http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article ,
Sacha writes:
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| http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons
|
| Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)

The editor probably said "I'm not falling for that one - you rigged
it up in Photoshop!"


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article C3A573F0.61DF1%
, Sacha says...

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)


I've not seen lemons that big before. Is that due to the
variety or just TLC?
--
David in Normandy

On Jan 5, 5:50*pm, Sacha wrote:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! *;-)

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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I love lemon marmarade, congratulations to Ray, Scaha.

On 5/1/08 18:57, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

In article C3A573F0.61DF1%
, Sacha says...

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)


I've not seen lemons that big before. Is that due to the
variety or just TLC?

It's the variety. C. medica is the lemon used for candying and culinary
use. It's mainly peel and pith. ;-)) C. medica 'Buddha's Hand' is of no
culinary use at all but is used by the Chinese and Japanese to perfume their
houses. I cannot begin to describe the intensity of its scent. It is
exquisite and last year, a cut one in our big greenhouse, retained its
perfume for at least four weeks.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 5/1/08 20:28, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Jan 5, 5:50*pm, Sacha wrote:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...growing-Lemons

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! *;-)

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I love lemon marmarade, congratulations to Ray, Scaha.

One of his many babies being loved and looked after. ;-))


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I love lemon marmarade, congratulations to Ray, Scaha.

One of his many babies being loved and looked after. ;-))


--
Sacha

Congratulations from me too :-)

kate

On 6/1/08 09:18, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote:



Pity they didn't show the Buddha's Hand but 'only' the C. medica! ;-)

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I love lemon marmarade, congratulations to Ray, Scaha.

One of his many babies being loved and looked after. ;-))


--
Sacha

Congratulations from me too :-)

kate

Thanks, Kate. Someone mistakenly told us he'd been in The Sun so there were
some ribald jokes about Ray with his lemons and not his melons. ;-) It all
came about because the local paper was doing one of those seasonal articles
about cold weather, danger to gardens etc. and remembered photographing the
C.medica at a show last year. So they did a local piece on it just before
this cold snap, an agency picked it up and rang to ask Ray if he'd mind if
they sent it round to a few people and there we are!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| It's the variety. C. medica is the lemon used for candying and culinary
| use. It's mainly peel and pith. ;-)) C. medica 'Buddha's Hand' is of no
| culinary use at all but is used by the Chinese and Japanese to perfume their
| houses. I cannot begin to describe the intensity of its scent. It is
| exquisite and last year, a cut one in our big greenhouse, retained its
| perfume for at least four weeks.

I believe that it can be used for cooking! See:

http://www.sanfranciscofoodie.com/sc...uddhasHand.htm

From those and other Web hits, I believe that it would be good in any
of the recipes that use fresh lemon peel - pickles, steamed whole lemon
pudding, chicken/lamb with lemon etc.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 6/1/08 11:00, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| It's the variety. C. medica is the lemon used for candying and culinary
| use. It's mainly peel and pith. ;-)) C. medica 'Buddha's Hand' is of no
| culinary use at all but is used by the Chinese and Japanese to perfume
their
| houses. I cannot begin to describe the intensity of its scent. It is
| exquisite and last year, a cut one in our big greenhouse, retained its
| perfume for at least four weeks.

I believe that it can be used for cooking! See:

http://www.sanfranciscofoodie.com/sc...uddhasHand.htm

From those and other Web hits, I believe that it would be good in any
of the recipes that use fresh lemon peel - pickles, steamed whole lemon
pudding, chicken/lamb with lemon etc.


I'd use the C. medica for that but not the Buddha's Hand. It would be a
terrific waste of its wonderful scent, IMO! IIRC, and now that you've
mentioned it, someone on the food group showed me that article some time ago
and if you're looking to impress with something unusual, that would
certainly do it! I'd forgotten about it.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote:


I'd use the C. medica for that but not the Buddha's Hand. It would
be a terrific waste of its wonderful scent, IMO! .

Hmmm. Could make a decently-sized gin & tonic with it...

--
Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)

On 7/1/08 16:16, in article ,
"Jeff Layman" wrote:

Sacha wrote:


I'd use the C. medica for that but not the Buddha's Hand. It would
be a terrific waste of its wonderful scent, IMO! .

Hmmm. Could make a decently-sized gin & tonic with it...

Someone asked me about that in email and I said we usually find a bucket and
a couple of straws does the trick nicely. ;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote:
On 7/1/08 16:16, in article
, "Jeff Layman"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:


I'd use the C. medica for that but not the Buddha's Hand. It would
be a terrific waste of its wonderful scent, IMO! .

Hmmm. Could make a decently-sized gin & tonic with it...

Someone asked me about that in email and I said we usually find a
bucket and a couple of straws does the trick nicely. ;-))

Don't ask the captain of the Titanic for the ice, though...

--
Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)

On 7/1/08 16:42, in article ,
"Jeff Layman" wrote:

Sacha wrote:
On 7/1/08 16:16, in article
, "Jeff Layman"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:


I'd use the C. medica for that but not the Buddha's Hand. It would
be a terrific waste of its wonderful scent, IMO! .

Hmmm. Could make a decently-sized gin & tonic with it...

Someone asked me about that in email and I said we usually find a
bucket and a couple of straws does the trick nicely. ;-))

Don't ask the captain of the Titanic for the ice, though...

I'm sure we can think of other uses for that. ;-)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'