It must be magic because I have absolutely no idea how my elbow got scraped. I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, leaning on my elbow when there was pain. Hmmm…. that’s odd. I didn’t think much of it. I’m always banging myself. But when it hurt from my shirt rubbing against it, I decided this was a bit stranger than usual so I took a look at it and there it was - a scrape. How in the heck do you scrape your elbow without knowing it? Only me.
On the other hand, I know exactly how I lost that chunk of skin on my finger. That would have been the microplane. I can also tell you how many lemons are in 2 - 5 lbs. bags and how long it takes to zest them: 26 and an hour. It probably takes less than an hour but I am just a wee bit compulsive about my zesting, making sure we don’t get any of the bad white stuff mixed in by accident.
I’m sure you can all guess why I am zesting lemons. Yep, making another batch of limoncello. That’s because I’m giving most of that first batch away for Christmas so hey, we’re gonna need more. Now there is the zest of 26 lemons sitting in 2 liters of vodka - half 80 proof and half 160 proof. Does that mean the final product is 120 proof? No, wait. The simple syrup probably drops it down a bit. Still, it’ll knock you on your ass. Maybe the bottles I give out should have warning labels?
Apparently limoncello making is dangerous, what with the scrapes & zested fingers. Oh, don’t worry. No blood or chunks of flesh made it into the limoncello.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:57 am Quote
120 proof?? probably won’t notice the little chunks of flesh anyway