Posts Tagged With: citron

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INGREDIENTS

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½ cup olive oil or grapeseed oil

½ tablespoon salt

¼ cup lemon juice

5 tablespoons Buddha’s hand zest *

2 garlic clove

2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

½ teaspoon thyme

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* = It is quite possible that you’ll need to make your own zest from a Buddha’s hand citron.  Buddha’s hand citron in organic or specialty supermarkets such as SproutsTM.

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SPECIAL UTENSILS

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zester, if as likely, you bought Buddha’s hand citron

Mason jar

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Makes 1 cup.  Takes 10 minutes or 25 minutes if you need to make your own zest.

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PREPARATION

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Add all ingredients to Mason jar. Shake until well blended.

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TIDBITS

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1) Buddha’s Hand is supposed look like the hand of Buddha. Apparently, Buddha had about 16 fingers on a hand. Who knew?

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2) Baseball at one time, also had strange nicknames that referred to parts of the body. The best ones are:

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Bris “The Human Eyeball” Lord. His middle name is Robotham. Really.

Nick “Tomato Face” Cullup

Walt “No Neck” Williams

Wilbur “Raw Meat” Rodgers

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Football had Lou “The Toe” Groza

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The best non-body nickname is “Death to Flying Things” and was applied to Jack Chapman, Bob Ferguson, and Franklin Gutiérrez.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

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