So I accidentally bought 12-dozen lemons, S.O.S.

[teamtriceratops]

I went to La Tienda in a heavily latin-influenced part of St Pete and since in this one store they don't seem to know much English and my Spanish is not always great (even though I am in a class now working hard to improve it)-- They said, in Spanish:, "you want a dozen?" And I said, "yes, 12 please." And they thought I meant 12-dozen.

So now I have

Comments

[stacyanne09]

Lemon curd with the juice!

Zest them first and then make lemon sugar (use the zest and plain sugar, whir in food processor or blender) to use for extra zing, or as gifts!

[stacyanne09]

Whoops. Thought this was regular cooking, not vegan cooking! My bad. Lemond curd uses eggs.

[supercarrot]

if i remember correctly, starwhore made vegan lemon curd a few years back. i'll search for it.

[supercarrot]

yep. here you go. http://community.livejournal.com/vegancooking/1552518.html

(and copied/pasted in case the linked recipe disappears.)

Lemon Curd

Zest and juice of 2 lemons
Ener-G for 2 eggs, prepared
3 oz superfine sugar
2 oz margarine cut into small pieces

In a bowl, whisk the lemon juice and egg subs together.
In a separate bowl, mix together the lemon zest and sugar.
Pour the egg mixture over the sugar mixture, and add the margarine.
Put over a pan of simmering water, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until thickened.
Let cool.

[briasoleil]

Another vote for both preserved lemons and limoncello. Also, the lemon bar recipe from Veganomicon is amazingly good.

Oh, and there is a muffin recipe in Vegan With a Vengeance, I believe, that calls for lemon zest and possibly juice. It's wonderful. With cornmeal and blueberries.

If you're feeling adventurous, maybe a lemon gelato?

[anoceanview]

I found that the VCon lemon bar recipe needed a lot of extra lemon for flavor, so this could be a good way to use more!

[alice_ash]

12 dozen lemons!? GROSS!

(sorry, i have nothing to contribute, i just really wanted to make that joke! but i second lemon bars, because lemon bars are one of life's finest joys)

[elinafromtheash]

I lol'd, don't you worry.

[karisitas]

Don't be embarrassed ... I still don't get it. *shrug*

[thefaeriegreen]

I just love the 12 dozen lemons story. My small suggestion would be Lemon ButterCream Icing... for various cakes or sweets.

[ashbloem]

I have to say, as someone who has struggled in many countries with other languages, an important thing to learn is telling someone NO - if they start handing you 12 dozen lemons when you only wanted one dozen, it's pretty easy to communicate amazement and rejection with just a tad of another language + facial expression. It isn't like you asked for something they couldn't just put back in the bin. Plus they'd probably teach you some valuable vocab to boot.

That said, and since you have all the lemons now, I'd say limoncello or lemon vodka. The alcohol will keep forever! Also, lemon popsicles. I do that when I buy lots of grapefruit - then you can melt one pop into a glass of water or a cocktail, or just eat them straight!