What do I do with 25 lbs of lemons??!
Posted by Sea_of_Green on Aug 30, 2008 · Member since Feb 2008 · 2515 posts
Sooo, a friend of my mom's just gave us a crapton of lemons from his trees. What do I do with them, besides lemonade?
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lemon bars, lemon pieeee, lemon poppyseed muffins, lemon cupcakes!!!!, do a search on here for lemon zest to find recipes that call for it..lemon sorbet in the lemon shells! ooo. so many possibilities..
give them to me, I'll eat them with salt, and my dentist will kill me, and my tummy will hate me, but my soul will be filled with joy.
Go to a local comedy club and throw them at bad comedians.
giada de laurentiis or whatever had a recipe for limoncello (i dont know if thats how you spell it. who cares. q: ).
for gifts. you know.. ;)
do shots of tequila
Make lemonade and mix it with vodka.
I just found out today that you can also dehydrate them. I am actually going to try it myself.
I am in the market for a new food dehydrator, since I have had my ronco for 20+ years and it is literally taped together. Was looking at the dehydrators at the dryit.com and also the excaliburs.
If anyone has thoughts one way or the other about pros and cons of those, I would appreciate hearing them. Decisions, decisions!! ::)
You can also squeeze the lemons and freeze the juice for fresh lemon juice whenever you want it. I like that much better than the bottled stuff because that stuff never tastes quite the same, but the fresh/frozen stuff is good.
You can also squeeze the lemons and freeze the juice for fresh lemon juice whenever you want it. I like that much better than the bottled stuff because that stuff never tastes quite the same, but the fresh/frozen stuff is good.
This is such a good idea!
You can also squeeze the lemons and freeze the juice for fresh lemon juice whenever you want it. I like that much better than the bottled stuff because that stuff never tastes quite the same, but the fresh/frozen stuff is good.
an easy way to do this is to use ice cube trays and then put the cubes into baggies!! My mom used to do this for her iced tea!
Have you ever wanted to cleanse. You go through a boat load of lemons on the Master Cleanse.
Have you ever wanted to cleanse. You go through a boat load of lemons on the Master Cleanse.
lol!
lemon poppyseed muffins and lemon juice freeze sound like good ideas.
yup, i freeze surplus lemon juice all the time - every recipe out there pretty much seems to call for one lemon this, 1 T lemon juice that... I just got frustrated and froze the juice of 5 lbs of lemons. Take that!
If you're going to do that, though, reserve some of the zest in the freezer too, 'cause it would suck to have to buy a lemon just for the zest and not the juice... It's happened to me ::)
I buy lemons five pounds at a time, and they never last long. It's one of the few fruits DH actually likes. But I think Mediterranean lemons have more juice and a little less acidity than the American version.
Make me some Lemon Tea Cookies. I'm addicted but too cheap to buy lemons.
Make me some Lemon Tea Cookies. I'm addicted but too cheap to buy lemons.
oo. make all of vegweb lemon tea cookies.
and send them.
it'll be like a package exchange. except..no exchange. ;D
And don't forget to dry the lemon zest! If you have a fireplace, the dried peels make the flames pretty colours.
my parents make limoncello like someone else suggested. it's awesome and you can just keep it in your freezer. they usually start it early in the spring or summer and it's ready by the end of summer. really good to sip on.
woo hoo, so many ideas!
I am gonna try a little of everything! They're all super simple so yeah. Eesy peesy. Thank you ! :-*