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In Reply to: RE: off topic, but there is a connection... posted by vinnie2 on January 18, 2017 at 05:59:48
Hope I can do the same when work is less demanding. Would love to try curing, smoking
We also permaculture our own organic vegies, where practical... We've been slack the last year or two - though we still have heaps of preserved lemon, yum! - but are getting the urge to make it our way of life again.
You are inspiring vinnie! Keep it up.
Cheers,
91.
"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein
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Nice work Vinnie, but I am curious about 91derlust and his cured lemons...I have a lot of great Myers this year and have not found a way to use/store them other than frozen juice cubes and Pickled in ferment brine.
How do you preserve your lemons that make you say "Yum?"
thanks,
kellymon
Vinnie is right... I can eat the rind of preserved lemons straight, add them to salads and Middle Eastern dishes, use the brine in salad dressings (amazing!), smother my naked body... oh, hang-on, this is a semi-public forum... forgot where I was!
Process:
> sterilise the jars by boiling them water, then heating/evaporating in the oven. This needs to be pretty well, but not as thoroughly as other vegies and fruit due to the salt and citirc acid. More of a precaution...
> quarter the lemons or similar (you can do it so they are cut not quite through - they are hanging together, just), coat them and pack the centre with rock salt (not fine salt), then stuff into the jars.
> Add bayleaf and some peppercorns to the jar (you could add other flavours).
> Top up with lemon juice.
> Now, this is where patience kicks in. You can leave the jar somewhere dark and relatively cool or put them in the refrigerator. Leave for at least six (6) weeks... but we prefer at least 3 months... more is better.
The refrigerated version tastes more like fresh lemon and is not as tender - I like this, a lot! The other version is more savoury and rich - gorgeous! Each is enjoyable... I could eat either all day long. If you like olives, you will love these.
Seek advice from Dr. Google, but that is how we do it. Man, I gonna have some right now!
Cheers mate,
91.
"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein
Preserved lemons are used in a lot of middle eastern dishes. Do a search on the web.
Thanks guys.
That is what I meant by a brine ferment. We make sauerkraut, pickles hot sauce etc this way.
But I didn't care for the fermented lemons....however I did not use spices like the Moroccan often requires.
Based on your recommendation it sounds like I should try again, maybe use less salt this time...
Sorry for the side track Vinnie :)
I figure the garden helps in two ways.... gets my lazy butt some exercise and get good things inside my bod. I really like knowing what went into and onto what I am eating. These days it's tough to know if you don't diy.
gardening isn't easy! a great hobby.. I like hydroponics myself! :)
I tried that once but missed digging in the dirt. There is a connection to nature there that just isn't the same with hydroponics.
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