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<topic>
  <id>439429</id>
  <title>ripening lemons</title>
  <published_at>Sat Sep 08 18:03:57 -0700 2007</published_at>
  <post_count>2</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>31</id>
    <name>Home Cooking</name>
  </board>
  <posts>
    <post>
      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>2923346</id>
        <content>I bought a bag of lemons at a discount produce place, and did not pay attention to the fact that they are not very ripe at all.  Some are kind of very light yellow; others are sort of greenish.  I have them in the frig right now.  Is there a way to ripen them up?  I can place outside on my patio table (in the 80's-90's here), or place in a paper bag in the kitchen.  Or, are they just a lost cause?  </content>
        <published_at>Sat Sep 08 18:03:57 -0700 2007</published_at>
        <parent_id></parent_id>
        <user>
          <id>95489</id>
          <name>mschow</name>
        </user>
      </post>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>2923419</id>
      <content>place in a paper bag with an apple or a banana</content>
      <published_at>Sat Sep 08 18:43:19 -0700 2007</published_at>
      <parent_id>2923346</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>24546</id>
        <name>bitsubeats</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>2923434</id>
      <content>Slice one in half. See how the juice is.  It is probably good, just from a different tree, a crossed with lime fruit or it may even be a type of lime. </content>
      <published_at>Sat Sep 08 18:54:51 -0700 2007</published_at>
      <parent_id>2923346</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>12123</id>
        <name>Cathy</name>
      </user>
    </post>
  </posts>
</topic>
