# What can I do with two lemons?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258 "2006-03-21T06:12:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/21 "2006-03-21T14:27:55Z")
Lemon Chutney (jam for meat):
Thin slice the lemons, put in small cooking pot with some thin sliced chilis (as hot as you like 'em), chopped half-onion and a large piece of ginger. Cook for awhile (brown a few pieces), then reduce heat and add a few tablespoons of vinegar, some raisins, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of mustard seeds and half a cup of brown sugar. Cook until everything is megasoft, adding tiny amounts of water to keep the mixture bubbly.
Put in a jar and use on chicken wings, pork ribs, london broil, whatever.
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/22 "2006-03-21T14:33:05Z")
A pot of tea would suffice.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/23 "2006-03-21T14:34:29Z")
Lemons are also good for cleaning–add the juice to water to clean your windows (cheaper than Windex) or rub them on the inside of your white sink to remove stains.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/24 "2006-03-21T14:43:37Z")
Season two salmon fillets with lemon-pepper. Broil for about ten minutes. Top with sliced lemons as garnish, and squeeze fresh juice over all.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/25 "2006-03-21T15:00:18Z")
> [@astorian](#):
>
> First, you need to rent “Atlantic City.”
😃
[Homer Simpson]
mmmm, Susan Sarandon
[/Homer]
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/26 "2006-03-21T15:08:19Z")
**Lou** didn’t link to his thread about why he bought the lemons, and since it’s fallen off the first page and it’s definitely worth reading, [here it is!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363565)
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/27 "2006-03-21T17:22:07Z")
This [fantastic lentil-lemon soup](http://www.recipezaar.com/128832) calls for one lemon. You need the juice and also the zest, so you use almost the whole lemon. Just like the Native Americans did.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/28 "2006-03-21T17:57:13Z")
Try this fantastic [Braised Chicken With Lemon and Honey](http://www.recipezaar.com/138106) recipe. The lemon cooks up so tender and sweet that you can eat the lemon chunks, peel and all! (Just make sure you cut them bite sized.)
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/29 "2006-03-21T18:00:54Z")
Put a slice of lemon on pieces of fish, season to taste, wrap them in foil and broil or grill the packets.
Lemons are also great for getting cranky babies to be less cranky.
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/30 "2006-03-21T18:29:33Z")
Shot glass? Two lemons makes four glasses of lemonade.
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/31 "2006-03-21T18:37:36Z")
OK then, what are the proportions for lemonade? I’m rather embarrassed I’ve never made my own, but I wouldn’t mind trying!
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/32 "2006-03-21T18:39:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
>
> **Lou** didn’t link to his thread about why he bought the lemons, and since it’s fallen off the first page and it’s definitely worth reading, [here it is!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363565)
You’re a real sweetheart. Thank you for the shout-out!
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/33 "2006-03-21T18:42:26Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> What can I do with two lemons?
Achieve World Peace, if used _skillfully_, young Jedi.
😉😃
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/34 "2006-03-21T18:56:11Z")
Lemonade (one glass):
Juice of one lemon
1/4 to 1/3 cup of sugar
3/4 cup of ice water, more if you like
Stir it all up until the sugar is dissolved, fill a tall glass with ice cubes, and pour the lemonade over it. Try not to drink it all in one huge gulp. (I have this problem, I’m a total lemonade-aholic.)
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/35 "2006-03-21T19:06:52Z")
> [@teela brown](#):
>
> Lemonade (one glass):
>
> Juice of one lemon
> 1/4 to 1/3 cup of sugar
> 3/4 cup of ice water, more if you like
>
> Stir it all up until the sugar is dissolved, fill a tall glass with ice cubes, and pour the lemonade over it. Try not to drink it all in one huge gulp. (I have this problem, I’m a total lemonade-aholic.)
Wow, that’s some strong lemonade! I always felt a little decadent usind a whole lemon in a quart of lemonade; most people I know like it more diluted. But a lemon per glass! Man, do you have any teeth left at _all_?
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/36 "2006-03-21T19:38:42Z")
I’d put them in a sack and use them to beat my kids on the occasions where a beating with a sack of valencia oranges might be too much.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/37 "2006-03-21T21:07:07Z")
Nice to see you came by your member name honestly, **Scumpup**.
😃
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### Author:  [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/38 "2006-03-21T22:44:33Z")
Slice the lemons into wedges.
Moisten the rim of a glass. Fill with tequila. Bite. Drink.
(Yeah, yeah, I know about the limes, but what the guy has is LEMONS, so just make do!)
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### Author:  [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/39 "2006-03-21T22:47:09Z")
Slice the lemons into wedges.
Moisten the rim of a glass. Dip the rim in salt. Fill with tequila. Bite. Drink.
(Yeah, yeah, I know about the limes, but what the guy has is LEMONS, so just make do!)
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### Author:  [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-two-lemons/349258/40 "2006-03-21T23:02:29Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#):
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> Slice the lemons into wedges.
>
> Moisten the rim of a glass. Dip the rim in salt. Fill with tequila. Bite. Drink.
>
> (Yeah, yeah, I know about the limes, but what the guy has is LEMONS, so just make do!)
With lemons, you can substitute chilled vodka and sugar. Not too bad, I drink “lemon drops” on occasion.
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