Starting down an isle at Smart & Final, my eye was
caught by a giant bag of lemons. Lemons
en mass. Many lemons, small but in a
potent yellow. Lots a lemons….and sucked
in by the color I added the bag to my cart.
Do I have a need for all these lemons? Not at all.
They sure do add color to my living room. What to do with them? Perhaps a lemon cake? Not one of my hundred or so cook books had a good
lemon cake. And I looked. So I started dinner and came upstairs to
check online.
What I found was two sites that specialized in cake mix
adaptations. That’s me. I make a giant sheet cake every Sunday using
three cake mixes. All the adaptations I
found called for sour cream. One cup of
sour cream per box of cake mix. Now that
would be fine if I were just making one regular, two layer cake. I cannot see using three cups of sour cream
for the two hundred some drunks with the cost coming out of George’s pocket.
Personally, I don’t need the calories. Maybe the newcomers do need the
calories. I’m not using the suggestions,
but those cake mix adaptations sure do sound good.
Perhaps I’ll make lemonade.
I like to use cake mixes because the cake always comes out perfectly.
ReplyDeleteWhen all else fails,make lemonade!
ReplyDeleteLove lemons! In a few months, I will have another tree full of fruit! Bring a bag.
ReplyDeleteI love lemons and seldom use them. I drink tea with half and half and Splenda. Love limes too, and found a seat Salsa recipe in 'Diabetic Living'. Magazine.
ReplyDeleteReading about the collapse of civilization in the Middle East in 1177 BC. Great stuff. And tells us how long tribal warfare has been going on.
I have lost some weight...but it is getting harder now that I am at home to keep it down when I can eat all those things in my house that I like...all those things being food.
ReplyDeleteI keep lemons in my fridge, even when they get expensive. A slice in my tea. A slice in a glass of seltzer or in water. (Very low calorie, without chemicals.)
ReplyDeleteLemon juice instead of vinegar in salad dressing. A squeeze of lemon over vegetables instead of salt.
You get the idea.
I vote lemonade or iced tea with lemons. Pfftt on the cake!
ReplyDeleteI love all things lemon and often squirt my dinner with it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a spotty teen ager I used to drink lemon juice with hot water. Tasted foul but did the trick.