Christophe Bachmann wrote:
> 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.

I deleted a previous post, which would explain my melon comment.
I have seen citron referred to as a melon in old books, and it
obviously isn't one!

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Jean B.