Simply wash them and soak them overnight in baking soda. Rinse and pile it un the clean jar. Cut one up and squeeze some juice in the water, pack it in and fill with filtered water. Its kept for up to two years. No salt, just fresh lemon rind water to drink daily. Its a great curative for gut health and it lasts. Just add back the water you drink daily. Drink the little bits from the open lemon and use the open one for tea or juice. Then you can open up another one. Squeeze some juice. Rinse and add it back to the jar for more lemon flavored water. Its the freshest water on a hot day. Lemon rind water is great for your health. A great Thirst quencher!!😊
How much baking soda do you use to wash your lemons? Do you let the lemons sit in this bath on your counter over night then rinse and pack into jar with filtered water?
@@connieshaffer4381 I just rub it between my hands with ba.soda and rinse it off. Let it sit in water An hour or over night. Rinse again and add filtered water for drinking. Refrigerate.
I bought a bag of lemons at costco for $6.00. I have an electric citrus juicer so I juiced & strained them. Into a ziploc & froze it flat. I easily shave away what I need for cooking etc from the frozen block which takes a fraction of the space (& work) of preserved whole lemons. It always tastes exactly like fresh squeezed & it is very easy to draw from. Did this with limes after throwing away 1 too many dried out ones. Fast/easy/minimal space in freezer.
That’s a lot of fridge space for the average family. I love keeping lemons for cooking etc. My technique: First I zest about 10 lemons. I then freeze-dry the zest. You can also dehydrate the zest with a household dehydrator. We use the zest in cooking or to make our own lemon pepper. Then, Using a citrus press I squeeze the 10 lemons and freeze the juice in ice trays. Then transfer the lemon ice cubes into a zip lock for use throughout the year. It may be more work at the front end but it certainly makes for easier storage.
I prefer to use the way that works when the power's out. Don't need to lose more food in an emergency. But that's why we bought a house with a cold crawl space. Dehydrated zests are a cool idea though.
Yes, love your suggestions. I do dehydrate lemons, but our lemon tree has only a couple of months off. I picked lemons that have ripened over winter. I am adding to oranges to make marmalade.
Jars are super expensive especially 1/2 gal and 1 gal sizes that I like to use for some of my fermenting. Here the 1 gallon jars costs about 35 to 38 dollars each. However ... I can buy 1 gallon jars of store brand/off brand commercial pickles from one of our two local stores really CHEAP (less than 6 dollars). Although I don't like to waste food, I have to toss their very nasty tasting pickles and brine 🤢🤮 (if I start to feel guilty all I have to do is taste one and the guilt completely disappears) and I keep the jars and lids for my fermenting.
You don't need salt, or to cut them open. I have some in my fridge going on almost 2 years and they look brand new. All I did was clean them, put them in a jar, and the upside-down top of a plastic bottle to keep them below the water level. For people saying, "That's a lot of fridge space!" the survivalist way of doing this would be to dig/drill a giant hole in your basement with a cap. Then lower them down into it with a bucket filled with cold water. They will last well over a year.
If you are looking for fresh lemon juice, squeezing the lemons and freezing the juice in cubes (I use an ice cube tray) and wrapping the cubes and putting them in a silicone freezer bag uses up less actual fridge/freezer space, and lasts up to 6 months. I buy lemons on sale, and do this for all of my cooking as it tastes exactly like fresh lemon juice. Super fast and convenient. You can also water bath can lemon juice - only needs 5 minutes of processing time, to have a chemical free lemon juice for baking and canning, and is shelf stable.
O my gosh! I love this video, thank you! I also have your book Everything Worth Preserving but a video is awesome too. I got a baby lemon tree, really a 1.5' bush and it now has 45 lemons growing and 20 More blooms and still blooming!!!!!!! We will be needing this, lol!
You're probably going to want to eliminate some of the fruits so you get good fruit from what you do allow to mature. That's way too much fruit for a tree that size to support without the fruit and the tree taking a hit.
where did you get your bush and how long did it take to grow lemons? Im zone 5b and got lemons after 5 years :( I put it outside in summer and bring it in for winter. What kind of tree? Mine was meyers but got 6 ft before it gave me lemons. Then it got white bugs and died :(
I’ve been placing my store bought lemons in glass jars under water and then into the fridge for awhile now and I can’t believe how much longer they last! Just started with avocado and that was amazing too!
Yes I do that with avocados and it’s amazing not losing them to going bad or over ripe they stay the same! I love it. Now I buy lemons by the bag and they go bad before I use them all so now I will save my lemons and not lose any. Also I keep h my arms of all kinds. I just can’t throw them away there are so many things to use them for! It’s growing now!
Avocados don't even need to go in water; if you just keep em in the fridge their ripening slows down drastically. Let them get most the way ripe then put them in the fridge to stop the process. Then they don't all get ripe and need to be used in one day lol.
I know another method; 🌞put the each lemon in a plactic bag, close it very tightly and put it into a fridge. I've tired it, still after 6 months they are all ok. It's a simple way to keep them fresh for a long time.
For an accurate 3% brine, weigh the fruit with the required amount of water. Convert to grams.Take that figure and multiple by .03. Resultant answer is the weight of the salt you need.
I bought your Preserving Book and got it today 😃. This will be so much fun to try your recipes and will start with the whole lemons…..🍋 Thank you Melissa !
Great! I resisted doing the wedge method just because of the saltiness; so glad you tried this. Doing this today! Also made my first recipe out of your book, the pulled pork yesterday. All jars sealed. Can't wait to crack one open; maybe on my next sour dough baking day I'll make nice hamburger buns to put in on.
I love Redmond salt as well it's all I use . I tossed all the white bleached salt and made the switch. I made a watermelon electrolyte drink in a gallon jar and that salt has the best flavor plus all the minerals that are taken out of white salt . I like your channel I just stumbled onto it . Good information, because I love lemons 🍋. Thank you for all the great help
Very informative video! For North African and South Asian savory dishes, like lemon and olive chicken tajine, the traditional cut method is standard because you usually only use the rind (after scraping out the pulp), rinsed and cut into small strips. It retains the perfect amount of salt and lemon flavor. Some people will use the pulp as well, it depends on the dish. I spent some time in Morocco in the '70s, fell in love with the cuisine and have been cooking it regularly ever since. I don't bake often, but I will definitely utilize your non-cut method here for a batch so that I'll have some stored for out of season. (Who wants to pay $3 per lemon?!)
I love this idea just to keep them from going bad on my countertop. Yes i can go buy some if i need them, but this is a great way to keep from needless waste! I always buy more than I need and it's so nice just to have them on hand always 🙂
… I LOVE the “Moroccan “ style salty fermented lemons ! … they are fantastic in slow cooker chicken recipes and recipes like fresh seafood salad … BUT, I will definitely be putting up some whole lemons now as well as limes ! … thanks …
Tried her method and Love it. My lemons are still good after a year. Of course they are refrigerated and they have a little of the salty brine now, but I really like the flavor and I'm still enjoying lemons. OH and I love eating the peel with that tangy salty taste. Nice!
I live in an RV I just keep the bag open so that it gets airflow and as long as I feel around in the bag once a month and pull any potential soft ones out which is extremely rare they will the last 6 months or longer in a cool place
I grow some over-achieving Meyer lemon plants in pots that produce a plethora of fruit that can’t all be used quickly, so I will give this a try with my next harvest! Thanks for doing the experiment with whole lemons and the video!
I grow some lemon trees (in pots and they come in during the winter) and this is the second time I’ve done this. My first batch of Meyer Lemons will be a year old in March 2024, and my second batch are New Zealand Lemonade lemons. I’m so thankful to have found this method of preservation!
I never wanted to do this bc you usually can only use the skins and it wastes most of the lemon. this is much better. I love lemons and I don't want to waste half of the lemon. I want the pulp and the juice. I will try this ASAP. amazing
Oh my word!!!! Thank you,Thank you,Thank you!!!!!! I have been trying to figure a way to preserve lemons without all that salt. I don’t particularly care for that much salt on a lemon and like you said you can’t really use it for any kind of sweets. Oh I’m so glad I will start this immediately. I will go to the store tomorrow and get lemons. Thank you again I am so happy. I probably will do maybe a couple of them in a small jar and leave them for over a year and see how long I can keep going with them. I’m so excited.😂
Thank you for teaching me how to do this. In my country (NZ) lemons can cost up to $20 a kilo in the off season opposed to about $4 in season. I get constant kidney stones (I won't bore you with my health history but to say that I've lived 10 years longer than the two years my lifelong specialists predicted when I was only 32) because having surgery is now a death sentence I treat it with lemon juice so I have it everyday in water in just pure juice. During the off season I use both the juice that I freeze and a supermarket pure lemon juice product because it's the cheapest way. I also dehydrate the lemon peel in my dehydrator which is perfect for baking.
That is so expensive! I live in California USA. My mom has a lemon tree that gives almost year round except for when it goes into this regenerating stage for a short time and then its on again. Here is a video I found on making lemon powder out of lemons. Hope this helps. God bless you. ruclips.net/video/eNlYhd3N6R4/видео.html
Your health of kidney if it’s due to creatinine, Take moringa (drumstick leaves) every day. My cousin’s hubby had kidney problem after taking prolonged drugs for diabetes, his creatinine level dropped after taking moringa. Our pharma (organic) produce 300 mg moringa tablets. He takes 1 tablet twice daily.
@Wendy Hla hi, my health is quite complex with various illnesses, complications and contradictions so it all needs to be taken into account when having either natural or chemical. Someone else on here has also suggested Moringa however my creatinine levels are where they they are meant to be. I really appreciate you trying to help. 😊
That is very interesting and good to know. I can appreciate the time you spent in doing this and showing us the lemons that you stored for a year. Truth be told, I only buy fresh lemons for their juice. The best way I’ve found (and saves space), is to juice my lemons & limes and freeze them in an ice tray. I can put the cubes in a zipper bag and keep in the freezer. Each cube is almost 2 Tablespoons. Also, lemons and limes can be frozen for longer storage. Of course the skins are soggy after they are thawed out, but they sure do make juicing them a lot easier. 😉
I put some lemons I had bought in a large jar and put them in the fridge without water, they kept fresh and didn't dry out at all for about a month and a half. I am going to try for longer to see if it still works.
I suggest you date your jars. You can just put a piece of tape on the jar and write on the tape the date you preserved the lemons. I thank you for the lesson. I've always wanted to know how lemons are preserved.
Great video! It's the best one I've found out of all the other information that I was looking at. And, I made your homemade mayonnaise recipe and it was absolutely delicious! No more store-bought mayo for me. 🙌🏻💕
That’s a Moroccan staple. Not only it’s a technique to use lemon but also it gives the lemons a différents food profile. Since some receipes are better with preserved lemon and people will use them even if they have fresh lemon in the fridge
Another thing I do is leave them on the tree as long as possible. I’m pretty sure I left some lemons on the tree for an entire year and the tree just keeps it perfectly preserved. The only thing is when you do finally pick it, it is well ripened and although tastes the same has a much shorter shelf life and needs to be used within a couple days.
One thing you didn't mention that would seem logical to me would be upon removing lemons from the jar, you would need to add additional brine to keep the others in the jar fully submerged? Also, have you tried this with other citrus such as regular limes, key limes, tangerines, grapefruit or oranges?
You are the only channel I've seen that stores them in the fridge. I just keep mine in the kitchen on a shelf out of direct sunlight. Some of my jars are lime as well and almost 2 yrs old... they are doing great each time I use some I just cap the jar till next time I need a lemon or lime.
Thank you for saying this! I really don't want to keep them in the fridge. Can I ask a few questions: Do you use all the same ratios of salt/water and leave them whole? Have you tried oranges/grapefruit? If you remove a few, do they start floating above the surface, and is that a problem? I would be so grateful to hear your feedback. :)
Perfect for making home-made mayo! I have chickens and store up avocado oil, but the lemon juice is always a concern since we can't get beautiful quality organic lemons year round here in central Kentucky. Thank you for this!
I don't have room in my fridge. I squeeze my citrus and put them into cube trays for 1 month longer is you can. I find it dehydrates the juice thaw to room temp it and can it for 10 minutes. It will last for much longer and it will free up the fridge.
I have always wanted to do this, but I didn't really want salty lemons. I'm so glad you did this without cutting into them. QUESTION: Can I use a jar with a glass lid that does not tighten or do I need to make sure the lid is secure?
Love lemons, can’t wait to try this! I use lemon zest to make limoncello, so I’d like to see how this way stands up to lemons without their zest. Looking forward to trying this, thank you!
I am so happy your video "randomly" showed up on my screen. I am definitely going to try this - I love lemon, AND you had me at Redmond Real Salt. Thank you! I'm going to subscribe and check out more of your work.
I love this, I go through so many lemons. Sometimes the grocery store is out of organic, great way to preserve when needed. Do you think limes would also work? I love guacamole!
Lemons are super easy to grow too. We have 3 Meyer lemon potted bushes so no sprays on our lemons. I don't even do much for the lemon bushes. Just fertilize it twice a year with wood ash and fish bone and leaves them outside by our porch.
always have to have one negative nelly reply! Maybe there are people on this site that grow their own and don't spray!!! Ever think about that and the fact the there's such a thing called water and soap to wash, which she stated she did.
Thanks for posting this!!! I tried to other method with the salt inside the lemon and it didn’t work at all. I definitely will try the method with fermenting the whole lemon without cutting it. ❤❤
Does the liquid in the jar become fermented? I’m new to this and want to ferment something that I can use to make homemade mayo, so that it will keep in the fridge longer. Thank you!
thank you for this great information.. can you use a couple lemons & replace them with fresh lemons in the same jar/water and if you can do you put the fresh ones in the same water or change the water also? Thank you this is something I havent seen before so need more guidance.
❤ Thank you so much Melissa, today I just made this, I do made it maybe 3 years ago but isnt tasty \ at one with sugar\ other salt\ after that I dont have no more motivation to do\ when I see you with this ,, actually today second times again watch this video just to know check I dont made mistakes,, I will let you know, I be back to, after this fermentation, just to let you know,, results.thank you so much .
Will this work with any citrus? Also now that you used a lemon and now they are above the brine should a weight be put on top or does that matter at this stage? Thanks for the video. I saw one the other day on the fermented Feb collab and she cut and salted and I was hoping there was another way.
I just got two meyer lemon trees for Mother’s Day this year. They are inside now in huge pots. Theylll go out after temps are higher. What is the best fertilizer for them? I have miracle grow and know they need more something more geared toward citrus. They are growing great with lots of blooms and two lemons growing.
Citrate for citrus plants, soil well draining with some sand in the mix. If lemons, mine tend to flower during early winter indoors, so I pollinate them myself with a cutip or small paint brush. Watch out for spider mites; I use yellow sticky paper next to them for that or spray right on infestation with a mix of tea, rosemary, citrus juice, and cinnamon. They also seem to like to be misted regularly but do not over water in the planter. I also use a plant light while indoors for five hours during very early morning hours when it tends to be colder at night during winter even indoors. I saw some youtuber who said to plant a banana in the pot for potassium, especially for an alvocado, but, lol, I have not tried that one yet.
Oh, btw, kumquats are quite prolific on their own, will flower outside during summer and you will have fruit during winter; however, lemons seem to take a full year to ripen.
Great tip. On the Drew Barrymore show they showed just putting the lemons in a big jar with fresh water. They said the lemons would last several weeks. I tried that and it seems to have worked but if I can get even longer with this technique, I'll do it! Thanks for sharing.
I tried that method too, I left the lemons in the fridge in water for about 2 months, but the peels became very mushy, and I wound up throwing them away.
Thanks very much. And I much prefer plain lemon juice. But, I think I’ll use smaller jars, maybe 2, cause they fit in my refrigerator. There are many foods that come in smaller jars like yours - pasta sauce, applesauce, etc. Your fridge must be huge. 🍋🌷🌱
I have lemon trees and the lemons do not all come ripe at the same time. Could I place lemons in a jar and add to them over a couple of months? Maybe rotate the lemons as I go? I have two small trees maybe 10 lemons in various stages of growth. I gave extras away last year, but have room to do this in the fridge.
I will preserve Calamansi using your brine (and the other advice to just submerge in water to make them last for six months). Let us see. You will hear from me after 12 months. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👏🏼🇵🇭
How would you do it if you want to save them for making lemonade, no one wants salt in there lemonade lol and I hate vinegar, so what do you suggest, and I also put lemon slices in my lemonade so any help please. Thank you
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Simply wash them and soak them overnight in baking soda. Rinse and pile it un the clean jar. Cut one up and squeeze some juice in the water, pack it in and fill with filtered water. Its kept for up to two years. No salt, just fresh lemon rind water to drink daily. Its a great curative for gut health and it lasts. Just add back the water you drink daily. Drink the little bits from the open lemon and use the open one for tea or juice. Then you can open up another one. Squeeze some juice. Rinse and add it back to the jar for more lemon flavored water. Its the freshest water on a hot day. Lemon rind water is great for your health. A great Thirst quencher!!😊
How much baking soda do you use to wash your lemons? Do you let the lemons sit in this bath on your counter over night then rinse and pack into jar with filtered water?
@@connieshaffer4381 I just rub it between my hands with ba.soda and rinse it off. Let it sit in water An hour or over
night. Rinse again and add filtered water for drinking. Refrigerate.
Thank you for getting back to me. We can't have salt, so I'm glad there's another way.
Have a great weekend 😀
Do you use the rind?
Can the rind still be used?
I bought a bag of lemons at costco for $6.00. I have an electric citrus juicer so I juiced & strained them. Into a ziploc & froze it flat. I easily shave away what I need for cooking etc from the frozen block which takes a fraction of the space (& work) of preserved whole lemons. It always tastes exactly like fresh squeezed & it is very easy to draw from. Did this with limes after throwing away 1 too many dried out ones. Fast/easy/minimal space in freezer.
I use ice cube trays, freeze it in trays and then put them in ziplock freezer bags. It is easy to use.
I was about to say is there an easier way than using a plastic bag but I just read the other comment about the ice tray.
That’s a lot of fridge space for the average family. I love keeping lemons for cooking etc. My technique: First I zest about 10 lemons. I then freeze-dry the zest. You can also dehydrate the zest with a household dehydrator. We use the zest in cooking or to make our own lemon pepper. Then, Using a citrus press I squeeze the 10 lemons and freeze the juice in ice trays. Then transfer the lemon ice cubes into a zip lock for use throughout the year. It may be more work at the front end but it certainly makes for easier storage.
Thank u
I do the same.🍋
Holy moly! I'm a dude, and I'll just plop some lemons in a glass of water as per the video and be done with it. But you be you.
I prefer to use the way that works when the power's out. Don't need to lose more food in an emergency. But that's why we bought a house with a cold crawl space. Dehydrated zests are a cool idea though.
Yes, love your suggestions. I do dehydrate lemons, but our lemon tree has only a couple of months off. I picked lemons that have ripened over winter. I am adding to oranges to make marmalade.
Jars are super expensive especially 1/2 gal and 1 gal sizes that I like to use for some of my fermenting. Here the 1 gallon jars costs about 35 to 38 dollars each. However ... I can buy 1 gallon jars of store brand/off brand commercial pickles from one of our two local stores really CHEAP (less than 6 dollars). Although I don't like to waste food, I have to toss their very nasty tasting pickles and brine 🤢🤮 (if I start to feel guilty all I have to do is taste one and the guilt completely disappears) and I keep the jars and lids for my fermenting.
That is just so smart! Thank you for the hot tip.
I get gallon pickle jars for free from a local recycler
Your funny
I was just going to do this haha glad I’m not the only one who has the same thoughts. Azure prices for jars though are the cheapest I have found.
Marshall's Homegoods sells them for really cheap
You don't need salt, or to cut them open. I have some in my fridge going on almost 2 years and they look brand new. All I did was clean them, put them in a jar, and the upside-down top of a plastic bottle to keep them below the water level.
For people saying, "That's a lot of fridge space!" the survivalist way of doing this would be to dig/drill a giant hole in your basement with a cap. Then lower them down into it with a bucket filled with cold water. They will last well over a year.
If you are looking for fresh lemon juice, squeezing the lemons and freezing the juice in cubes (I use an ice cube tray) and wrapping the cubes and putting them in a silicone freezer bag uses up less actual fridge/freezer space, and lasts up to 6 months. I buy lemons on sale, and do this for all of my cooking as it tastes exactly like fresh lemon juice. Super fast and convenient. You can also water bath can lemon juice - only needs 5 minutes of processing time, to have a chemical free lemon juice for baking and canning, and is shelf stable.
This allows you to use the whole lemon and it's fermented which adds to the nutrition.
Yum, I love freezing lemon juice😍
The peels can be dehydrated then ground into lemon powder, which can also be used for lemonade.
Does it not get bitter when canned? Citrus always seem to get bitter if not frozen
@@sandicupp5009 Only if there is pulp in it. If you strain it well, it does not get bitter.
O my gosh! I love this video, thank you! I also have your book Everything Worth Preserving but a video is awesome too. I got a baby lemon tree, really a 1.5' bush and it now has 45 lemons growing and 20 More blooms and still blooming!!!!!!! We will be needing this, lol!
Wow! What growing zone/part of the country are you located?
You're probably going to want to eliminate some of the fruits so you get good fruit from what you do allow to mature. That's way too much fruit for a tree that size to support without the fruit and the tree taking a hit.
where did you get your bush and how long did it take to grow lemons? Im zone 5b and got lemons after 5 years :( I put it outside in summer and bring it in for winter. What kind of tree? Mine was meyers but got 6 ft before it gave me lemons. Then it got white bugs and died :(
I’ve been placing my store bought lemons in glass jars under water and then into the fridge for awhile now and I can’t believe how much longer they last! Just started with avocado and that was amazing too!
I wondered about that! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻❤️
So you place the fruit in the jar and just fill with plain water, not salted?
@@marlelarmarlelar9547 Yep. I’m not trying to preserve them for a year just a few weeks.
Yes I do that with avocados and it’s amazing not losing them to going bad or over ripe they stay the same! I love it. Now I buy lemons by the bag and they go bad before I use them all so now I will save my lemons and not lose any. Also I keep h my arms of all kinds. I just can’t throw them away there are so many things to use them for! It’s growing now!
Avocados don't even need to go in water; if you just keep em in the fridge their ripening slows down drastically. Let them get most the way ripe then put them in the fridge to stop the process. Then they don't all get ripe and need to be used in one day lol.
I know another method; 🌞put the each lemon in a plactic bag, close it very tightly and put it into a fridge. I've tired it, still after 6 months they are all ok. It's a simple way to keep them fresh for a long time.
For an accurate 3% brine, weigh the fruit with the required amount of water. Convert to grams.Take that figure and multiple by .03. Resultant answer is the weight of the salt you need.
I bought your Preserving Book and got it today 😃.
This will be so much fun to try your recipes and will start with the whole lemons…..🍋
Thank you Melissa !
Great! I resisted doing the wedge method just because of the saltiness; so glad you tried this. Doing this today! Also made my first recipe out of your book, the pulled pork yesterday. All jars sealed. Can't wait to crack one open; maybe on my next sour dough baking day I'll make nice hamburger buns to put in on.
I love Redmond salt as well it's all I use . I tossed all the white bleached salt and made the switch. I made a watermelon electrolyte drink in a gallon jar and that salt has the best flavor plus all the minerals that are taken out of white salt . I like your channel I just stumbled onto it . Good information, because I love lemons 🍋. Thank you for all the great help
Very informative video! For North African and South Asian savory dishes, like lemon and olive chicken tajine, the traditional cut method is standard because you usually only use the rind (after scraping out the pulp), rinsed and cut into small strips. It retains the perfect amount of salt and lemon flavor. Some people will use the pulp as well, it depends on the dish. I spent some time in Morocco in the '70s, fell in love with the cuisine and have been cooking it regularly ever since. I don't bake often, but I will definitely utilize your non-cut method here for a batch so that I'll have some stored for out of season. (Who wants to pay $3 per lemon?!)
I love this idea just to keep them from going bad on my countertop. Yes i can go buy some if i need them, but this is a great way to keep from needless waste! I always buy more than I need and it's so nice just to have them on hand always 🙂
So glad you did this video I wasn't crazy about the sliced version. Thank you
… I LOVE the “Moroccan “ style salty fermented lemons ! … they are fantastic in slow cooker chicken recipes and recipes like fresh seafood salad … BUT, I will definitely be putting up some whole lemons now as well as limes ! … thanks …
Tried her method and Love it. My lemons are still good after a year. Of course they are refrigerated and they have a little of the salty brine now, but I really like the flavor and I'm still enjoying lemons. OH and I love eating the peel with that tangy salty taste. Nice!
I live in an RV I just keep the bag open so that it gets airflow and as long as I feel around in the bag once a month and pull any potential soft ones out which is extremely rare they will the last 6 months or longer in a cool place
Ok girl! I went ahead and did this with lemons and limes. I'm excited! Thank you!
I grow some over-achieving Meyer lemon plants in pots that produce a plethora of fruit that can’t all be used quickly, so I will give this a try with my next harvest! Thanks for doing the experiment with whole lemons and the video!
Wow that sounds so interesting... 😲
I have a Meyer tree but no fruit, what are your best tips for production? Thank you! 🙏🏻
You could donate your extras to your local food-bank to prevent waste.
I grow some lemon trees (in pots and they come in during the winter) and this is the second time I’ve done this. My first batch of Meyer Lemons will be a year old in March 2024, and my second batch are New Zealand Lemonade lemons. I’m so thankful to have found this method of preservation!
I never wanted to do this bc you usually can only use the skins and it wastes most of the lemon. this is much better. I love lemons and I don't want to waste half of the lemon. I want the pulp and the juice. I will try this ASAP. amazing
I throw the salty pulp (after chopping finely) into my popcorn. Delicious!
I started putting my cilantro in jars in the fridge and it keeps well.This lemon deal is great...I will try it.
Oh my word!!!! Thank you,Thank you,Thank you!!!!!! I have been trying to figure a way to preserve lemons without all that salt. I don’t particularly care for that much salt on a lemon and like you said you can’t really use it for any kind of sweets. Oh I’m so glad I will start this immediately. I will go to the store tomorrow and get lemons. Thank you again I am so happy. I probably will do maybe a couple of them in a small jar and leave them for over a year and see how long I can keep going with them. I’m so excited.😂
Thank you for teaching me how to do this. In my country (NZ) lemons can cost up to $20 a kilo in the off season opposed to about $4 in season. I get constant kidney stones (I won't bore you with my health history but to say that I've lived 10 years longer than the two years my lifelong specialists predicted when I was only 32) because having surgery is now a death sentence I treat it with lemon juice so I have it everyday in water in just pure juice. During the off season I use both the juice that I freeze and a supermarket pure lemon juice product because it's the cheapest way. I also dehydrate the lemon peel in my dehydrator which is perfect for baking.
That is so expensive! I live in California USA. My mom has a lemon tree that gives almost year round except for when it goes into this regenerating stage for a short time and then its on again. Here is a video I found on making lemon powder out of lemons. Hope this helps. God bless you. ruclips.net/video/eNlYhd3N6R4/видео.html
Your health of kidney if it’s due to creatinine, Take moringa (drumstick leaves) every day. My cousin’s hubby had kidney problem after taking prolonged drugs for diabetes, his creatinine level dropped after taking moringa. Our pharma (organic) produce 300 mg moringa tablets. He takes 1 tablet twice daily.
@FamBam hi, I use my dehydrator to dry out the lemon peels and then I grind it into powder to either put into baking or with lemonade. X
@Wendy Hla hi, my health is quite complex with various illnesses, complications and contradictions so it all needs to be taken into account when having either natural or chemical. Someone else on here has also suggested Moringa however my creatinine levels are where they they are meant to be. I really appreciate you trying to help. 😊
@@amyrivers4093 Carnivore diet heals! ❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Hope you’re doing well.
That is very interesting and good to know. I can appreciate the time you spent in doing this and showing us the lemons that you stored for a year. Truth be told, I only buy fresh lemons for their juice. The best way I’ve found (and saves space), is to juice my lemons & limes and freeze them in an ice tray. I can put the cubes in a zipper bag and keep in the freezer. Each cube is almost 2 Tablespoons. Also, lemons and limes can be frozen for longer storage. Of course the skins are soggy after they are thawed out, but they sure do make juicing them a lot easier. 😉
So cool. I had no idea you could do this with lemons. It’d be convenient for people that have lemon trees!
I have a friend who works at a bar. She saves gallon olive jars for me. Maybe an option to check out.
Ooh good idea. I sometimes order olives from Good Faith olive farm and they have great large glass jars.
I put some lemons I had bought in a large jar and put them in the fridge without water, they kept fresh and didn't dry out at all for about a month and a half. I am going to try for longer to see if it still works.
I suggest you date your jars. You can just put a piece of tape on the jar and write on the tape the date you preserved the lemons. I thank you for the lesson. I've always wanted to know how lemons are preserved.
Great video! It's the best one I've found out of all the other information that I was looking at. And, I made your homemade mayonnaise recipe and it was absolutely delicious! No more store-bought mayo for me. 🙌🏻💕
That’s a Moroccan staple.
Not only it’s a technique to use lemon but also it gives the lemons a différents food profile.
Since some receipes are better with preserved lemon and people will use them even if they have fresh lemon in the fridge
Another thing I do is leave them on the tree as long as possible. I’m pretty sure I left some lemons on the tree for an entire year and the tree just keeps it perfectly preserved. The only thing is when you do finally pick it, it is well ripened and although tastes the same has a much shorter shelf life and needs to be used within a couple days.
My tree is loaded right now, and I'm trying to figure out what to do. When you leave them on, did you get new growth and new lemons? 💚
I love the Yellow Stand Mixer.
I dehydrate fresh juice then powder for space saving. I use the pulp too. The pith or white part of the rind is bitter so leave it out.
3:41 Love the hand wipe.
I'm wondering if this could be done with sugar, the same way it's fine with salt then at least you could have one for sweet and the other for savory
Ohhh I bet you can because several people said the salt isn’t necessary.
Glad you said that about not using ionized.
They say it can make the flavor acrid.
One thing you didn't mention that would seem logical to me would be upon removing lemons from the jar, you would need to add additional brine to keep the others in the jar fully submerged? Also, have you tried this with other citrus such as regular limes, key limes, tangerines, grapefruit or oranges?
I just bought a bag of organic lemons so need to try this.
You are the only channel I've seen that stores them in the fridge. I just keep mine in the kitchen on a shelf out of direct sunlight. Some of my jars are lime as well and almost 2 yrs old... they are doing great each time I use some I just cap the jar till next time I need a lemon or lime.
Thank you for saying this! I really don't want to keep them in the fridge.
Can I ask a few questions:
Do you use all the same ratios of salt/water and leave them whole?
Have you tried oranges/grapefruit?
If you remove a few, do they start floating above the surface, and is that a problem?
I would be so grateful to hear your feedback. :)
@@cyndibird7758you could keep them submerged using plastic or glass lids or small ceramic (sauce dipping) bowls. I do this from the very start.
Sadly I just opened my 3 jars of limes after 1 month and they all have a nasty amount of mold floating on top. I have no idea why. :(
@@cyndibird7758 did you use filtered water?
@@VonM. yes!
Perfect for making home-made mayo! I have chickens and store up avocado oil, but the lemon juice is always a concern since we can't get beautiful quality organic lemons year round here in central Kentucky. Thank you for this!
Get a miniature lemon tree, they arent that big, you can even keep it indoors so it doesnt freeze in cold outdoors.
We always squeezed lemons, put juice in cube tray to freeze then stored in containers & back to freezer.
I don't have room in my fridge. I squeeze my citrus and put them into cube trays for 1 month longer is you can. I find it dehydrates the juice thaw to room temp it and can it for 10 minutes. It will last for much longer and it will free up the fridge.
I was searching a method to keep fresh whole lemon and I got to yours! Thanks so much for this video❤
I have always wanted to do this, but I didn't really want salty lemons. I'm so glad you did this without cutting into them. QUESTION: Can I use a jar with a glass lid that does not tighten or do I need to make sure the lid is secure?
You don't have to tighten it tightly
@@MelissaKNorris Sweet! Thank you!
I've never heard of canning lemons before, but how easy it looks. I may have to try this. ❤the channel.
Thanks, this is so helpful. Just getting into lemon season here in New Zealand and my lemon tree is laden with fruit
Love lemons, can’t wait to try this! I use lemon zest to make limoncello, so I’d like to see how this way stands up to lemons without their zest. Looking forward to trying this, thank you!
I am so happy your video "randomly" showed up on my screen. I am definitely going to try this - I love lemon, AND you had me at Redmond Real Salt. Thank you! I'm going to subscribe and check out more of your work.
i'm a citrus lover so it would be nice to have some of these handy. excited to try this out
I love this, I go through so many lemons. Sometimes the grocery store is out of organic, great way to preserve when needed. Do you think limes would also work? I love guacamole!
Limes
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Probably 😊
REDMOND's REAL SALT is absolutely the BEST
And all the beautiful things farmers ever sprayed on them are now deep in the heart of lemons . Congratulations
Know your farmer and don't buy lemons that have been sprayed.
Lemons are super easy to grow too. We have 3 Meyer lemon potted bushes so no sprays on our lemons. I don't even do much for the lemon bushes. Just fertilize it twice a year with wood ash and fish bone and leaves them outside by our porch.
always have to have one negative nelly reply! Maybe there are people on this site that grow their own and don't spray!!! Ever think about that and the fact the there's such a thing called water and soap to wash, which she stated she did.
Thanks for posting this!!! I tried to other method with the salt inside the lemon and it didn’t work at all. I definitely will try the method with fermenting the whole lemon without cutting it. ❤❤
Can you also do that w/ limes or oranges? Sorry if that’s a dumb question
Does the liquid in the jar become fermented? I’m new to this and want to ferment something that I can use to make homemade mayo, so that it will keep in the fridge longer. Thank you!
I like that method better than cutting them . Great video !! 👍💕🏡
thank you for this great information.. can you use a couple lemons & replace them with fresh lemons in the same jar/water and if you can do you put the fresh ones in the same water or change the water also? Thank you this is something I havent seen before so need more guidance.
I SO LOVE THIS!!! Thank you! I am curious if you can pack it fuller by blending lemon and lime. What are your thoughts?
Should work but you may have a flavor difference
Awesome; thank you! This should save me from having my lemons and limes turn to rocks before I can use them!
Grey Celtic salt is my favorite. It has more minerals than pink and tastes really good for a salt. I use it for everything.
Melissa you're the best! Very clear explanations!
❤ Thank you so much Melissa, today I just made this, I do made it maybe 3 years ago but isnt tasty \ at one with sugar\ other salt\ after that I dont have no more motivation to do\ when I see you with this ,, actually today second times again watch this video just to know check I dont made mistakes,, I will let you know, I be back to, after this fermentation, just to let you know,, results.thank you so much .
Great informative video as always, I guess you could use that method with any citrus. TFS 🍋👍
Love you and your book Melissa!
very nice! I did this with limes after the hurricane hit Florida this fall. I'll be trying this with lemons too. thanks
Love the whole lemon thing... Def trying this... Thank you ❤
Will this work with any citrus? Also now that you used a lemon and now they are above the brine should a weight be put on top or does that matter at this stage? Thanks for the video. I saw one the other day on the fermented Feb collab and she cut and salted and I was hoping there was another way.
I do this with limes!
What do people use for weights when needed?
I have the same Blue Willow Bowl 😍 cant wait to try this!
I just got two meyer lemon trees for Mother’s Day this year. They are inside now in huge pots. Theylll go out after temps are higher. What is the best fertilizer for them? I have miracle grow and know they need more something more geared toward citrus. They are growing great with lots of blooms and two lemons growing.
Citrate for citrus plants, soil well draining with some sand in the mix. If lemons, mine tend to flower during early winter indoors, so I pollinate them myself with a cutip or small paint brush. Watch out for spider mites; I use yellow sticky paper next to them for that or spray right on infestation with a mix of tea, rosemary, citrus juice, and cinnamon. They also seem to like to be misted regularly but do not over water in the planter. I also use a plant light while indoors for five hours during very early morning hours when it tends to be colder at night during winter even indoors. I saw some youtuber who said to plant a banana in the pot for potassium, especially for an alvocado, but, lol, I have not tried that one yet.
Oh, btw, kumquats are quite prolific on their own, will flower outside during summer and you will have fruit during winter; however, lemons seem to take a full year to ripen.
@@lf4061 thank you for responding. 🍋
Really like the second method without the fermentation! Once you open the jar, how long will the lemons in it last if kept refrigerated? Thank you!
?…. Did you ever get an answer back about once you open the jar? How long are the rest of them good?
Great tip. On the Drew Barrymore show they showed just putting the lemons in a big jar with fresh water. They said the lemons would last several weeks. I tried that and it seems to have worked but if I can get even longer with this technique, I'll do it! Thanks for sharing.
I tried that method too, I left the lemons in the fridge in water for about 2 months, but the peels became very mushy, and I wound up throwing them away.
@@neelys4711 Agreed. That way only lasts three weeks or so.
I just wash my lemons with baking soda and water. Dry them and put them in a glass jar with lid and they keep for months in refrigerator!
@@goldenopportunities8559in a jar with no water?
@@lorremach5759 yes, no water. Wash with baking soda. Dry completely and place in a clean glass jar with a glass top😊
Awesome tip!! Thanks I’m going to do this!
I love Redmond products. Great video.
Thanks 🙏 i am always throwing 🍋 away cause i dont get to them in time,.i didn't even know this was possible. Iam going to do this.
Thank you for sharing this! Will this work for all citrus fruits?
Love lemons....last time I tried preserving oemons theychanged colors
Thank you so much. I love using lemons
Can I use Iodized salt instead of sea salt?
Can I put the container in Deep Freeze?
Thanks for the technique.
Simple and Easy. Thanks for Share.
Thanks for Share. Beautiful Always.
Thank you.I am testing this with one lemon and filtered water.(no salt)I
will let you know how long it will stay fresh.If anything its pretty.
well? how did it go?
Hi, love the recipe as I too don’t like them too salty. Thank you. Are you able to tell me how soon I can use them after making them?
Thank you cause there are times I’m just loaded with lemons my lemon tree is so generous.
Does anyone know if the fermented ones taste ok for lemon water? Or is it still too salty for a drink.
Thanks very much. And I much prefer plain lemon juice. But, I think I’ll use smaller jars, maybe 2, cause they fit in my refrigerator. There are many foods that come in smaller jars like yours - pasta sauce, applesauce, etc. Your fridge must be huge. 🍋🌷🌱
thank you for the information, while the lemons in fermentation , do I need to open the lid daily to release pressure ?
Wow! I freeze mine! But I have to try this! Can u do Limes with this also?
Thank you for this information. I have piles of 1 gallon jars, even gave 10 away. Can we do other fruit like this?
Wow given the shown result I may even try this💖
Would apple cider vinegar work instead of salt?
Thank you I have been looking for a way to preserve lemons will this work for oranges and limes as well
I haven't used it with oranges but it will work with limes
❤ I love this over the sliced method!
I have lemon trees and the lemons do not all come ripe at the same time. Could I place lemons in a jar and add to them over a couple of months? Maybe rotate the lemons as I go? I have two small trees maybe 10 lemons in various stages of growth. I gave extras away last year, but have room to do this in the fridge.
Can you use plastic container,love this
How can you store them for long term after they have fermented? Could you water bath them to seal the jars maybe?
No, fermenting is the preservation technique and they last a year +
1 Tbsp salt (no iodine) : 2 cups water
I will preserve Calamansi using your brine (and the other advice to just submerge in water to make them
last for six months). Let us see. You will hear from me after 12 months.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👏🏼🇵🇭
If I don’t have organic lemons, I wash my lemons in water and baking soda, let them sit for 15 minutes, rinse and use.
How would you do it if you want to save them for making lemonade, no one wants salt in there lemonade lol and I hate vinegar, so what do you suggest, and I also put lemon slices in my lemonade so any help please. Thank you