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It takes four lemons to produce a cup of lemon juice. Each lemon contains three to four tablespoons of juice that provides 30 percent of daily vitamin C. The rind and the pulp from a lemon can be used in baking, but the lemon juice is the most versatile part of the lemon.

Lemon juice can be used in salad dressings, in cooking eggs, for extra vitamin C, to help absorb minerals, aid in digestion, to enhance fish and as a condiment in Greek cooking. Lemon juice can be used in daily housekeeping.

History
1. Lemons were first used as an antiseptic in India. Christopher Columbus brought lemons to Haiti in 1493. In 1747, James Lind used oranges and lemons on sailors suffering from scurvy. The Spanish brought lemon seeds to the New World, and by the 1700′s, lemons were growing in Florida and California where the juice was used in cooking.

Features
2. The average lemon yields three to four tablespoons of juice. The juice of one lemon contains 25 calories, 20 IU (international unit) of vitamin A, 46 mg of ascorbic acid, and 6.7 to 8.6 percent of citric acid. It is no wonder that lemon juice is too tart to drink without added sugar and water. However, lemon juice has many uses in cooking, cleaning and medicinal.

Function
3. Lemon juice can be substituted for vinegar in making salads. It can be used when poaching an egg to keep the egg from spreading. The acid in lemon juice helps the proteins in the egg coagulate. Lemon juice adds a tangy flavor to soups and sauces. It is a summer treat in lemonade and lemon sorbet. Read the rest of this entry »