Thought you guys might enjoy seeing us harvest and press our lemons. here is a picture filled report complete with goofy us videos of the whole process.
Cappy & Pegody's World: Lemony Pickin's; a Series of Unfortunate (AND Fortunate) Events
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Thought you guys might enjoy seeing us harvest and press our lemons. here is a picture filled report complete with goofy us videos of the whole process.
Cappy & Pegody's World: Lemony Pickin's; a Series of Unfortunate (AND Fortunate) Events
Great report and pics cappy
Thanks G we were having a ball and I hope the videos aint scarred yall of from me we are goofy happy and always have fun.
Are you gonna be at the TB event in three weeks ?
enjoyed the video......that's a lot of lemonade......man, you work hard.......hope you can make it to Toledo Bend....
We will definitely be camping somewhere. if we make it there I'll let yall know.
I will be there....Cabin number 1...............look for the TEAM GEEZER bannerQuote:
Originally Posted by Cappy
I enjoyed the lemon article Cappy!!
Thanks redge from the videos I think ya could tell we enjoyed it too.
Thanks for that Cappy. Mrs. Jig Rig and I enjoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cappy
What do you do with all that jucie?
Lots and lots of things. We cook with it make lemon aide and use it in cock tails and lemon aide. to name a few, even drink a shot straight up some times. Also it makes great jelly. glad yall enjoyed it!
Very good yall. Bring some juice and make us some lemonade at TB.
Lemon jelly sounds good....I don't guess I have ever seen any
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8tieYEbKJE...0/IMG_1620.JPGI didn't win this state fair blue ribbon for the cutestCajun contest thats for sure musta been the lemon jelly. I won the teddy bear for throwing darts.
Bring some lemon jelly to TB with you
Love the videos Cappy. Curious how long that juice will keep or is there a way of preserving it to make it last longer?
I pour a cup into an ice tray and freeze. Then into a zip lock for the freezer. I have some a few years old and can't tell the difference from fresh.Quote:
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Now why didn't I think of that ???
Peg and I use lots of juice 1 gallon last us for around 4 months in the fridge and stays fresh. Peggy puts it in salad dressing, we make several cakes and pan goodies etc. With out sounding like the Bubba Gump of lemon juice we use it lots why not we have plenty. WE freeze a bunch in gallons and the beauty of that is ya can make what ya want when you want. We usually make the jelly on rainy hot summer days when there aint much else to do or when ever inspiration hits us. We have kept a gallon for over 2 years in the freezer and it was fine when thawed out. Important thing to mention though is if you thaw out a jug ya have ta fully thaw it out before using.
Great article Cappy! My dad and I also have a lemon tree that we pick, it is at a friends house that doesn't pick the lemons! We also pick mayhaws at his house. He was planning on cutting the tree down last year but with a little convincing from my dad and myself, he kept the tree and we are able to pick from it anytime we want. We picked 4- 5 gallon buckets in about 15 minutes the end of last year and there was plenty left on the tree. I also juice the lemons. BTW, there is an easier way to juice the lemons than the way you are doing it. We have some electric juicers (about $15 from wal mart) and you cut the lemons in half, don't peel them and you squeeze the half and throw the peeling away when you are done or you can keep them and fill them with melted chocolate or vanilla, my wife loves these, she says it gives the chocolate a lemon flavor. I also make jelly with the lemon juice. Tried it for the first time last year and it came out great! It is really good over some cream cheese! I freeze mine also and have kept it for years. You are correct when you say to let it COMPLETELY thaw out or you won't get the right flavor. Thanks again for the article, thoroughly enjoyed it!
Thanks for the response glad you liked it. I may try one of those electric ones I always figured I'd burn it up.