Loyal Lemon

I don’t like lemon. I find that it has a very sour taste. Do you like lemon?!

Loyal Lemon Facts

• The lemon is native to Asia, around Northeast India, North Burma, and China.

• Lemons are believed to be a hybrid between a sour orange and a citron.

• The lemon is an evergreen tree, it blooms (a white flower) and produces fruit all year round. Each tree can produce between 500 and 600 pounds (225kgs and 270kgs) of lemons a year.

• Christopher Columbus took lemon seeds with him to the America’s in 1493, introducing the fruit there.

• Lemons have a sour taste to them, this is due to the fact that lemon juice contains about 5-6% citric acid.
• Lemon juice is the main ingredient of lemonade. The sour taste of the juice also makes it ideal for squeezing on fish, while slices of lemon or lemon rind are used as a garnish for many other foods and drinks.
• Lemon zest (grated outer rind) is used for flavor in baking of cakes, sponges and biscuits, puddings like lemon meringue pie, rice and other dishes.
• Even the leaves of a lemon tree can be used to make tea and in the preparation of cooked meats and sea foods.
• Due to its high acidic nature the juice of a lemon can be used for cleaning. Lemon halves dipped in salt or baking powder can be used to brighten up copper and clean kitchenware.  
• An experiment that involves attaching electrodes to a lemon can create a battery that produces electricity. Several lemon batteries can power a small digital watch.
• The top 5 producers of lemons in the world each year, in no particular order, are China, India, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.

Loyal Lemon Jokes

Q. What do you get when you cross a cat and a lemon?

A. A sour puss.

Q. Why did the lemon stop rolling down the hill?

A. It ran out of juice.

Q. Why did the lemon go out with a prune?

A. Because she couldn’t find a date.

Q. What do you call a dancing pie?

A. Lemon Meringue.

Q.  Why do lemons wear suntan lotion?

A. Because they peel.

Q. What did lemon say to lime?

A. Nothing, lemons don’t talk!!

Q.  Why did the lemon fail his driving test? 

A. It kept peeling out.

Thanks for reading. Sorry that this post was so short!!