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Tuesday, August 2. 2022

Munching on Lemons

My Mom called me The Little Lemon-eater. I still like to eat lemons, whether slices or quarters, skin and all. Apparently some people like to put some salt on the pieces too. I need to try that.


 Eating Raw Lemons Is a Surprisingly Common Habit. We Find Out Why.


The best lemons I have ever had were in Sicily, just off the tree. Larger than supermarket lemons, but thinner pith.


After they have been cooked with something they are good too, maybe even better. With some fish of course, roast chicken, and also veal scallopini or, back to Sicilian food, roast piglet. Piglet + lemon is a good combo. Try it sometime if you have a spare piglet around.




Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 11:49 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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mmm yummy. I have always eaten lemons--not the skin. I put salt on them. Ever since I was a little girl squeezing some into my pepsi--I was six!
#1 Apple Pie on 2022-08-02 11:58 (Reply)
When I was in high school, I ate some lemons and after a couple, they tested very good. The only problem is that they made my teeth hurt so that was my last experience eating lemons.
#2 mudbug on 2022-08-02 11:58 (Reply)
Since moving to the mideast I have started making preserved lemons. No boiling water - just clean jars, lemons, and salt. They are excellent slid under the skin of a roast chicken or with broiled fish.
#3 Ben David on 2022-08-02 14:06 (Reply)
One of my favorite treats as a kid was half a lemon sprinkled with salt. I could make it last for hours. But it's not good for the teeth.
#4 RebeccaH on 2022-08-02 14:11 (Reply)
Lemon is just about my favorite flavor in sour candy, but it never occurred to me to eat the fruit. I grew up loving apples, as a kid I used to eat a dozen of them a day while picking the crop for some cash, but my teeth turned sensitive and now I can't really enjoy too many crunchy apples with the discomfort. I suspect the same of lemons, but dang, I'll have to try it.
#5 Aggie on 2022-08-02 15:04 (Reply)
When our children were young the pediatrician used to say don't let them suck on a lemon as the acid would break down the enamel on their teeth.
#6 JC on 2022-08-02 16:54 (Reply)
I prefer limes. Keylimes, especially.
#7 Stargazer on 2022-08-02 19:10 (Reply)
You can add them to any beverage with wedges on the lid.
It doesn't work with coffee though.
Before the Sack-N-Save marked up seltzer at twice the cost, it was good with some lemon juice added.
#8 Fizzy Lifting Drinks on 2022-08-02 22:51 (Reply)
Aldi hasn't raised the price very much, but they are always out of seltzer. A shipment won't last until the end of the day. I wonder what it is that's causing such a shortage.
#8.1 jack walter on 2022-08-03 07:07 (Reply)
It's because all of the CO2 that's normally reserved for seltzer is being spewed into the atmosphere instead, to raise global temperatures by a kazillion degrees, or almost a fraction of a degree, in order to make you more thirsty for.....seltzer.
#8.1.1 Aggie on 2022-08-03 12:58 (Reply)

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