Celebrate National Lemon Juice Day With These Tips & Tricks

Updated August 2026 August 29th is National Lemon Juice Day, a good nudge to us to highlight the versatility of this sunny fruit, well beyond standard recipes. We begin in defense of lemons: Why is a defective car called a lemon? In the 1906-1909 time frame, the phrase “to hand someone a lemon,” meaning to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: More Uses For Lemon Juice

Last summer, for National Lemon Juice Day, we listed some of our favorite kitchen uses for lemon juice: anti-browning agent, grater cleaner, lemon water, marmalade, marinade, pancake fluffer, soft drink enhancer and veggie saver. Here’s the full article. Lemons are an affordable way to add fresh flavor to every meal of the day. Here are…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Lemon Juice

What’s your favorite way to use lemon juice? Photo courtesy Wikimedia.   August 29th was National Lemon Juice Day. We had a basket full of lemons on the kitchen counter, so we turned on the electric juicer and set out to see how many different things—edible things—we could do with lemon juice. There are many…
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