Giusi wrote:
> "Martin" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> .. .
>> Just curious, how large is a lemon - and what are we buying in the shops?
>> In a 18th century recipe (as I remember it) there is mention of three
>> types
>> of "lemons".
>> The largest is a "Citron" (which is funny because lemon is "citron" in
>> Swedish; and French of course), then somewhat smaller is the "Lemon", and
>> the smallest one is the "Lime". So what are the lemons we buy in the shop?
>> Lemons or Citrons?
>
> Here in Italy it depends on the season. Curerently we are getting small
> greenish lemons from South Africa that are sometimes dry and sometimes
> juicy. I like it when the big fat Sorrento lemons are in season, bumpy and
> lovely and the best for limoncello.
>
> Are you a reader of the blog "18th century food"?
>
>
Address for that, please?

BTW, I have seen citron spoken of as a melon too, I think. I am
about to go out but will ponder this more and maybe do a bit of
looking around here.

--
Jean B.