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Why preserving your lemons in salt will make them even tastier

The flavour of fresh lemon is delicious, but this citrus fruit becomes even more wonderful when it is preserved in salt, says Sam Wong

By Sam Wong

22 March 2023

W6PMTY Preserved Lemons

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IS THERE any fruit more useful than a lemon? The citric acid in its juice can provide a touch of sharpness that improves a vast range of dishes. The fragrant oil concentrated in the peel of lemons has an aroma so appealing that we add it to cleaning products. It is also a good source of vitamin C: once its power to prevent scurvy was discovered in the 1750s, it led to a boom in demand for lemons.

The family history of citrus fruits is complex and uncertain, but genomic studies suggest that lemons are a hybrid of a …

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