r/mildlyinfuriating • u/marcus_dobre_lover • 18h ago

I just wanted a hot dog Mom bought 150 lemons.

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She randomly comes back with a butt load of food items once in a while

Any lemon recipe suggestions

\she’s 44, for people asking her age\.

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u/55Vikings 18h ago

Zest the lemons for limoncello. Juice them for lemonade

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u/portabuddy2 17h ago

Add the juice and honey to the maserated lemon alcohol and your have polish Cytrynówka is a popular Polish lemon liqueur made with vodka or high-proof spirit, fresh lemon zest, and honey.

I've made both. Italian and polish.

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u/discordianofslack 17h ago

That sounds way better than limoncello

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u/portabuddy2 17h ago

It is. It's sour and sweet, it's thicker has an amazing mouth feel.

Because you generally make it with spyrus(95% grain alcohol) your not introducing any flavors other than the base and you proof it down to 35%.

Then you can drink it as an appertif or mix with soda and ice.

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u/miko3456789 16h ago

35% lol. More like 55-65% usually. We usually use ~15 lemons, 750mL bottle of rectified spirit, and the better part of a 750mL of vodka for ingredients

EDIT: It’s not really a mixer either. Shots usually

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u/kranz_ferdinand 7h ago

My wife is Polish and my Polish MIL lives with us. I can vouch for this, both strength and shots

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u/discordianofslack 16h ago

My issue with limoncello is it’s generally just sickeningly sweet.