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wrote:
> Stef wrote:
> > Hi,
> > a branch of my very old lemon tree had broken off and I am now left with
> > about 8 kgs of lemons, half of them still green (I had to take off more from
> > the remining tree, to ease the weight).
> > My questions, will the green ones still ripen and who would want such an
> > amount of lemons? In our area most people have their own tree and the
> > foodbank can't deal with fresh produce? Any ideas?
> > Thank you very much in advance,
> > Stef
>
> I might see if area restaurants would buy them, or supermarkets...or
> juice them, and freeze the juice for hot-weather baking or lemonade.
> Just thaw some out and make lemon curd, or any number of lemon flavored
> baked stuff...cookies, pies, cakes. You can even freeze grated lemon
> for future baking - spread out on a cookie sheet and freeze, then dump
> into a freezer container or a Ziploc bag.
>
> If you freeze the juice, make sure to freeze it in usable quantities,
> like 2 T. (lemon-cubes - use an ice-cube tray) or 1/4C. amounts, or
> whatever. After freezing, you can also dump them into a Ziploc bag.
>

Do you have 8kg of ripe lemons or does that include the greens? Since
lemons are heavy, that's not really a lot (I have a very prolific tree
myself).

My suggestions - juice and freeze; find someone willing to take them to
work and leave them out for co workers (that's what I do); convince
your kids to start that lemonade business now!

What kind of crummy food bank won't take fresh lemons? They keep and
people appreciate them.

Susan B.