Yesterday, I made a batch of lemon extract in my attempt to use as much of the lemons as I can. This was super easy, the hardest part was getting up the courage to go into the local liquor store. I did take the “clergy” hanging sign off my rear view mirror, you know, just …
I used to think it was silly to preserve lemons because they were available year round at the store whenever I happened to need one. Then I tried my first Meyer lemon and preserving lemons became a necessity. We have an amazing lemon tree that gives us several hundred pounds of lemons each year. So, …
We have a Meyer lemon tree in our yard that gives us more lemons than we can possibly use fresh. Most years that means hundreds of pounds of lemons coming off the tree over the course of a few months. I’ve learned to preserve them every way I can – freezing, fermenting, and dehydrating – …
Can you freeze lemons? Yes – and it’s one of the most useful things you can do when you have more lemons than you can use fresh. We have a Meyer lemon tree that produces hundreds of pounds of lemons most years, so I’ve been freezing them in every form imaginable for over a decade. …