SC - Re: Persian lemons

[Susan Fox-Davis]

It would probably be very nice in tea, just not the flavor one would expect of
otherwise unlabelled lemons.  The flavor is quite different, definately not
lemony, more like a sweet grapefruit.  Much too small for a pomelo too.
<shrug>  I suspect this fruit of being the other parent of the grapefruit,
besides the thin-skinned orange.

Selene


> Bonne commented on some sweet lemons in her local store:
> > The lack of tartness makes them wrong for the reasons we buy lemons (iced
> > tea garnish or tahini ingredient.)  I thought they might be good as lemon
> > cake flavoring, or lemon pie.  And I was going to try making syrup also so
> > let me know how that goes, Selene.
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Why wouldn't these work in something like tea? Don't most folks put this
> sour lemon in their tea and then add sugar? It would seem that a sweet
> lemon would give you the lemon taste but reduce or eliminate the need
> to add more sugar.
>
> As mentioned in another message, I like adding lime juice, Key Lime juice
> or bitter orange juice to my cola. This "sweet: lemon sounds like it
> would be good for that as well.
>
> When making syrup of the juice, you would be adding a lot of sugar to
> the juice, right? In that case, would there really be any differance
> between using the sweet or sour lemons, other than the cost?
>
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