Re: fine-tuning the comparisons

Posted by Kenzi on October 19, 1999 at 04:56:08:

In Reply to: Re: fine-tuning the comparisons posted by Anon on October 19, 1999 at 04:47:42:

: :[...] I cook whole
: : cloves in lemon juice and then use that lemon juice to make my
paste
: : and also my lemon sugar mix.

: Does cooking the lemon affect it in any way? (I know you have to
heat
: the cloves to get the oil.) Does it concentrate the acid?

I have heard that adding warm liquid to the henna powder helps
release the dye, and since it's the acid in the lemon that makes the
lemon important, I would think that heating the lemon wouldn't change
it's ability to bring out the stain.

Follow-ups:

• heating lemon/clove/sugar juice Lauren 14:50:09 10/19/99 (0)