a surplus, no, an embarrassment of lemons
Posted on | June 16, 2008 | 5 Comments
most of the year, i am scrounging for lemons.
we use lemon juice constantly.
i won’t touch the bottled stuff….if it isn’t freshly squeezed, then i am not interested.
i can always detect a peculiar flavour….
our own tree lived in a terracotta pot for years, then got transferred into the ground when we moved here.
it has always struggled a little, but after a good mulching and feeding, it has suddenly started to flourish and the lemon crop has been amazing for the size of the tree.
i think everyone s having a good year for lemons…we’ve been showered with them lately.
i’ve just squeezed a whole heap…..some i will freeze and with some i am making my favourite lemonade syrup.
homemade lemonade
……………..
6 lemons, juice and zest
2 kilos sugar
60g epsom salts
90 g citric acid
30g tartaric acid
10 cups boiling water.
stir all together until sugar is dissolved.
when cool, bottle.
to serve:
add to ice and water/sparkling water to taste.
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June 16th, 2008 @ 7:12 PM
Aww, I’m so jealous that you can grow LEMONS over where you are!
Must try that lemonade, sounds delish. Though I will have to use storebought lemons, lemon trees don’t survive up here.
June 16th, 2008 @ 8:15 PM
sara, we always had lemons in auckland when i was growing up.
people would always ask, when buying a house….is there a lemon tree in the garden?
auckland is sub-tropical….and i know in the south island there was no citrus at all.
so i guess you are at a similar distance from the equator but nooooorth.
you are tougher than me….i am a real hothouse flower.
the lemonade is sweet and tart and very worth your while to make!
June 16th, 2008 @ 11:17 PM
Try sweetening your lemonade with maple syrup. srsly. it’s amazing.
June 17th, 2008 @ 12:06 PM
rebecca, that is just evil.
now my lemonade just seems banal and maplesyrupless.
lol.
June 19th, 2008 @ 11:52 PM
I have just juiced a large bag of lemons that Lyn grew,making lemon syrup tomorrow,yum,yum,Janine