Life gave me lemons...

A new friend, Sally, has a lemon tree...and with this tree, too many lemons.  I offered to take a few off of her hands to juice, then use to preserve the apples I have so they don't brown and sour while drying in my dehydrator.  Thinking I'd have maybe 10-15 to pick up I drove over to her house to retrieve my next project.  HOLY COW!  She set out a H U G E bag of lemons for me...What do I do with all of these lemons?  Well, as the saying goes, I made some freakin' lemonade, duh! 


After perusing the interwebs for a recipe I ran across a recipe for Candied Lemon Peels.   At the end of the recipe you're left with what's left of a simple syrup.   So being savvy as I am about not wasting anything I clicked around a couple more times and found a Perfect Lemonade.  The recipe calls for a Simple Syrup and uses what is left from the Candied Lemon Peel recipe.  I compared what I was making for the peels with what I read on the eHow site to memories of my mother making syrups, candies, and other yummy treats about 15 years ago (phew, that was exhausting!). 


For the next hour I peeled, boiled, drained, poured, boiled, stirred, simmered, cooled, boiled, drained, and tossed me some lemon peels.  While waiting for the peels to boil down I juiced 5 large lemons, made ice cubes, and rinsed the dust off of my glasses and pitcher.  Not only did I enjoy myself, I get to publish everything online to share with my friends and family for a little entertainment.  For a simple how-to with pictures read my post here: A Rebel's Relics.  It's pretty cool and I had a blast taking pictures in my lovely little kitchen. 

Bon Appétit!