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Default Overused ingredients

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:11:46 -0400, "Christopher M."
> wrote:

>Lemons are nearly a universal ingredient. And they're versatile. You can use
>them for desserts or for fish.
>
>I love lemon chicken and lemonade, but there aren't many lemon desserts that
>I'm crazy about. Lemon hard candy is good, and lemon italian ice, and lemon
>juice on Dutch babies. I hear that lemon madeleines are good.
>


Whenever I have a recipe that calls for vinegar I ask myself
'WWL[OL]D?' -- what would lemon [or lime] do?'

I use more squeezed lemons/limes than vinegar in 'vinaigrettes'.

Jim