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	New2grammar  #535954  Wed, 02 Jul 08 06:56 PM What do you call the 'skin' of a watermelon? What do you call the 'skin' of a orange? peel,zest? What do you call the 'skin' of a lemon? zest, peel? Thanks    New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member (7,670) Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	Grammar Geek  #535956  Wed, 02 Jul 08 07:07 PM The watermelon has a rind. I refer to the peel of the lemon or orange unless I'm cooking with it - then it's zest.    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Pennsylvania, USA Veteran Member (15,287) Barbara, who answers in American English.

	Philip  #535985  Wed, 02 Jul 08 08:13 PM Grammar Geek The watermelon has a rind. I refer to the peel of the lemon or orange unless I'm cooking with it - then it's zest. I've always worked with the zest as being the colored part that can be grated from the rest of the peel beneath.    Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 USA Pacific Northwest (Seattle) Veteran Member (5,941) At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen
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	Grammar Geek  #536006  Wed, 02 Jul 08 09:18 PM Yes, I agree. Zest is grated.    Grammar Geek

	Clive  #536125  Thu, 03 Jul 08 04:50 AM Hi, G. B. Shaw said that America and England were divided by a common language. How true! I've never heard the word 'zest' used like this. I just hear 'peel'. If the recipe said 'add some sugar with zest', I'd just toss the sugar in enthusiastically. Clive    Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member (20,444) El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	khoff  #536135  Thu, 03 Jul 08 05:21 AM And what would you do if the recipe said, "When cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar"?  (I never have quite enough powdered sugar on hand to do this properly, but it always sounds like fun.)    khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Denver, Colorado, USA, Earth Senior Member (2,519) Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)
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	Grammar Geek  #536270  Thu, 03 Jul 08 03:05 PM khoff, you are TOO funny! Thanks for that grin!    Grammar Geek

	Philip  #536297  Thu, 03 Jul 08 04:05 PM khoff And what would you do if the recipe said, "When cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar"?  (I never have quite enough powdered sugar on hand to do this properly, but it always sounds like fun.) What you lack in sugar, you make up for in zest.    Philip
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	khoff  #536310  Thu, 03 Jul 08 04:33 PM Thanks, guys.  That's one of my very favorite ambiguous sentences, and I rarely hare an appropriate opportunity to share it.    khoff