anybody make their own lemon pepper? - Democratic Underground

Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 04:10 PM
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anybody make their own lemon pepper?

I'm not having much luck with the google - just found one recipe

I was at the store and started reading the label and realized it would probably be cheaper to throw womething together in a jar myself than pay premium for bulk pepper (and some had added salt as well)

So what are the ingredients and proportions? I was also sort of surprised to realize they contained dry lemon zest and not lemon grass...I always thought that was what gave it the lemon-tang. Who knew?

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ashling

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Wed Aug-22-07 04:32 PM
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1. lemon pepper, mmmmmmmmmmmm!

http://www.ehow.com/how_17352_make-homemade-lemon.html

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ashling

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Wed Aug-22-07 04:41 PM
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3. also found this

Lemon Pepper Seasoning Mix

Lemon pepper adds a piquant flavor when used on grilled meats.

1 cup ground black pepper
1/3 cup dried lemon peel
3 Tbsp. coriander seeds
1/4 cup dried minced onion
1/4 cup dried thyme leaves

Stir all the ingredients together and store in airtight jars

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Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 11:21 PM
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10. yep those two were th only ones I could find too

couldn't even figure out how to find a list of ingredients from the commercial products - the google just wanted to give me lemon pepper chicken recipes

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bicentennial_baby

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Wed Aug-22-07 04:33 PM
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2. Have you asked in Cooking and Baking?

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Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 11:26 PM
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13. I'll post a link - thanks!

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trof

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Wed Aug-22-07 05:00 PM
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4. Yeah, we got a lemon pepper tree out back.

Just grind up the pods.

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Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 11:22 PM
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11. ha ha

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Aug-22-07 05:02 PM
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5. I usually just squeeze some fresh lemon over what I'm preparing

then grind fresh pepper over that.

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pitohui

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Wed Aug-22-07 07:40 PM
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6. well i do too sometimes but also...

i might also put a little chopped lemon peel in the cooking butter or olive oil, before i put in the fish and squirt juice/grate black pepper over

it is a bit tricky to thinly peel off the yellow part of the lemon peel and chop it up, and still have the lemon in shape to be squeezed for juice, but it can be done if you swear enough

also if i have too much minced peel, i keep the rest in a small baggie in the freezer until it is needed again

this is not exactly the same as the commercial lemon pepper powder but it's good

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Aug-22-07 09:41 PM
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7. I'll have to try that...

It sounds tasty!

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Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 11:25 PM
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12. yeah, for fish or chicken, but there something (the peel, I guess) missing

when you do beef. That lemon pepper and salt and garlic and onion powder make such a yummy crust on roast beef ... and gravy is just bland without it in the drippings.

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Richard Steele

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Wed Aug-22-07 09:53 PM
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8. I've just been thinking about doing that myself.

Sweetie has been on a real lemonade kick, so I've got
a lot of lemon peel and it's just going to waste right
now.

I thought I'd just start drying the lemon zest, and once
I have a jarfull I can trial-and-error it to get the
pepper proportion right.

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Kali

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Wed Aug-22-07 11:20 PM
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9. OMG real lemonade sounds SO good!

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