Lemons

"Lemon tree very pretty
And the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon
Is impossible to eat"

Every time I think about lemons, this song from my childhood pops back into my memory, so I thought I would just share that with you!

Of course, the lyrics are totally wrong. I know tequila fans used to (may still do) eat lemons with salt when drinking their favorite tipple. So that's that, then. And, of course, you can make a quite delicious home made lemonade (totally different, much better than the see through sugary stuff you get in stores labeled "lemonade") by boiling some lemons with a couple of tablespoons (that's 25 grams if you've gone metric) of sugar and half a pint (225ml - I'm using UK pints here, so the US equivalent of that would be 1.25 US cups) of water per lemon. You need to use the zest and flesh of the lemons, throw away the white pith in between or it spoils the taste.

The essential oil of lemon is very safe. Visit this page to find out what you can use lemon oil for. And if you're interested in other things to do with lemons or lemon juice, this page should be interesting.