When life gives you lemons...

[ebonlock]

It took me about 5 minutes to pick these this afternoon, it didn't even put a dent in my heavily-laden tree

...beg your friends list for lemon-based recipes. Seriously, people, I'm up to my neck in the little yellow bastards and they just keep coming. So I'm asking you, my friends, for your favorite/family recipes or recipe ideas to use as many of these things as possible. It's that or give them to all my local friends for Xmas and nobody wants it to come to that, do they?

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[elenderel.livejournal.com]

Mmm if I were near you I would happily take lemons.

Lemon meringue pie. (If you were me, though, you'd skip the meringue and just put some whipped cream on top.) I have a fabulous (secret) recipe for pie crust ...

I also have my grandma's lemon bread. It is to die for omg. Not only does it have lemon juice and lemon zest in the bread itself, you take a butter knife or chopstick and make slits/openings from top to bottom, then drizzle a lemon-sugar glaze on top of the bread so that it drips down into the openings and pools on the bottom, leaving you with a mind-alteringly deliciously moist yet solid bottom half portion. omg I'm craving it now and it's going on midnight ... argh. *dies of frustration*

Anyway I also have a receipt (it's that old) in my grandmother's handwriting (may she rest in peace) for "lemon dessert."

If you anticipate making any Arabic/Lebanese foods at all, you might want to consider trying your hand at preserved lemons.

Lemon juice is a useful component in homemade cleaning materials. (I'm sure you knew that though)

Another olde family favorite is lemon bars; the recipe calls for about a tablespoon of lemon juice but I always put in oh, 1/4 - 1/2 cup or so. I like lemons.

I have Trina's recipe for something untitled but it involved graham cracker crust, lemon pie filling and some lemon juice. It was REALLY GOOD.

I have a recipe for lemon-rosemary butter cookies, courtesy of Vegetarian Times. I made a batch and brought them to an Eat Local potluck a couple of years ago.

That's all I can think of for now. Ping me if you want more info!

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

BTW you know the trick of briefly microwaving a (cut) lemon in order to get more juice out of it, right? That may not be an issue for you at this point, but just wanted to get it out there. :)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I did not know that one, I only ever use them in the microwave to loosen up dried on stains (they work marvelously for that).

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, woman, send me the recipes already. Or better yet, post them here so others can enjoy them as well!

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

Gettin' to it, m'dear! Here's a link to the Lemon-Rosemary Butter Cookies. I used rosemary fresh off the bush in my garden ... O the delight ... *happy sigh*