Christophe Bachmann wrote:
> Giusi a écrit :
>> "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"?
>>
> Here we have pictures of the citron (cédrat)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron
>
> the lemon (citron)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon
>
> and the lime (citron vert)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(fruit)
>
> The differences are notable and enable to determine what you have in
> your stores.

That obviously is no melon! The rind reminds me a bit of the more
bumpy kaffir lime, which is also used for rind (and leaves) as vs,
fruit. Interesting.

--
Jean B.