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18 April 2012

The Sweetness of Joy


Lemons.  I love lemons.  Firstly, I love the lemon tree. The leaves are more than decoration.  
One year on the Amalfi coast, I was served the most fantastic melted mozzarella that had been placed on a huge Amalfi lemon leaf and then placed on a grill. 
The oil in the leaf gave the melted cheese an evocative flavour. 

I love the perfume of lemon blossoms. The scent lifts the entire surrounding area.
Everyone should have a lemon tree in their garden or backyard. They use to.  
It was a standard Australian suburban thing to find a lemon tree out the back.  
The idea you can just go outside and pick a lemon fresh off the tree. 

I love lemons themselves.  The juice is sweet and emphasise and enhances all the other flavours it is blended with. 
A squeeze of lemon over grilled lamb,or fresh salad greens, or even some lightly steamed brocollini; A slice of lemon with a G & T.  Summer. 
I love the wide range of yellow that its skin can be. I love the diversity of shape it can be. 
I love lemons. They bring me joy.  Celebrate JoyDay 25 November.