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Ok these lemons have changed my (mid-week cooking) life. Along with having jars of the pasta sauce and dressing in the fridge, it’s like having a blast of citrus to warm things up when it is single digits outside. Thanks you mother forkers.

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welcome to the rest of your life

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OMG!! Had this lemon cream sauce with pasta and mushrooms...absolutely amazing!

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So excited to use my lemons!!

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I made two jars of preserved lemons and I'm using them way more than I thought I would. Such a great idea, thanks!

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I’m in the southern hemisphere and I had a bumper crop of lemons I was going to preserve. I want overseas for a few weeks before I could preserve them so I put them in my spare refrigerator. Well, wouldn’t you know, the power went out during the hottest part of summer while I was away. The lemons rotted, exploded, and then turned to green mold/dust. It was disgusting to clean AND I have no preserved lemons. Very sad!

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Hi. I followed your recipe for preserved lemons last month and I’m trying to use them but they are so salty. I’ve rinsed them which helps but still they are a little too salty. I’ve altered recipes I use them in to offset the saltiness. I’m a person who loves salt too!! Is there anything I can do to rescue the remainder? I have about 2/3 of quart jar left.

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Are you using just the rind or all the flesh too? I’d just try smaller amounts or not salting the food you add them too, like as a sauce of asparagus. They last for a long time so no rush on using them up!

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