Comments on: Meyer Lemons

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:35:48 +0000

I have a meyer lemon tree thriving in my backyard, and yes they are excellent for lemonades, juicy and with less pulp, but I still love my calamansi tree. There’s no other substitute condiment for pancit, sinigang, and other Filipino food but our own calamansi.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:25:47 +0000

Meyer lemons are highly favored by pastry chefs of all leagues and bakeshop owners for their distinct taste including their rind. They leave a good mark on their pastries which is sought by most people. They are also good in any rum cocktail. However, cannot use them in any of our pancit selection as they significantly alter the flavor of the noodles especially in pancit canton it gives it a soapy taste.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:21:23 +0000

Meyer lemons are definitely not as acidic and tart as the regular variety. The rind is less bitter which makes it more palatable for zesting and candied peels.

Best of all, it’s sweet fragrance fills up the room. It’s no surprise that companies like Williams-Sonoma and Restoration Hardware have been selling Meyer lemon products, such as lotions, soaps, candles, and sprays, for long time.

By: Apicio

Apicio — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:07:39 +0000

Yes that Dayap Pie is one of these glorious gifts you can turn out of the common place condensed milk. The â€œmercurial oven temperatureâ€ is a remarkably felicitous turn of phrase btw. I also melt bitter chocolate with condensed milk for chocolate cubes that can give Monsieur Linx a run for his money (if you use high grade chocolate such as Valrhona as he does) that I flavour with Boyajian citrus oil, specially the tangerine and grapefruit ones.

Another citrus combination you can try, is lime and lemon. Gives you the zesty flavour of 7-up.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:51:27 +0000

Apicio, cool huh, dayap and key lime being really one and the same... and check out the dayap pie that I made two years ago...it was REALLY good. Bernadette, I have never seen Meyer lemons for sale in Manila...

By: Apicio

Apicio — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:20:32 +0000

Again at the risk of sounding sinocentric, a great number of fruits that we know nowadays as Western actually originated from thereabouts. Almost any fruit that is not the ancient Romanâ€™s malum (apple), pirum (pear) or ficus (fig) presumably would have been introduced from elsewhere, usually from the Far East.

Our native dayap being Key Limes is news to me though. Another aha moment at Manila Market.

By: bernadette

bernadette — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:33:17 +0000

I usually buy lemons and limes of sorts just to save their seeds and plant them. They’re actually thriving! They might just bear fruit in maybe ten more years or so not counting our help cutting them down by accident. My husband thinks I’m crazy for trying to grow so many citrus trees of so many varieties. He says there would just be no space anymore once they’ve fully grown. So, here I go again…where can you get a Meyer lemon in Manila? They’re beautiful to look at!

By: Queen B

Queen B — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:41:57 +0000

Hmmm… I wonder if the lemon tree behind our house is a Meyer lemon… we have noticed that it tastes a bit sweet. Great looking lemons you have there and the meringue pie makes you want to dive in with a spoon!