LEMON LOVE

I clearly have a love affair with lemons.  I ask for double lemon with my water, when I really want triple lemon.  A saucer of lemon is worthy of a larger tip.  I put lemon on just about everything I eat or drink.  I quilt lemons, I paint lemons.  I love the color, the smell, the shape.....I LOVE LEMON!!!

So when I was handed a bag full of lemons from a neighbors tree the other day I could barely speak.  And apparently these weren't the standard run of the mill, but Meyer lemons!  I had to google to find out what I have been missing.  Wikipedia says the Meyer lemon: is a citrus fruit native to China thought to be a cross between a true lemon and either a mandarin or common orange.   The skin is fragrant and thin, coloured a deep yellow with a slight orange tint when ripe. Meyer lemon fruits have a sweeter, less acidic flavor than the more common Lisbon or Eureka grocery store lemon varieties.  So I climbed out from under the rock I must have been living under and dusted my newly educated self off.


We are not dessert people but I figured I could make something desserty to take to a gathering.  I pulled out some very old recipes to see what I could make based on ingredients at hand.  My lemon bar recipe was so old it called for OLEO!!!  Seriously.  So back to google I went (google might be a close second to lemon love for me) and I found this:

I am here to tell you EVERYONE loved these.  I didn't have a chance to take a photo before they were devoured, but the photos provided by Kitchen Runway are what convinced me to try this recipe.  Now I need to trade my orange tree for a Meyer lemon tree!  They really are this beautiful yellow orange color.  Can you blame me?