When Life Gives You Lemons.....

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  • What in the heck do you do with them?

    Angie's lemon tree is about ready to drop a bazillion lemons....we still have juice squeezed in freezer bags from the last bunch...used some on some chicken picatta tonight...

    HELP!!
  • EZ~You soooooooo crack me up~LOL

    Angie~you got ya a funny guy!!
    Thats had one to many Lemons!!! hahahahaa

    P.s. By the way I think it would be so cool to see those purple bell bottoms!
  • when life gives you an excessive amount of lemons....you set up a roadside stand and sell them... make a profit

    Or you just rub it in the faces of all of us who dont live somewhere warm enough to grow a lemon tree
  • Preserved lemons are easy to make at home for canning, and are a staple in Moroccan cooking. http://www.putsup.com/2009/05/glamor...ed-lemons.html

    If you have drinking friends, you could use the zests to make large batches of limoncello...makes a wonderful, low cost Christmas gift! http://patty.vox.com/library/post/ho...ou-lemons.html

    Or you could make a unique lemon jam or jelly or marmalade...this one is a honey lemon, and looks phenomenal. http://www.foodinjars.com/2009/04/09...mon-marmalade/

    If you're running out of freezer space for the juice, you could always can it. It will keep 18 mo to 2 years without going bad, and won't take up the space in your freezer. http://www.pickyourown.org/lemonjuice.htm
  • Lemonade! Yummy! lol
  • Italians make Limoncello, yummy!
    www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1087/limoncello

    Edit: oops, Mandalinn, missed your reference to limoncello. The food in a jar site looks interesting!
  • my father made a compressor gun and uses it to launch lemons across the back field.
    Or my cousins like to throw them them the fence in our backyard...makes a lovely air freshner.
    Otherwise, I got nothing
  • Wow, I can't imagine having a lemon tree. I think it is cool. I suppose if you have lemons...then lots of other people have lemons...so giving them away probably isn't an option. Kinda like tomatoes here in the summer <smile> Me no nuttin bout lemons...just wanted to chime in...

    Good luck! Cathy
  • EDIT ~

    I posted pictures of Angie's bush in the original post....
  • Quote: EZ~You soooooooo crack me up~LOL

    Angie~you got ya a funny guy!!
    Thats had one to many Lemons!!! hahahahaa

    P.s. By the way I think it would be so cool to see those purple bell bottoms!
    No-no....no lemons in my Coors Light Bellbottoms...you just never know...getting bored here with this surgery recovery...

    Quote: when life gives you an excessive amount of lemons....you set up a roadside stand and sell them... make a profit

    Or you just rub it in the faces of all of us who dont live somewhere warm enough to grow a lemon tree
    Send a self addressed zip-lock and I will send ya back some juice

    Quote: Preserved lemons are easy to make at home for canning, and are a staple in Moroccan cooking. http://www.putsup.com/2009/05/glamor...ed-lemons.html

    If you have drinking friends, you could use the zests to make large batches of limoncello...makes a wonderful, low cost Christmas gift! http://patty.vox.com/library/post/ho...ou-lemons.html

    Or you could make a unique lemon jam or jelly or marmalade...this one is a honey lemon, and looks phenomenal. http://www.foodinjars.com/2009/04/09...mon-marmalade/

    If you're running out of freezer space for the juice, you could always can it. It will keep 18 mo to 2 years without going bad, and won't take up the space in your freezer. http://www.pickyourown.org/lemonjuice.htm
    Thank you Favorite One...the kidnapper makes limoncello....the creamy kind...very good...will never admit it!

    Quote: Lemonade! Yummy! lol
    Good idea
  • Quote: Italians make Limoncello, yummy!
    www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1087/limoncello

    Edit: oops, Mandalinn, missed your reference to limoncello. The food in a jar site looks interesting!
    You are hours behind DUTCH ...or is it ahead?

    Quote: my father made a compressor gun and uses it to launch lemons across the back field.
    Or my cousins like to throw them them the fence in our backyard...makes a lovely air freshner.
    Otherwise, I got nothing
    Can I come over and play?

    Quote: Wow, I can't imagine having a lemon tree. I think it is cool. I suppose if you have lemons...then lots of other people have lemons...so giving them away probably isn't an option. Kinda like tomatoes here in the summer <smile> Me no nuttin bout lemons...just wanted to chime in...

    Good luck! Cathy
    We leave buckets at church, marked free, between services...I think people ADD lemons to them!
  • i'm going with the lemoncello suggestion...nothing is better then a nice yummie lemoncello....
  • Lemon Fish!!! Mmmm...with Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Yum...and For Dessert A Lemon Pie...oh I Am Hungry...haha
  • Quote: i'm going with the lemoncello suggestion...nothing is better then a nice yummie lemoncello....
    Oh, I agree...unless the kidnapper wants to drink his brew with you...then it can be a bit "sour"....
  • Quote: Lemon Fish!!!
    I think most of the fish I have caught in my life were lemon fish...