On Jul 24, 11:40?pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > I can't believe so many actually buy bottled lemon juice... I tried it
> > once, eons and eons ago, like when I was maybe 14 years old (actually
> > my mother bought it to try, it got stored in the trash. WTF is so
> > difficult about buying a couple of fresh lemons... I buy fresh lemons
> > and fresh limes every shopping. They're not that expensive, I think
> > they actually cost less than the bottled crap. Last shopping I bought
> > three nice big fat fresh Sunkist lemons for 59 cents each, and limes
> > were ten in a bag, they were kind of small but cost only $1.99 for the
> > lot, I got two bags... they go quick in mixed drinks, but mostly my
> > lettuces are coming in from my garden so I prepare huge amounts of
> > salad... I like to sprinkle the salads with citrus, it stays fresh
> > twice as long in the fridge. I really can't believe that so many use
> > that sour **** in a bottle.
>
> > Sheldon
>
> We're not talking that old bottle of "Real Lemon" you might have tried
> in your youth, Shel. Perhaps that stuff was pasteurized or something
> which could explain why it is so nasty?
> Minute Maid now sells an incredibly good quality lemon juice in the
> frozen section, which when thawed and kept in the frige a couple of
> weeks is an excellent alternative to fresh squeezed juice.

I somehow doubt frozen lemon juice tastes like fresh lemon. Even
fresh lemon once cut, carefully wrapped in plastic and placed in the
fridge tastes off the next day. A half a cut lemon will work the next
day in a salad dressing but not in a cocktail. Once citrus is cut it
begins to develop a bitterness. There's a reason that no packaged
orange juice can compare with fresh squeezed... people who regularly
drink OJ from those containers (even if not from concentrate) wouldn't
know. Packaged OJ is never from just one kind of orange anyway, it's
always a blend, that's why they all taste pretty much alike

Sheldon