waxed. Assuming they
>are, how do I get the wax off? Scald them in boiling water?
>
>
>--Lia

Give them a good scrub under running water, then don't worry about it.

- Mark