Re: Is anyone in zone 10?!?!

Cajun Cappy 12/13/2014, 8:30 pm

Yes we make lemon jelly and lemon pepper jelly. do ya remember those little hard yellow candies?? well thats what it taste like. Is it any good ya ask??
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How about genuine state fair blue ribon good

Marc Iverson 12/13/2014, 8:32 pm

Nice! What do you use it on?

Cajun Cappy 12/14/2014, 2:41 pm

I dont understand the confusion its JELLY. we use it on toast, crackers, biscuits , pancakes, cook with it in glazes and sauces. Its great with chicken and fish and adds a wonderful tart to pork and ham. In short we use it like what it is award winning jelly. ohhh yea and its good on a ......spoon

Marc Iverson 12/14/2014, 2:50 pm

The confusion is that it just sounds like it would be so sour. I'm not saying yours is; I'm just saying the first thing that comes to mind when thinking lemons is definitely not sweet. I don't see lemon or lime or grapefruit jelly in the stores, so I wasn't brought up thinking of lemons in jelly as any more likely than hamburger ice cream.

**llama momma** 12/14/2014, 2:55 pm

I never had lemon jelly or lemon pepper jelly. I'm afraid I don't get it either. affraid

But now I see it must be pretty good stuff. Like a Star @ heaven

Cajun Cappy 12/14/2014, 3:00 pm

We like to think we invented the lemon pepper jelly. You see lemon pepper in the store as well as pepper jelly so we had juice to spare and a dish pan of peppers and well we did it on our own. It was a huge hit with family and friends and with cream cheese on a cracker has been the star appetizer many times add smoked salmon and ya got a fancy hor durve

Marc Iverson 12/14/2014, 3:41 pm

Well, I'd certainly try it if I saw it on a plate. You do have me curious.

Cajun Cappy 12/14/2014, 4:59 pm

Marc I am sure that being a gardener you belive in eating what ya got and can grow. One of the yankees said they never had a banana till they were 12 well that was me with apples. If life handed you lemons like it does me.

I feel certain you, like me would come up with a lot of inventive ways to use them. There is only so much lemonade ya can drink before your imagination takes over.

Marc Iverson 12/14/2014, 5:14 pm

Making new recipes is definitely a pretty cool thing to do! Being creative is all the more rewarding when you can eat the results!

And those are certainly a lot of lemons. Such a nice big healthy size, too. I remember when I was a kid, for several years we lived in a house that used to belong to a farmer who had a big orchard. There were mangos there, and huge green limes that made the best lime-ade. Nothing like juices that come straight from the tree. I remember we would get a sort of vitamin-C high from them, they were so healthy and invigorating. Same as when we ate oranges by the armful during breaks in soccer games when I was a kid in AYSO. Fresh citrus is such delicious and powerful stuff.

I envy you your trees now. We have figs and apples, but to me, they're not as exciting as citrus.

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