Pucker up!
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The lemon. It may be a classic but it's never boring. Such an exciting and intense fruit! Lemons really wake things up with their acidic juice, making an incredible addition to drinks and salad dressings and drizzled on top of finished dishes. The zest and oils are amazing and versatile too in heaps of sweet and savory recipes. The fleshy cells of the interior are soft and delectable. Limitless options and uses!
On the health front, it's pretty much all about Vitamin C. Sure there's some other stuff in there too, like folate and potassium, but really we only care about that delicious, bracing acidity!
I love all my citrus and I love 'em ORGANIC. Citrus fruit is so popular; millions of tons are grown worldwide yearly and millions of pounds of chemicals are used in their production--serious amounts of fertilizer and pesticide. Yuck! The debate may still rage about whether or not organics produce better nutritional components, but I've personally always gotten tastier, more concentrated and sweeter flavors from organic citrus. If you are not sure or not able to do the OG thing with your citrus, give that skin a good scrubbing under water--especially if you are using the zest or skins in your dishes.
