Lemon Juice Day. © Alberto Sanchez / pixabay.com / 2016 / CC0 1.0
Only sour pusses would let this day go by without celebrating it.
Lemon juice is the oddest juice. You’d never drink it straight up, but without it so much of our food and drinks would be flat and dull. Lemon juice can also play an important role in food preservation when used in home canning.
Have something with lemon juice in it — a glass of lemonade, tea with lemon, lemon bread, a muffin with lemon curd spread on it, or a meal with lemon juice in it.
Learn about the history of lemons, how much lemon juice can be extracted from the average lemon, and what people used to use to add a sour element to food before lemons.
Many bartenders say that fresh-squeezed lemon juice is one of the most important items a bar can have.
