No such luck. It wasn't until ten minutes that bubbles started to appear. The photo above is at twelve minutes in and the pills has finally popped open. At fourteen minutes, the pill has reached a level of fairly complete disintegration.
The simple answer is yes, you may use lime juice in place of lemon juice in home canning recipes, as lime juice is slightly more acidic than lemon juice. Some people prefer lime juice, as they feel it has a milder flavor. Of course, if a recipe specifies lime juice, it is not necessarily safe to substitute lemon juice. Realistically, their pH's are so close as to be moot, but I'm just repeating what the food scientists say. Another question is substituting lemon (or lime) juice for vinegar, and vice versa. Notice in the table farther down this page that vinegar is considerably less acidic than lemon juice, so you can substitute lemon juice (or lime juice) for vinegar in recipes that call for vinegar, but you may not substitute vinegar for lemon juice.
The acid in lemons is a well-known natural cleaner. It works for rust, too. Youâll also need salt to make this work. Rub salt all on the rusted areas you want clean. Once itâs coated, cut a lemon in half and squeeze its juice onto the salt. You can also use limes. Let the salt and lemon juice mixture remain on the item for two hours. Now, scrub it off.