501387 Fri Mar 21 10:34:43 -0700 2008 7 31 Home Cooking 0 3514659 Okay - more than once I have almost bought the huge bags of lemons from Costco. Limes, too. Here's my dilema - I don't always have lemons around when I need "the juice." So, should I buy a big old bag of lemons and squeeze away into a container and use? Some of my lemons were going moldy, so I cut them and squeezed the juice out. Does lemon juice "expire?" If so, can one freeze it? Fri Mar 21 10:34:43 -0700 2008 88683 stellamystar 1 3514683 I would not use moldy lemons(even just a teensy bit moldy); once that mold is visible to the naked eye it's already compromised the entire fruit. Fri Mar 21 10:39:57 -0700 2008 3514659 14985 aelph 2 3514727 really??! I mean, they weren't like tennis balls yet - just a bit of mold. Oh lordie. Fri Mar 21 10:54:31 -0700 2008 3514683 88683 stellamystar 3 3515922 well, sure... :) Mold exudes filaments, right? What you see atop the rind is just the most aggressive result of an ongoing corruption. I find the smell of moldy citrus abominable. But, I could be off and it might be fine... Fri Mar 21 17:43:04 -0700 2008 3514727 14985 aelph 1 3514982 I freeze lemon juice in ice cube trays, I also freeze: wine and stock in ice cube trays. I have used moldy lemons without any problems, i.e., I did not get sick, the lemon juice tasted fine, the mold starts on the outside surface of the lemon, helps decompose the lemon. I don't like the smell of moldy lemons, I have a lemon tree and usually have a moldy lemon or two under the tree, but other than the smell, the mold has not negatively affected me. I usually toss the moldy lemons, but when I am at the cabin, it is either use it, drive to town or do without. Fri Mar 21 12:09:19 -0700 2008 3514659 13661 Alan408 2 3515026 Great idea to freeze lemon juice. Never thought of it, though I do freeze stock, and if I buy the cans of tomato paste instead of the tube, I freeze that, too. I usually have lemons in the house, but frezzing some for th juice is a great idea! Fri Mar 21 12:21:15 -0700 2008 3514982 11057 macca 2 3515145 Re doing without.. I will never admit to this, but I think I remember using about an eigth of a tsp of Crystal lite lemonade mix when I made something that demanded the tartness and flavor of lemon (and all of the thousands of lemons I thought I had were hiding.) Fri Mar 21 13:05:08 -0700 2008 3514982 79896 shallots 3 3516911 Citric acid also works well as a sub for lemon juice Sat Mar 22 08:10:53 -0700 2008 3515145 89493 scubadoo97