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No problem.

W

This is looking good. I like your rephrasings. There's some places where the apostrophe is missing, I spotted some wonts, but can't find them again.

Hey there!

It occurs to me that you could expand on the area of Alcoholic drinks requiring Lemons. Your current examples do not even warn that alcohol is a semi-requirement.

Some drinks you could mention (you needn't worry about providing individual recipes) might include:

'Collins' (the whole family; Tom, Joe, Vodka, etc.)
Dozens of 'Daisys' (Whiskey, Rum, etc.)
Greenwich Sour
'Le Cadeau' (The Gift)
'Lynchburg Lemonade' (Jack Daniels distillery/Lynchburg, Tennessee USA.
'Mata Hari'
Some 'Sangria' recipes

Good luck with this tasty entry!

Limoncello, anyone?



An italian lemon digestif liquer to *die* for.


W

something tells me the people around here like their drink

Who me? I'm teetotal me

Would you like some lemon in your teetotal, WN?

Yep

There you are, Wilma. It's... er... lemonade.

Excellent entry, Opti! It looks good to me as it is, but more on the subject of lemons in could be added if you liked. Are you planning to do that, or do you think the entry's zestful enough as it is?

Oooh, Just occurred to me! I don't remember anything on
Lemon Grass.

well my favourite alcoholic drink is archers and lemonade so it cant harm to write about drinks too can it?

as for lemon grass yep that can be added too

Thankyou for your compliment though Ormondroyd hopefully this and other fruity entries will be hitting the front page soon

now I'm confused whether to put more in or not to bother as I already have a link to drinks- I'm for not bothering if thats ok

also lemon grass should be another entry

I agree that lemongrass is for another entry.

W

Makes sense to me. And so does the entry.

Sorry about the lemon grass thing. I should have indicated that the suggestion was tongue in cheek.

Seriously, lemon grass would not be close enough unless in the 'not to be confused with...' category.

Just came across a recipe for pickled lemons (Daily Mail UK 'Weekend' magazine). It didn't say what to use them for, but this website does:

http://www.belazu.com/details/belazu-pickled-lemons.html

Wash 4 or 5 lemons well. Have ready a large jar. Cut through each lemon vertically as though you were quartering it, but don't cut through the base. of the lemon. Thus you will have a sort of tulip effect.
Put 1 lemon into the jar and add as much as 1 tablespoon of sea salt. Continue with the other lemons until the jar is full, then pour boiling water in to reach to the top of the jar.. Seal with a lid and don't open for 3-4 weeks.
After that the pickled lemons can be kept in their jar for up to 1 year, so long as they're in the fridge.

I would never advocate pouring boiling water into a jar

A10436113 - Lemons

Opti - your link to "Over The Rainbow" is broken
http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/overtherainbow.htm

try changing it for this one:

http://www.jumbojimbo.com/lyrics.php?songid=148

There's also a couple more songs you could add:

Lemon Tree by Darren Hayes: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/249152.html

Lemon by U2:
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/3733.html

The Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin:
http://www.lyrics007.com/Zeppelin%20Led%20Lyrics/The%20Lemon%20Song%20Lyrics.html