Store was out of lemon juice yesterday when I went. Said due to a worldwide shortage of lemons. I didn't know we had a worldwide shortage of lemons.
That's probably what I get for not being on the thread every day isn't it? I bet if I'd been reading here I would have known about the lemon shortage.
I bet if I’d been reading here I would have known about the lemon shortage.<<<
I had not heard of a lemon shortage.
Promedmail said in a bulletin this morning that Arkansas is having trouble getting enough rice seeds for planting, and that they cannot use the same seed as California does, as the Calif. seed will not grow in Arkansas and the Calif. seed has a disease so cannot go outside the state, something fungus as I recall.....
So far for today, that is a shortage of lemons and rice again, add in that Rush said to stock up on canned foods, and we may have a shortage yet.
>>>Store was out of lemon juice yesterday when I went. Said due to a worldwide shortage of lemons.<<<
If you keep a goodly supply of vitamin C in your stockpile, it can be used as a substitute in many recipes and in canning - not only for the ascorbic acid to acidify tomatoes, etc. but also in bread baking and to keep fruit like peaches from turning dark - (also works on potatoes). Don’t know how it would work as a replacement for the citric acid in the cantaloupe preserves, but it should work.
Vitamin C in large bottles are pretty cheap and keep for a long long time.