[Oliveview]

Any idea as to what I can do with them?  Got a whole drawer of sliced frozen lemons, made lemon curd today going to make lemon and orange pickle tomorrow.... but still loads left on the trees!  Don´t like orange marmalade- have made it before and given the whole lot away!! Can´t give oranges to the neighbours, they have plenty of their own!! Local shops have their own suppliers and we are too far off the main road to advertise on a board outside  One shop had local oranges for 50cents a kilo, hardly worth picking and transporting them the 12 km into the town for that sort of money (guess the original owner would get around 25c a kilo) Anyone fancy a plane trip over to pick oranges and lemons to take back?
We are going to take 3 of the trees out and plant either plum or apple, at least I can make plum jam and eat the apples, there is only so many oranges you can juice or eat in a day
Pamela

[Yorkie]

I freeze some lemon slices into ice cube trays so that I always have some available for the next G+T... or Pimms ... or lemonade

[jack russell]

have any others around not got any thing to trade with like plumbs or apples.  I know you mentioned they got oranges but have they all? Or is it not worth taking them into town to trade with market stall holders?

[shaun]

i would love to grow oranges i eat about 20 a week  :cry:

[noshed]

Orange and lemon marmalade?

[GreenOwl]

What about making wine?  Bake orange cake and freeze it?

[agapanthus]

How about drying the peel and then using in cooking.....cakes casseroles etc. ?

[flowerlady]

Sorbet !!!     Orange/Lemon Drizzel cake yum!

Squeeze the juice and make ice cubes for the freezer!  I use quantities of lemon juice in cooking.  

[Oliveview]

I had wondered about freezing the juice, I will give that a try.  As for marmalade UGU UGH UGH  I blame it on my mother- she used to force feed us minidex when we were little and that is what orange squash, boiled sweets and marmalade remind me of!  As for the drizzle cake.... I have made a low sugar version (I´ve got impaired glucose tollerance, the bit before you get to diabetic)  I made lemon curd yesterday... lovely, I ate half a jar of it last night- very bad- but it was soooo nice- had a high count for my blood test this morning :cry: I´m going to make orange and lemon pickle (that doesn´t remind me of minidex!)  All the neighbours have orange trees and no other fruit trees!  We did have a sharon fruit tree, we dug that up in the autumn as it was huge, it was a fight as to who got the fruit me or the birds.  You have to eat it very ripe otherwise it is disgusting.  Hubby doesn´t like them so it was a waste of watering a big tree when I can´t eat that much of it.  The neighbour now has it in his garden.  We are going to plant another plum  instead.  We have given loads away (oranges) to a man we have gotten to know- in exchange for horse manure and lovely compost- better than cash!
    Pamela

[annie b]

ooh, I do envy you...fresh oj every morning and lots of lemons....

what about morrocan lamb..I have a lovely recipe for that which uses about  a pint of orange juice in it.....lemon layer pudding, lemon drizzle cake, jamie oliver's lemon chicken, real lemonade...

and orange flower water you can make....plus this smoothie recipe

2 overripe peaches, chopped any soft bits removed
1 speckled banana, peeled and sliced
60g strawberries, hulled and green leaves removed
125ml orange juice
125 gm Yoghurt Yoghurt


Choose fruit yoghurts for quick puddings for the children.
Instructions
Put all the ingredients into a blender and whiz until smooth.
Pour the drink into glasses and serve.

[Oliveview]

Annie b, can you let me have the morrocean lamb recipe please?  Lamb here is two arms and a leg, so I am sure I can use pork!!
ta
PAmela

[annie b]

Here's the moroccan lamb recipe..

500gm diced lamb
1 onion, chopped
1 lcove garlic, crushed
500ml orange juice
half tbslpn lemon juice
half tspn cinammon
1 tspn ground cumin
salt and pper
100 gm dried apricots
1 stock cube
natural yoghurt

Method
1.Quickly fry the lamb, puts aside.
2.Soften the ioniona dn garlic gently in the same frying pan and return the lamb to the pan.
3.Add cinammon and cumin, cook for a minute, then add the rest of the ingredients. Seasona dn put in the oven. 190 degs C, 375 degs F
4.Cook for an hour until lamb is really tender.
5.Bung a bit of natural yoghurt on top to serve.

I make this with bulger wheat or couscous, or potatoes daughinoise adn peas.
Pam, i don't think this will work with pork....it does with chicken though.Let me know if you like it!