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Default Key lime - fresh or bottled?

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:05:23 -0700, Robert Klute wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:30 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:16:54 -0700, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:
>>
>>> Complete list of ingredients from Realemon (converted from ALL CAPS used in
>>> the actual ingredients list on the bottle):
>>>
>>> Lemon juice from concentrate (Water, Concentrated lemon juice), Sodium
>>> Benzoate, Sodium Metabisulfite and Sodium Sulfite (Preservatives), Lemon
>>> Oil.

>>
>>i just know there's something funky about realemon. i do use it (actually
>>a store-brand version), though, in my homemade long island ice tea where
>>the off-flavors are masked by the other ingredients. the minute maid
>>frozen that i usually use when lemon juice is called for is a little too
>>expensive for that.
>>

> Never did like the taste of ReaLemon. I have found that Minute Maid's
> Lemon Juice is an good substitute for fresh. It can found in the frozen
> juice section. It is pure lemon juice, no sugar, no preservatives. It
> will keep for upto a year in the freezer and upto 8 weeks in the fridge
> after defrosting.


i think it's a damn good product, and you gotta admit it's easy to use.

your pal,
blake