lemon meringue pie - do you need the rind?

wrote

If you're using bottled lemon juice, you'll want the zest flavor more than ever. And make sure you only grate the yellow part, none of the white.

nancy

The zest gives it a nice flavour. Real lemon (not registered trademark Realemon) and lemon zest is better than the bottled stuff.

If you do not want to use the lemon rind, you will need to purchase some lemon oil. A small bottle will last quite a while if you keep it refrigerated. For lemon pie filling you will need at least 1/4 of a teaspoon. Taste and add small amount more if needed (not more than 1/4 tsp. more). King Arthur sells it. (Other sites probably sell it alsol)

You grind the Zest Soap in there to make the meringue bubbly, right? See there, I'm learning again.:-)

On Thu 06 Apr 2006 04:11:06p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

I would never even consider making a Lemon Meringue Pie without fresh lemons, both for juice and zest. Bottled juice just isn't the same, and the rind release essential oils that contribute greatly to the flavor. Not being snobbish here, but I just like really good LMP.

You would grind in Zest soap only if you need a substitute for coriander/cilantro

Chris in Pearland, TX

"Chris Marksberry" wrote

(laugh!) That was a good one.

nancy

Chris, it gives me great (or perhaps grate) pleasure to know that I'm not the only one on the planet to think that cilantro tastes like soap!

Sandy

wrote

You are so not alone, sistah.

nancy

That's true... if you're not going to use real lemons may as well serve lemon jello with cool whip.

Sheldon

Perhaps ya'll would like to join CCAC (Concerned Citizens Against Cilantro). I'm a card-carrying member!

Chris in Pearland, TX

Are taste bud the second thing to go or is the first.

Are pears in season yet?

Cilantro rules!!

"Chris Marksberry" wrote

You know, I like that. CCAC is sorta like the noise I make when I taste the stuff. We could warn people about dishes with cilantro, point them out in our weekly newsletter, Soap Dish. The guacamole at Jose's? Warning, it's a Soap Dish. Like that.

nancy

you're nasty

I saw you entertaining those nasty troll posts

you was a part of it

Don't worry - there's a whole bunch of us that feel that way.

Jo Anne

I always thought it tastes more like copper. I like it. My wife does not.

On Thu 06 Apr 2006 08:05:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Freight Train Jones?

Exactly. It's a genetic thing and not simply an opinion. A significant percentage of the world's population tastes cilantro as "soapy," me among them.

People tell me to keep trying it so that it won't taste so bad in the future. My attitude is "I don't like it. Why would I force myself to eat something that tastes really bad to me? So it tastes *less* bad? Excuse me...?"

A couple drops of dish detergent or hand cleaner will work as well if you don't have bar soap in the house.

As for the pie, you want the lemon oil that lives in the zest. It adds depth to the lemon flavor.

Pastorio

Although he is quite fond of me, I'm pretty sure DH would trade me in if I ever presented him with a Lemon Meringue Pie made with bottled juice and no lemon rind. Finely grated rind is essential for a good lemon pie. That bottled lemon juice is just nasty stuff...almost as yucky as cilantro. =20 Nancy T