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    Lemon juice

    Posts: 2,394 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    This may be a silly question, but the lemon juice that comes in those little bottles that look like lemons....is it edible? I use them to squirt in my garbage disposal to freshen it, but I need lemon juice for a recipe tonight. Can I use that or should I get something else? Just want to make sure I don't poison myself :laugh:

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    • Posts: 18,702 Member
      they are sold in the fruit section, right?

      If so I always keep a lemon and lime in the fridge for when I run out of fresh. Cannot taste the difference.
    • Posts: 198 Member
      It's edible (meaning it won't poison you) but it tastes rank. You're better off with real lemon juice. Depending on what the recipe is, I've used white wine in the palce of lemon juice...not healthier, but won't taste like crap.
    • Posts: 142 Member
      Perfectly edible. I use it to bake my fish all the time.
    • Posts: 231 Member
      Haha! If it's the little lemon looking bottle you bought at a grocery store, than yes! I always have a lemon and lime bottle in my fridge in case a recipe calls for a little "fresh" juice and I just don't have the time to get out and get the produce. It's definitely not as good but, in my opinion, if you're putting it in a recipe you can't even tell the difference. Well, as long as it's one of many ingredients. If you were making lemon chicken or something I'd say go get real lemons. But, yes, that's absolutely edible!
    • Posts: 806 Member
      Not only is it edible, I actually add it to my ice water for a little splash of lemon flavored goodness without the calories!
    • Posts: 2,394 Member
      Thanks everyone, that's what I thought but I just wanted to make sure. :blushing:
    • Posts: 18,702 Member
      Thanks everyone, that's what I thought but I just wanted to make sure. :blushing:

      always best to be certain. I had a friend clean out her 1st turkey with a Brillo pad...........:huh:
    • Posts: 21
      I use bottled lemon juice daily on my sliced apples instead of salt. It is awesome. Now my entire family wants "lemon apples" for snacks
    • Posts: 2,394 Member
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      always best to be certain. I had a friend clean out her 1st turkey with a Brillo pad...........:huh:


      Oh no, what happened to it?
    • Posts: 32
      perfectly edibible for any lemon additions - in fact I just heard at my TOPS group that to put a "couple of squirts of lemon in a glass of hot water and drink it down each morning" - Its a good cleanse and starts the day off on a good note.
      Bye Mellow Yellow!
      Abby
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