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Meyer Lemons........

Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:17 pm
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:17 pm
Have a bunch that are about to be ripe on my tree. What are your favorite things to do with them?
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:43 pm to
besides adding the juice and cutting some up to add to the side of a dish like a fish, there isnt much i do with lemons.


might sound lame but i like squeezing lemons in water if i have extras.
Posted by mups
Member since Feb 2007
175 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:45 pm to
-Lemonade sweetened with Stevia; can add vodka to it
-Squeeze on grilled or sauteed fish
- Tomato/avocado salad with lemon & olive oil dressing
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10829 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:48 pm to
Offer them up to your fellow F&D'ers.
Posted by LSUEnvy
Hou via Lake Chas
Member since May 2011
12666 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:50 pm to
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Preserved lemons is something I think that would be worth a try. I had a nice tree at my last house but never got around to it. Seems simple enough.
Posted by RaginCajunz
Member since Mar 2009
7221 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:51 pm to
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon bars

Every year we say we are going to make and jar lemon curd, but never have. Maybe this year.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:58 pm to
Are Meyer Lemons good for those uses as well? I find they have a slightly different taste than the conventional lemons you usually find in stores.
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37180 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:10 pm to
<Capri lemons
Posted by L.A.
The Mojave Desert
Member since Aug 2003
66871 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:22 pm to
quote:

Meyer Lemons........
we have a tree in our back yard. I like to make Meyer Lemon-Buttermilk ice cream with them.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79514 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:25 pm to
throw them at people. NOt much of a lemon fan.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

Meyer Lemon-Buttermilk ice cream


Recipe?
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:53 pm to
I'm supposed to try to make Limoncello with ours. They aren't ripe yet.
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19426 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 11:53 pm to
Can someone please tell me what makes meyer lemons so different from regular lemons?
Posted by RaginCajunz
Member since Mar 2009
7221 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 12:07 am to
quote:

Can someone please tell me what makes meyer lemons so different from regular lemons?

larger and less acidic. I think there may have been an orange behind the woodpile somewhere in their hybridization.
Posted by ddsmit
Pensacola, FL
Member since Jan 2011
206 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 1:25 am to
Lemon Icebox Pie

1 small can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 graham cracker crust
1 small tub Cool Whip

Mix everything together until smooth and pour into pie crust. Refrigerate until set about 1 hour.
Easy as pie!


We also juice the lemons and freeze them in 1 cup portions, put them in zip lock bags to use for the rest of the year.

If you have a lemon tree an electric juicer is a must.
This post was edited on 10/24/12 at 1:41 am
Posted by L.A.
The Mojave Desert
Member since Aug 2003
66871 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 1:30 am to
quote:

Meyer Lemon-Buttermilk ice cream
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Recipe?

Ingredients:

*2 cups cream (I use regular whipping cream, not heavy whipping cream due to the thickness of the buttermilk)
*1 cup buttermilk
*1/2 cup Meyer Lemon juice
*1/2 cup milk (I use 2%)
*1 tsp vanilla
*1 1/4 cups sugar

Heat the sugar and lemon juice to make a syrup.
After the syrup cools to room temperature add the milk, vanilla, and buttermilk. Make sure all the ingredients are incorporated nicely.
Add the cream. Stir together with the other ingredients.
Pour into an ice cream maker. I have an electric Cuisineart that works great.

Makes 1 quart.


ETA: The reason I heat the sugar and lemon juice into a syrup is strictly for texture. Buttermilk can give ice cream a somewhat chalky texture. I found through trial and error with this ice cream that making the syrup out of the sugar and lemon juice, rather than just dissolving the sugar into the lemon juice, gives the ice cream a smoother texture.
This post was edited on 10/24/12 at 1:59 am
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80556 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 1:41 am to
That Life is a real a-hole giving you all those.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 2:03 am to
The zest is great to use. I use the juices in dressings, seafood and pork dishes. Would be good on chicken as well. I just don't cook much chicken. I use them on tea a lot.

Good in a buerre blanc sauce too.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 6:48 am to
I have been picking a few for the last week or so. Hundred or so more to go.

Lemon Pizza. I made this the other night with a homemade dough but I use Whole Foods dough as well. It's a good one.

Heat pizza stone on grill and get dough ready on pizza peel.

Layer smoked buffalo mozzarella in very thin slices over dough. Cut one Meyer lemon in half the slice paper thin halves and layer around pizza about a dozen or so slices, skin and all. Drizzle just a bit of good olive oil on and break a few basil leaves across the top, tucking a bit under the lemons. Nice pinch of flaky sea salt and put on grill until blistered. Slice, smell and eat.

End of story.
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10829 posts
Posted on 10/24/12 at 7:23 am to
Orange behind the woodpile...
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