Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
defrost it and still use a little at a time?

The other half of the lemon I wish to use immediately and just use a little
each day.

what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of thin
segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work. thanks

In article >,
"jw 1111" > wrote:

> Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
> to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
> defrost it and still use a little at a time?
>
> The other half of the lemon I wish to use immediately and just use a little
> each day.
>
> what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of thin
> segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work. thanks
>
>

Squeeze out all the juice and freeze it in the portions that you need it
in.

That would be best.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"jw 1111" > wrote

> Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
> to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
> defrost it and still use a little at a time?

I just wrap it tightly in a little piece of plastic wrap and keep it
in the refrigerator. It keeps pretty well. I use it often enough.
I know you can freeze whole lemons, buy them on sale ... they
are good for juice. Don't see why you can't freeze half.

> what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of
> thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work.

Does to me, too, and seems as if a lot of the juice remains on your
hands. I swear by my wooden lemon reamer, gets out the last drop.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote on 28 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking

>
> "jw 1111" > wrote
>
> > Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the
> > best way to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I
> > freeze it and then defrost it and still use a little at a time?
>
> I just wrap it tightly in a little piece of plastic wrap and keep it
> in the refrigerator. It keeps pretty well. I use it often enough.
> I know you can freeze whole lemons, buy them on sale ... they
> are good for juice. Don't see why you can't freeze half.
>
> > what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way
> > of thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work.
>
> Does to me, too, and seems as if a lot of the juice remains on your
> hands. I swear by my wooden lemon reamer, gets out the last drop.
>
> nancy
>
>
>
>

I buy lemon when there is a sale...zest them and squeeze all the juice into
a jar. I keep the jar in the fridge for weeks and there isn't a problem.
The zest I dry and use with fresh ground pepper as a rub when cooking pork
or chicken.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote on 28 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
> >
> > "jw 1111" > wrote
> >
> > > Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the
> > > best way to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I
> > > freeze it and then defrost it and still use a little at a time?
> >
> > I just wrap it tightly in a little piece of plastic wrap and keep it
> > in the refrigerator. It keeps pretty well. I use it often enough.
> > I know you can freeze whole lemons, buy them on sale ... they
> > are good for juice. Don't see why you can't freeze half.
> >
> > > what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way
> > > of thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work.
> >
> > Does to me, too, and seems as if a lot of the juice remains on your
> > hands. I swear by my wooden lemon reamer, gets out the last drop.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I buy lemon when there is a sale...zest them and squeeze all the juice into
> a jar. I keep the jar in the fridge for weeks and there isn't a problem.

Probably wouldn't be a problem, but that's not gonna taste anything
like fresh squeezed... been there, done that, blech... makes bottled
taste better, much better. And my experience is that frozen lemons do
not taste anything like fresh, I don't freeze lemons.

Mother Nature's citrus rind is the best citrus preservative there is,
but still not for long term storage, perhaps two weeks in the fridge at
best, and that's for uncut. Once cut lemons lose their fresh lemon
flavor very rapidly, by the next day you may as well use bottled.
Lemons are cheap, I buy a few at a time and once cut I tend to use the
whole lemon, if not all that moment then by the end of the day... like
after squeezing say a quarter the rind goes in my wine glass.... by the
end of the day I can easily have all four quarters of rind in my glass.
It's very rare that I can't use an entire lemon within the day... I
mean like it's a measly lemon, no huge amount... anyone who saves part
of a lemon saves part of a beer, blech! I don't save cut lemons, odds
are they'll be forgotten and have grown penicillin long before I find
them. I've visited people who save half a lemon, half an onion, half
an apple... their fridge is a virtual compost heap, chock full of all
these scary looking plastic wrapped mysteries... they figure they saved
them so they must be valuable.

Sheldon

In article om>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote on 28 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> > >
> > > "jw 1111" > wrote
> > >
> > > > Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the
> > > > best way to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I
> > > > freeze it and then defrost it and still use a little at a time?
> > >
> > > I just wrap it tightly in a little piece of plastic wrap and keep it
> > > in the refrigerator. It keeps pretty well. I use it often enough.
> > > I know you can freeze whole lemons, buy them on sale ... they
> > > are good for juice. Don't see why you can't freeze half.
> > >
> > > > what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way
> > > > of thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work.
> > >
> > > Does to me, too, and seems as if a lot of the juice remains on your
> > > hands. I swear by my wooden lemon reamer, gets out the last drop.
> > >
> > > nancy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I buy lemon when there is a sale...zest them and squeeze all the juice into
> > a jar. I keep the jar in the fridge for weeks and there isn't a problem.
>
> Probably wouldn't be a problem, but that's not gonna taste anything
> like fresh squeezed... been there, done that, blech... makes bottled
> taste better, much better. And my experience is that frozen lemons do
> not taste anything like fresh, I don't freeze lemons.
>
> Mother Nature's citrus rind is the best citrus preservative there is,
> but still not for long term storage, perhaps two weeks in the fridge at
> best, and that's for uncut. Once cut lemons lose their fresh lemon
> flavor very rapidly, by the next day you may as well use bottled.
> Lemons are cheap, I buy a few at a time and once cut I tend to use the
> whole lemon, if not all that moment then by the end of the day... like
> after squeezing say a quarter the rind goes in my wine glass.... by the
> end of the day I can easily have all four quarters of rind in my glass.
> It's very rare that I can't use an entire lemon within the day... I
> mean like it's a measly lemon, no huge amount... anyone who saves part
> of a lemon saves part of a beer, blech! I don't save cut lemons, odds
> are they'll be forgotten and have grown penicillin long before I find
> them. I've visited people who save half a lemon, half an onion, half
> an apple... their fridge is a virtual compost heap, chock full of all
> these scary looking plastic wrapped mysteries... they figure they saved
> them so they must be valuable.
>
> Sheldon
>

Truth be told, I'm betting the majority of "saved" stuff ends up as
compost during the annual "I've got to clean out the 'frige before the
stuff starts taking on a life of it's own" refrigerator cleaning binge...

How many of us have stuff in the 'frige we cannot identify, or forgot
when we stored it? <lol>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

I just put the exposed side of the half lemon facing down on a plate and put
in the fridge. It keeps for a few days.

"jw 1111" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
> to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
> defrost it and still use a little at a time?
>
> The other half of the lemon I wish to use immediately and just use a
> little each day.
>
> what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of
> thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work. thanks
>

jw 1111 wrote:
> Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
> to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
> defrost it and still use a little at a time?
>
> The other half of the lemon I wish to use immediately and just use a little
> each day.
>
> what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of thin
> segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work. thanks

Buy a bottle of lemon juice and quit screwing around. You can't do what
you want to and still get any quality results. Lemons and lemon juice
are both cheap. You're getting all caught up in pennies.

Pastorio

If I have leftover lemon,,,,,I place a few slices in a cup of water in the
microwave and heat for 1 minute....and voila,,,then I wipe down the
microwave, not only is the microwave clean but it smells so fresh.

"jw 1111" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I wish to cut a lemon in half and save one half. what is the best way
> to save that half? in a plastic bag in fridge, or can I freeze it and then
> defrost it and still use a little at a time?
>
> The other half of the lemon I wish to use immediately and just use a
> little each day.
>
> what is the best way to cut it and squeeze it? The often seen way of
> thin segments squeezed between the fingers seems hard work. thanks
>

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:33:09 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> I've visited people who save half a lemon, half an onion, half
> an apple... their fridge is a virtual compost heap, chock full of all
> these scary looking plastic wrapped mysteries... they figure they saved
> them so they must be valuable.
>
> Sheldon

FUNNY!

My mother has a teaspoon full of nearly anything you could possibly think
of in her refridgerator. It is all in varying stages of decomposition.
She ain't throwin nutin out.

j