For the Love of Meyer Lemons: Video & A Little Giveaway
This giveaway has ended, thank you all for sharing your love of meyer lemons. Scroll to end of post to see winner.
We do love to share, but sometimes it’s really impossible to pass around a few baskets of citrus from our garden to all you kind folks. When we can, we do enjoy sending out a little bit of our Southern California sunshine to friends in the chilly parts of the country. A little box of citrus love can warm up even the coldest days during the Spring Season. We’ve given away some garden citrus before, but it’s been a while.
Because we love meyer lemons so much and we appreciate you all, we thought it’s time to share some of our garden meyer lemons. It’s not much, but for those of you who don’t get an opportunity to enjoy a really fresh meyer lemon, this little giveaway will bring a little warmth to the chilly part of your world.
And we made a little video, sharing a little glimpse of what’s sprouting up in the garden this month.
There’s just something special about meyer lemons. Their floral fragrance, their delicate beauty and vibrant flavors really add so many wonderful elements to cooking. One of our favorite articles on the many uses of meyer lemons always inspires us to continue cooking and creating new dishes with one of our favorite lemons. It’s so hard to not want to make everything on that list. When the conversation of meyer lemons comes around, everyone’s faces always seem to light up!
The Giveaway has ended, thank you all for sharing your love of meyer lemons! Congrats to Winner #288, Alexandra! Thanks to twitter for helping us be our random number generator.
For the love of meyer lemons, here’s the giveaway details:
- Giveaway only available to folks living in the continental United States. Winner will receive a box of fresh meyer lemons from our garden!
- Just leave a comment below and tell us what you would make if you won!
- You are welcome to have another entry if you want to tweet or facebook the giveaway. Just leave the link in another comment.
- Giveaway ends Sunday April 7th, 2013 at midnight pst. Check back here for the winner on Monday April 8th.
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I tweeted about your lovely giveaway!
https://twitter.com/dkkporter/status/318834585595174912
I have a Meyer tree that I love to death, but so far it’s only produced 2 lemons in it’s lifespan (I live in Boston…). I’d love to have a taste of the California kind, to replenish my supply of preserved lemons and make a lemon tart for my birthday! And one day, maybe I’ll have enough of my own lemons to share, too.
I’d make buttery lemon bars and my great-aunt’s lemon and rice soup!
Lemon zest power bars to send to my deployed husband! (Juice leftover for me to make curd as I indulge at home!)
Lemon curd
Lemon marmalade
Lemonade
Poached fish with lemon sauce
Asparagus wrapped in lemon zest
YUM
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making lemon curd, so I’d start with that…And make a lemon cake with lemon curd filling, some lemon tarts, a lemon ice cream…
When I can get them I use them in just about anything with lemon, but I would think the first thing would be a lemon tart with a chocolate lined pastry. Second preserved lemons and curd for my pantry and finally I do fish with lemon and capers.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
How generous! Living near Seattle, I can’t grow citrus in the backyard and no room in the house…would be so nice.
I would make preserved lemons that I love to put on pizza, my sons’ favorite lemon cake, lemon tarragon cream pasta for the hubby, 101 Cookbooks Otsu, and on and on. Yum.
Wow..would love to win some…may be I’ll preserve them..:)
Goodness there are so many amazing things to make with lemons. When I was a kid I would eat them with some salt by the slice. Yum. But today I would make things for me and for those I love – fresh salad dressing, lemon risotto like I had in Italy, preserved lemon, and of course lemon bars. That’s to start!
Thanks for sharing.
I would try to make lemon sherbet.
Greek yogurt lemon cake and preserved lemons!!!
I am so in love in those little golden gems! I only had a meyer lemon once, I got it from a friend, visiting from the States. So delicious and bursting in flavour. It’s such a shame this giveaway is only available in mainland USA, they are impossible to find in UK, or mainland Europe. If I could just find them somewhere here, I’d finally make all those carefully collected meyer lemon recipes I so meticulously share on my Pinterest:) Good luck everyone, and make those little gems proud!:)
Mmmmm, refreshing lemons from California! I’d make Limoncello! 🙂
Mmmm how I love Meyers. Unfortunately, I must drive 2 hours to find them in my area and only when they’re in season , which I presume is only about 4 weeks out of the year since that’s the only time I see them. I would make lemon bars, lemon poppyseed cake, preserved lemons, lemon syrup so I would have them longer to enjoy, lemon sugar, and my hubbie has a divine gin cocktail recipe I would have him prepare. I might even try my hand at lemon bitters. Again something so I could enjoy the flavor of Meyers longer than a few weeks! Thank you for this opportunity!
I would sell my soul for this. I would make preserved lemons, Lemoncello, or a lemondrop the size of my head. I miss my California. I want to come home.