Thread: Myer Lemons
View Single Post
  #18 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.diabetic
Karen[_11_] Karen[_11_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 117
Default Myer Lemons


On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:30:41 -0700, in alt.food.diabetic, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Karen" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:43:14 -0700, in alt.food.diabetic, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Todd" > wrote in message
...
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Have you guys discovered Myer Lemons yet? They are
>>>> like a regular lemon without the "nasty".
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_lemon
>>>>
>>>> I use mine of fried chicken. What do you use them on?
>>>>
>>>> I will nibble on the spent peals while cooking. You
>>>> got to try them! Lemon without the nasty. Raley's and
>>>> Trader Joe's both carry them out here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -T
>>>
>>>Lemons aren't nasty! I love them. And check the carb count on the
>>>Meyers.
>>>They are crossed with an orange or a tangerine or something. Probably
>>>more
>>>carbs than you'd want. I can live without them.

>>
>> Julie, according to Sunkist the meyer lemon has 4 grams per 2 oz
>> http://www.sunkist.com/healthy/nutri...spx#meyerlemon
>> and the standard lemon has 5 grams per 2 oz.
>> http://www.sunkist.com/healthy/nutri...ts.aspx#lemons
>> One gram difference is not a lot.

>
>When I looked it up it said that one lemon has 5 grams while one Meyer lemon
>has 41 grams.


Where did you look?