This is how I spent the better part of my afternoon. Making Meyer Lemon Marmalade. It was a three day process. Todays part was hindered a little by the fact that I don't have a big enough shallow perserving pan. I suppose it wouldn't have been a problem, but the recipe I use calls for 20 lemons. My lemons are huge. Maybe regular Meyer lemons aren't as big. It should have taken 30 minutes to cook off some of the liquid and be ready to put up, but it took a lot longer since the surface evaporation wasn't as good in my taller pot.
I ended up with 16 jars of marmalade. Yum! Sunday morning I might even have a half piece of multigrain toast with some on it. I've been avoiding breads and such, but I will do multigrain on occasion.
I started on Saturday. It looked like this. This mixture of lemons, zest and water went into the fridge for two days.
These are some of the seeds I saved. I decided that since Marmalade uses pretty much the entire lemon except the bitter white pith, I would save my seeds and plant them on the hill in our backyard. If they grow, I'll be so happy. If they get eaten by birds, at least they didnt get thrown away. I hate to waste stuff like that.
6 comments:
Ooh, that sounds so good! Have you ever made lemon curd? I love it but have never made my own.
I bet your house smelled divine!
YUM!
Mmmmm...delish, it's funny because I immediately thought of lemon curd too. I love that stuff!
Love lemon anything! That looks yummy!
Oh, yum!!! sounds delish!
Now that sounds pretty good! YUM!
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