Jean B. a écrit :
> 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.
>
Obviously, none is a melon ! ;-)

But more seriously if what you have is bumpy and a quite big fruit it
could be a citron (cédrat) perhaps a diamante.

Size really is a good indicator in this case.
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Chris CII, Rennes, France