lemons

Lemons are wonderful. Tasty, healthful, versatile....
They can flavor just about everything from rice pudding to meatballs !!! Lemonade is one of the finest refreshing drinks. The Moroccans pickle them, people suck on them, use them to whiten hands and linen, reduce fishy odors, to avoid discoloring food like chopped apples and avocados, to make key lime and lemon meringue pie, cebiches...and the lemon plant with its flowers is just lovely.
Peter Paul and Mary, that folk group from the 70's, sang "Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet..but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat..." That song was beautiful, but those last words are simply wrong.
My friend P had a Meyer lemon tree in her yard. F like lemon juice on everything, as does his daughter, K. I like-need-to have them around. If I don't, I feel panicky.