<p>I planted the tree because it smells divine when in bloom. I understand that the fruit is a lemon/orange cross. I have 5 that will be ripe soon. Do i eat them like an orange, use them like other lemons, or ???</p>
<p>Please report back when you cut it open/eat it/put it in a drink and let us know :)</p>
<p>The “sour orange juice” from a Meyer lemon tree is used in Yucatin cooking. Specifically, in paste/marinade consisting of achiote seeds, garlic, and sour orange juice. It’s incredible. I use it for a braised pork dish and Rick Bayless’ to-die-for grill Yucatin fish tacos. When I can’t find sour oranges in the store, I substitute half orange juice, half lemon juice.</p>
<p>I love Meyer lemons. They may be a cross between an orange and a lemon (not clear, based on what I’ve read), but to me they just taste like a slightly sweeter and somehow better lemon. I use them to make my evening winter tea (hot water, juice of half a lemon, 1 tsp honey) (a tea my mother always said would keep us from getting sick); I also use them in cooking, just as if they were (ordinary) lemons.</p>
<p>I use them in place of “regular” lemons. The rind is lovely too…the oils just seep out of it and really adds a lot to whatever dish you add it to.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>DH uses Meyer lemons to make a lemon curd filling for lemon tarts and lemon bars.
He’ll make a large batch and freeze portions for later use.</p>
<p>So yummy!</p>
<p>Juggle?..</p>
<p>I love the Meyer Lemon liquid soap that we buy from William Sonoma. We keep it in the guest/downstairs bathroom and it is the best scent for masking/removing strong odors, like chopped onions, from the hands. So you could use your lemons as a hand deodorizer (after you cut onions or eat stone crab claws which are yummy and in season right now).</p>
<p>I made some delicate butter cookies - lemon sables - from Dorie Greenspan’s book “Paris Sweets” and used Meyer lemon. The people who tasted the cookies could tell it was Meyer. The lemon flavor is special - hard to describe. You can use them anywhere you would use another lemon (salad dressing, for example).</p>
<p>A friend of mine in Florida has a very healthy Meyer lemon tree in her yard. Once, when visiting her, I learned what the REAL reason for Meyer’s lemons really is.</p>
<p>To make the most exquisite limoncello EVER. </p>
<p>Whenever she gets enough to do so, she prepares batches of this ridiculously fabulous liquor. Wow. I’d never even heard of a Meyers lemon before. Now, when I do, I have these great “taste” memories and try to duplicate that taste by ordering limoncello at restaurants who offer it. Haven’t found any that compare. Yet :)</p>
<p>^^ Party at curiosers house!!!</p>
<p>I use them just the same as Eureka lemons.</p>
<p>In Mexico, a limon is a lime and a limon amarillo is a lemon - somewhat as we know it. But the lemons down here truly seem like a cross between a lemon and an orange. They are sweetish with no tart factor at all. Meyer lemon is tart and I’m not sure in a blind taste test that I would know the difference from a “regular” lemon.</p>
<p>curiouser - a recipe for limoncello, por favor?</p>
<p>I use Meyers for lemon bars, lemonade, lemon chicken, pretty much anything that I would do with a regular lemon. They’re great! But I love most the fact that I can pick them off real trees when I visit Southern California!</p>
<p>You are making those of us who are looking at 2 feet of snow jealous!</p>
<p>I have heard that dwarf Meyer lemon trees can be grown as houseplants. Has anyone tried it? Handpollinating is necessary for fruit.</p>
<p>We use Meyer lemons for so many things! We have 2 large Meyer lemon trees in our back yard which bloom year round. They were 2 feet high when we planted them 15 years ago. We always have lemonade in the fridge and also use them in assorted baked goods. As it is currently Dungenous crab season (and a wonderful season it is this year!) we use our lemons on the cracked crabs. Yum…</p>
<p>Limoncello… Never heard of that. Will try that — maybe for the new year?</p>
<p>My cats have not been able to completely destroy my Meyer lemon houseplant. As they age, they attack it less frequently, so there is some hope that we might get a lemon or two in the next decade :)</p>
<p>I still plan on making this:</p>
<p>[Hobbies: Homemade limoncello makes a great gift | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2012948701_webhobby21.html”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2012948701_webhobby21.html</a>)</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I have no Meyer lomons, decent snow, or crab…
Feeling a bit Grinchy.</p>
<p>We also have a Meyer Lemon Tree. I substitute Meyers for regular lemons in our favorite Greek Avgolemono(Egg and Lemon Soup).</p>
<p>[Avgolemono</a> Recipe at Epicurious.com](<a href=“http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Avgolemono-352269]Avgolemono”>http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Avgolemono-352269)</p>