Meyer Lemons

 One of our neighbors here in Yuma gave us some lemons from their tree.  They had already picked over 100 and had twice that left on the tree.    They make pie, lemon cello, lemonade and also freeze slices and juice.  These lemons look like oranges on the outside and the inside but they are lemons.  This brand is some kind of hybrid of a lemon and orange tree.  I like to grate the rind and dry it.  I use it where lemon peel is called for in a recipe.  It is expensive to buy and so easy to make your own.  I let the grated peel dry outside.  Here the air is so dry that the peel dries out quickly.  I even made some homemade lemonade that turned out pretty well.  I squished the lemons through a fine colander.   You add the juice to some sugar dissolved in water and add ice.  

It is warming back up nicely now.  It was getting down in the 40's at night and now it is staying in the 50's.  It was in the 60's during the day and now it is back up in the 70's.  Winter is over down here.   The only issue is if there is some wind out of the north.  That makes it feel cold because it is blowing down from the cold north.  We are going out gold prospecting again now that it is nice.  It sure would be nice if we were better at it but it is something to do.