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I halved all of the ingredients EXCEPT the lemon zest and it came out so bitter we couldn't eat it. Most dispiriting after all that cooking!

Linz, may I ask WHY you didn't half the amount of zest too? If you got any of the white part of the lemon (the pith) in with the zest that too will cause it to taste bitter.

Smelt and tasted yummy up until I added the zest tho. Maybe next time. Oh don't give up on it, really. It's great. One thing I've learned, the hard way, about spices and zests, is to go easy at first. You can always add more at the end after you've tasted it. I don't think I added the full amount of zest in this recipe since my lemon wasn't quite firm enough to get the entire amount of zest called for.

I keep on getting put off...ages ago I made a EFI recipe that had the wrong amount of fish sauce in it and that was GROSS. Haven't tried it since.
Fish sauce is another tricky item. Better to use less to start.

The other evening I made a Jambalaya using a traditional recipe but making it IBS safe. The recipe called for 3 TABLESPOONS of Cajun spice. I only added 1/2 TEASPOON and it turned out plenty spicey for our tastes. I hate to think about what it would have been like if I'd used the full amount called for. Kandee

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