Sunday, January 13, 2013

when friends give you lemons...


Mid-December last my friend Kathy foisted off on generously shared with me the lemons from her Meyer lemon tree. Three bags worth. Actually, she snuck them in my car when I wasn't looking.



I finally got around to juicing some of them and made a lemon pie. We ate the pie too fast to get a picture.


After I had juiced 2 of the three bags of lemons, I ran out of containers to hold the juice.


Between the lemon juice and the pecans and the containers of leftovers for soup and the big bag of ice which we use in our cooler going back and forth to the city, I am quickly running out of space in our small freezer.


14 comments:

  1. oh, lucky you! funny, but i was just drinking a mug of hot green tea with 2 fresh-squeezed lemons in it (using the same squeezer you've pictured there). i pay a fortune for lemons at the grocery store. i think a bag of 6 or 7 lemons cost $3.99 the other day. *sigh*

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  2. You can freeze the lemon whole and then "grate" the frozen lemon, peel & all, to go over pasta, vegetables, fish, chicken, & anything else you can come up with. The G-man read about this somewhere & it really is good... I keep a few in my freezer.

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  3. You've been a busy gal!!! Love lemons and limes...they add flavor to everything. I just read Cheryl's comment...didn't know you could freeze them. shesh!!!

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  4. OH YUM, lemon everything, my fave! Beautiful jars of lemony goodness!

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  5. I need to move closer to you. I would help with the squeezing, the eating, the drinking... and of course, the cleaning. But mostly the eating. Yum!

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  6. I bet you were...but what a blessing. And did I tell you that I love love love lemon pie! My absolute favorite!! Did you save me some?
    Ha
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  7. Lucky you to have so much abundance. Aren't you glad you have a freezer to fill, and such good friends to share?

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  8. Someone sent me a tip about freezing lemons and then I grate the peel more easily (?Why?) so I froze a batch ... then I got fed up with the amount of room they took up so I took one out - when it defrosted it was so much easier to juice than a fresh lemon ...

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  9. Ooh - I just love looking at lemons - they're so cheerful. And of course EATING them in pie is pretty fabulous too.

    We have a small chest freezer - I don't know what we'd do without it even though it's just the two of us.

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  10. Meyer lemons were a new thing for me last year; I'm not sure how they're different from other lemons but I've got recipes that call for them specifically. Lucky for you to have so many!

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  11. Lovely, lovely lemons! Somewhere I have a recipe for a wonderful marinade from sliced lemons, kosher salt and olive oil. It ferments in a jar for a week or so, but is the best thing I ever put on a chicken breast. You can probably google it if you still have a lemon problem. Or maybe I'll get lucky and find the recipe for you!

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  12. Is that really pure lemon juice, no added water? That is a lot. What are you going to do with it all?

    I have a small lemon tree in my conservatory (a sort of sitting room with windows all round). I’ve been wondering what to do with the lemons. Of, course, juice them. I’ll probably freeze the juice in ice cube trays, to use them in small quantities during the summer in drinks.

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  13. Wow.. that's wonderful. Honest to goodness, my mouth puckered as I looked at these pics!

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I opened my big mouth, now it's your turn.